Pietersen to receive libel damages

England batsman Kevin Pietersen has accepted substantial undisclosed libel damages over an advert which implied he might have tampered with his bat. Opticians Specsavers used a photo of Pietersen in their "Should have gone to Specsavers" adverts in August, and on their Twitter and Facebook accounts. The company accepted the 33-year-old did not behave in the manner suggested. Pietersen was not at London's High Court for the settlement over the "serious and defamatory allegati".