aeBlamelessAE KP claims critics.

'Blameless' KP claims critics are simply nuts Kevin Pietersen claims he only had England's best interests at heart when trying to get former coach Peter Moores sacked at the start of the Ashes year. Pietersen may have succeeded in his aim of knifing Moores but was also forced to fall on his sword with the English Cricket Board on the verge of sacking him. Many critics say the brilliant batsman's considerable ego got the better of him as he bid to get rid of Moores from a sun lounger in Africa. But the former England skipper claims he was simply doing what he thought was best for the side. "I risked it all because I thought it was my duty as England captain to say that things were not right," he said. "What hurts me was the character assassination that has been totally unfounded. I have done absolutely nothing wrong." Such an admission will come as no surprise to those who have followed KP's career. From his time in South Africa, where he left due to feeling aggrieved at the quota system, to his spell in county cricket, where he annoyed virtually all his former Nottinghamshire team-mates, Pietersen is a man who feels constantly misunderstood. Not least last Wednesday, when his manoeuvre to sack Moores was taken as a resignation letter by the ECB. Following several earlier meetings with ECB managing director Hugh Morris he revealed he then sent an email in which he said he couldn't lead the team forward if Peter Moores remained as coach. Pietersen said he was stunned when Morris then called to tell him his fate. "He said they had had an emergency board meeting and they had accepted my resignation. "I said: 'Excuse me?!' They said: 'We've accepted your resignation.' I said on what basis has it been accepted? They had no answer. Next, I received an email from the ECB saying: 'Your resignation is of immediate effect'." However, he is adamant his presence in the England dressing room under new captain Andrew Strauss will not prove disruptive and is keen to get back to scoring a sackful of runs for the national team. "I'll do whatever I can to win games of cricket for England," he said. "I feel it is right for me to go back and just play - to do something that I totally, totally love, which is scoring more runs for England." Meanwhile, Steve Harmison hit for six rumours that he and Andrew Flintoff supported sacked coach Moores ahead of Pietersen. He said: "The idea that we told (ECB managing director Hugh) Morris that we supported Peter Moores ahead of Kevin is nonsense. To my mind, the only people who have stabbed Kevin in the back are those who chose to leak the information that he had promised to quit the captaincy for the tour to the West Indies if Peter remained as coach."

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