Last week, England batting star Pietersen took to Twitter to question the credentials of Knight, who averaged just 23.96 in 17 Tests with one hundred, as a Test match commentator for Sky Sports. &quot;Can someone please tell me how Nick Knight has worked his way into the commentary box for the Tests? Ridiculous,&quot; said Pietersen, who has 19 Test hundreds to his credit. <img alt="Kevin Pietersen" src="/imagedata/2012/may/kp24may.jpg" style="width: 500px; height: 701px; " /> Kevin Pietersen. Photo: Getty Images The ECB held a disciplinary hearing with managing director Hugh Morris and team director Andy Flower present, and opted to impose an undisclosed fine on Pietersen, part suspended for 12 months. Pietersen&#39;s comments about Knight were especially sensitive, as Sky agreed in January a new four-year deal to show live international and county cricket believed to be worth at least ?260 million -- the ECB&#39;s main source of income. An ECB statement statement said: &quot;Kevin Pietersen attended a disciplinary hearing convened by Hugh Morris, managing director of England cricket and Andy Flower, England team director. &quot;The hearing considered recent comments made by Pietersen on Twitter to be prejudicial to the interests of the ECB and a breach of the England player conditions of employment in relation to clauses regarding public statements. &quot;Pietersen has been fined an undisclosed sum, part of which has been suspended for 12 months, in accordance with the terms and conditions of his England central contract.&quot; Morris, himself a former international batsman, is wary of Twitter, once labelling its use by England players as &quot;like giving a machine gun to a monkey&quot;. Pietersen had previously run into trouble with the England management regarding Twitter after using the site to announce he&#39;d been dropped from a one-day squad. But Pietersen, speaking before this disciplinary hearing, said Tuesday he would not stop using Twitter. &quot;No, not at all, no. I won&#39;t stop tweeting, no.&quot; The second Test between England and the West Indies at Trent Bridge -- in which Pietersen is expected to play -- starts on Friday with England 1-0 up in the three-match series following a five-wicket win at Lord&#39;s concluded Monday.

Kevin Pietersen was fined an "undisclosed sum" by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) following a Twitter attack on former England batsman Nick Knight.

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