Pietersen pays the penalty for Twitter blast

KEVIN PIETERSEN was one of two cricketers fined for their foul-mouthed Tweeting yesterday.

Pietersen was fined an undisclosed amount following an England and Wales Cricket Board disciplinary meeting at Lord’s and Hampshire have acted swiftly to force their captain Dimitri Mascarenhas to pay £1,000.

Pietersen inadvertently broke the news last week that he was to be dropped from England’s limited-overs squad to face Pakistan, several hours before the list of names was officially announced.