| type="text/javascript"> | | | | England, as seems likely, qualify for the semi-finals, |
| England batsman Kevin Pietersen is to return home | | | | barring any complications with the birth. |
| from the ICC World Twenty20 in the next 24 hours | | | | Man-of-the-match Pietersen, who was permitted to |
| to be with his pregnant wife for the birth of their | | | | join up with the squad late to be with Taylor, said: |
| first child. | | | | "It's my first child so it's a hell of an exciting time for |
| Fresh from a match-winning innings of 53 off 33 balls | | | | me. I'll be dashing across the Atlantic and hopefully |
| against South Africa, the ECB announced that the | | | | dashing back. |
| 29-year-old would return from Barbados to be with | | | | "I'm flying back to London in the next 24 hours and |
| his pop star wife Jessica Taylor. | | | | hoping everything goes well and according to plan, |
| He is expected to return to the West Indies should | | | | there's no complications. |