Cook says England ODI team 8216;ready to move on8217; post-Pietersen exit

We have won games before without Kevin Pietersen,against Pakistan in 2010 and against India,and it is time to move on now. Clearly when hes in the form he is now hell be missed,but well move on as a team.

It came as a surprise because he was playing so well,but when he makes a decision theres no turning back. Clearly those discussions have gone on with the ECB and team coach Andy Flower,and thats probably where those discussions should have been. So,yes,its disappointing but we move on and replace him.

In the long term,during the post-Pietersen era,Englands task would be to win a 50-over World Cup,The Daily Mirror reports.

The South Africa-born Pietersen quit all forms of the shorter version of the game for his adopted country this month,when he was told by the England and Wales Cricket Board ECB the terms of his central contract would not allow him his wish of abandoning 50-over one-day matches while still playing Twenty20 internationals.

Pietersen had been settling well into the role of opener and ended his ODI career with back-to-back hundreds against Pakistan.