St. Lucia (West Indies), Apr. 3 : England cricket captain Andrew Strauss has insisted that any rifts between players or between players and the team management have been sorted out. He sincerely believes the team is pulling in the same direction.

Ahead of today's deciding fifth one-day clash, The Sun quoted Strauss as saying: "There was potential for us to go off the rails but that hasn't happened. Losing the Test series was bitterly disappointing. But the guys have stuck together very well and that bodes well for the future."

St. Lucia (West Indies), Apr. 1 : England batsman Kevin Pietersen has said that he misses his wife Jessica
Taylor terribly, and has vowed never to stay away from her for 11 months ever again.

"Everybody in the team wants to go home and see their families, but what happens in two weeks is a totally different
kettle of fish. I''m going to spend a week with my wife, and that''s going to be an amazing week, then go back to work. I
won''t be without my wife for 11 weeks ever again," Pietersen told The Sun here.

St. Lucia (West Indies), Mar. 31 : England batsman Kevin Pietersen''s international career has probably hit a major roadblock, and speculation is rife that he may be sacked if he persists with his self-centered attitude.

Pietersen is officially on record as saying that all he wants to do is go home.

There is no doubt that he is still England''s best batsman, and remains committed to the cause. When he left the field during the fourth one-day international against West Indies complaining of a back spasm there was not sympathy but scepticism.

Barbados (West Indies), Mar. 30 : England cricket captain Andrew Strauss has warned Kevin Pietersen to keep his mouth shut.

Captain Strauss and England's management are increasingly unhappy at KP's words and actions.

Strauss, whose side beat the Windies in yesterday's one-dayer, was quoted by The Sun as saying: "Sometimes what he says is put in big headlines so he must be conscious of the attention what he says does receive."

Barbados (West Indies), Mar. 30 : England cricket skipper Andrew Strauss stroked an aggressive 79 of 61 balls to help his team inflict a crushing victory in the fourth one-day international against the West Indies here on Sunday.

Strauss made mincemeat of a Duckworth/Lewis target of 135 from 20 overs following some heavy rain and England won by nine wickets. He thrashed Lionel Baker for four successive fours and his six off Darren Sammy was plundered flat over long on with immense force.

In a significant move, West Indies skipper Chris Gayle had rubbished rumors that his side would boycott the rest of the ODI series against England because of another dispute with the national cricket board.

Speaking on this, Gayle said, “There wasn't any threat made about boycotting any games, not to my knowledge. If the game wasn't supposed to go on, I'd be home cocking up my legs now.”