Kevin Pietersen's decision to turn his back on England's limited-overs future displays "an element of selfishness", according to the Independent's Stephen Brenkley.
Pietersen, 31, was told he was no longer wanted for Twenty20 matches after deciding to retire from one-day internationals. Read our story here.
But Brenkley told Cricket Writers on TV he feels that Pietersen could have made more of an effort to reach a compromise with the England and Wales Cricket Board - particularly with England due to defend their ICC World Twenty20 title in the autumn.
"Kevin has made it fairly clear, if you read between the lines, that being away from home and playing a lot of cricket and missing his family - which is the lot of all cricketers - was getting to him," reflected Brenkley.
"But if playing in the World Twenty20 meant so much to him, as he indicated that it did and let's not forget he was player of the tournament when England won in the West Indies in 2010, why could he not see it through this summer to play a handful of one-day internationals and come to some accommodation?
"Clearly he dug his heels in and that struck me as having an element of selfishness about it.
Stand-off
"It isn't a perfect summer this summer - there are a lot of one-day internationals.
"Australia are coming over for five which we don't really need, and I just felt that he dug his heels in, the management then dug their heels in because their view is if you don't play one form of limited overs cricket you can't play the other, although they are of course at liberty to select some people for one-form of limited overs cricket and not t'other.
"In the end they reached a stand-off that could not be resolved and Pietersen had to go. I do think there should have been more compromise on his part.
"However, he's gone; England have to get on without him and in my view it won't be too long before they get on without him in the Test dressing room as well."
Pietersen's current contract runs until September but will be downgraded to reflect the fact that he will only be selected for Test match cricket.
Looking forward to the autumn, Brenkley said there is a lot of talking to be done between the two parties when it comes to negotiating new terms.
"Unless relationships have broken down completely between Pietersen and the ECB - and that's not beyond the bounds of possibility as we look at it at the moment - they will offer him a Test match contract, which they are entitled to do I guess in September," he said.
"Central contracts usually are awarded for being available for all forms of the game and then they award incremental contracts to those who are usually picked only for limited overs cricket. Very few get Test match contracts."