<text>  England might be out of the Cricket World Cup but they still provide the combatants for potentially the tournaments biggest flashpoint, with arch-enemies Kevin Pietersen and Graeme Swann set to come face to face in the Test Match Special commentary box. Pietersen, who is being loaned to TMS for radio stints by his World Cup employers Fox Sports, will work alongside Swann for the first time at the Auckland semi-final a week on Tuesday. And the powderkeg confrontation between the ex-England team-mates, whose relationship disintegrated in the fall-out from the 2013-14 Ashes whitewash, has been given spice with the possibility KP might now return to county cricket and the national team. Graeme Swann and Kevin Pietersen, once happy team-mates, are not longer on such good terms . Swann and Pietersen are to help commentate on Test Mach Special for the World Cup semi-finals next week . Swann has accused KP of upsetting people wherever he goes, says the ECB were justified in terminating his England contract and calls Pietersens autobiography a work of fiction. Despite the history, TMS producer Adam Mountford is hopeful there will be no trouble between the pair on the day, saying: Theyre adults, Im sure theyll behave professionally. If Pietersen were to pull out of the IPL and re-sign for Surrey, his most likely replacement at Sunrisers Hyderabad is Kumar Sangakkara. The Sri Lankan Surreys overseas player is only an IPL reserve despite four straight World Cup hundreds. Pietersen has announced his intention to return to county cricket to try and get back in the England set-up . The Six Nations is a rare BBC sporting event not involving Clare Balding. However, Scotlands blond back-row forward David Denton answers to the nickname Balding because of his hairstyle. Englands beleaguered cricket coach Peter Moores, with a reputation for being obsessed with statistics, is likely to be remembered for supposedly saying after the World Cup defeat against Bangladesh: We thought 275 was chaseable, well have to look at the data. Peter Moores came under fire for his data response, but he actually said well have to look at that later However, what Moores actually said to Test Match Special reporter Ali Mitchell was: Well have to look at that later. Moores did mention data when interviewed by Sky Sports. Paul McGinleys leadership insight that so impressed guests at the League Managers Association Presidents Dinner last week included the revelation that he persuaded the European Tour to pair some of his potential Ryder Cup partnerships during regular tournaments without them realising to see how they gelled. Ryder Cup winning captain Paul McGinley has revealed he got the European Tour to help him test pairings . MCC plot with Cubans . Fidel Castros Communist Cuba is an unlikely ally of the MCC in their battle to repel property developers Rifkind Levy Partnership. The MCC hope to block RLPs building plans behind the Warner Stand at Lords by switching a 10-year lease to Cuban Embassy staff. The 8m house earmarked for Cuba personnel is the home of MCC secretary Derek Brewer, who would transfer to the MCC-owned house on Grove End Road currently occupied by the Cubans. The MCC have further kept RLP at bay by buying another well-placed house on the same street. Christian Purslow may not want to leave Chelsea, where he heads their global commercial operation, having secured a 220million shirt sponsorship deal with Yokohama Rubber since arriving in October. Its understood, though, that former Liverpool managing director Purslow is on the short-list to succeed George OGrady as chief executive of golfs European Tour. Twickenham, building up for the Rugby World Cup, have installed a football-style mixed zone which rugby players, far more approachable than their football counterparts, have to walk through while the media are kept behind ropes. Twickenham has introduced a mixed zone for rugby players, but how long before it becomes like football? Sadly, it can only be a matter of time before rugby players wear headphones or talk on their mobile to avoid being interviewed. Former England manager Sven Goran Eriksson has made a good start as manager of Chinese Super League side Shanghai East Asia, where he is understood to be earning as much as 6m a year. Eriksson is said to still need the money, after being swindled out of 10m by a crooked financial advisor and facing big demands from HMRC over tax from film investments. Sven Goran Eriksson is understood to be earning around 6million a year as Shanghai East Asia manager . 