“KP first offered to quit in Mohali”

"He mentioned resigning the captaincy in our discussions with him but we wanted him to go away and think about it while he was in South Africa (on holiday)," said England and Wales Cricket Board’s vice-chairman Dennis Amiss.

"We said, ‘Go away and think about it and we will resolve the situation as quickly as we can’," he said.

"Once the information was in the public domain that Kevin Pietersen didn’t want Peter Moores as his coach, it was always going to be impossible to resolve amicably and the ECB board was put in an impossible position," Amiss said.