Kevin Pietersen's 'reintegration' into the England team looks set to be completed after the batsman agreed a new annual deal with the ECB.
Pietersen had signed a four-month deal with the England and Wales Cricket Board to take part in the successful India Test series following his acrimonious dispute with them during the summer.
Team director Andy Flower believes the row following the South Africa series, which led to Pietersen originally being dropped from the India squad, is now fully resolved.
"We did move on from it as soon as we had our meetings and everyone made a commitment to do so," he said.
"I want to continue that, moving forward.
"We want to learn from the past, but we don't want to keep on revisiting it."
Flower was central in the peacemaking process which allowed Pietersen to heal wounds with management and some senior players, leading to his return to the line-up.
"The contract won't be a problem," he said.
"Kevin has been excellent in every way.
"We don't all always get on with people all of the time - any of us in any walk of life - and everyone has made an effort to make it work.
"It's been really good fun and he should be very proud of the way he's operated out here both as an individual and as a player."
Pietersen's masterful hundred in Mumbai was the man-of-the-match performance in a comeback victory which set them on the way to their unexpected series success.
"In Mumbai he showed real skill in Indian conditions on a pitch that turned on the first day," added Flower.
"For him to score as quickly as he did there and put such pressure on the opposition bowlers really helped us turn the series around."
sports@thenational.ae
Follow us
@SprtNationalUAE
What it means to be a conservationist
Who is Enric Sala?
Enric Sala is an expert on marine conservation and is currently the National Geographic Society's Explorer-in-Residence. His love of the sea started with his childhood in Spain, inspired by the example of the legendary diver Jacques Cousteau. He has been a university professor of Oceanography in the US, as well as working at the Spanish National Council for Scientific Research and is a member of the World Economic Forum’s Global Future Council on Biodiversity and the Bio-Economy. He has dedicated his life to protecting life in the oceans. Enric describes himself as a flexitarian who only eats meat occasionally.
What is biodiversity?
According to the United Nations Environment Programme, all life on earth – including in its forests and oceans – forms a “rich tapestry of interconnecting and interdependent forces”. Biodiversity on earth today is the product of four billion years of evolution and consists of many millions of distinct biological species. The term ‘biodiversity’ is relatively new, popularised since the 1980s and coinciding with an understanding of the growing threats to the natural world including habitat loss, pollution and climate change. The loss of biodiversity itself is dangerous because it contributes to clean, consistent water flows, food security, protection from floods and storms and a stable climate. The natural world can be an ally in combating global climate change but to do so it must be protected. Nations are working to achieve this, including setting targets to be reached by 2020 for the protection of the natural state of 17 per cent of the land and 10 per cent of the oceans. However, these are well short of what is needed, according to experts, with half the land needed to be in a natural state to help avert disaster.
