All of a Twitter: cricket's most controversial outbursts

Sticky subject: Kevin Pietersen, pictured at his unveiling as the face of Brylcreem, is the latest cricketer to fall foul of Twitter Photo: REX FEATURES

Kevin Pietersen

Fans were shocked to see Pietersen posting today that he was not in the yet-to-be-named limited-overs squads for the forthcoming matches against Pakistan. The message, which described the situation as a ''f--- up'' and also appeared to confirm he had signed for Surrey, was swiftly deleted.

Phil Hughes

Australia opener Hughes posted that he would not be playing in the third Test of last season's Ashes, pre-empting the official team announcement. His manager Neil D'Costa later accepted the blame for it, but a Cricket Australia spokesman said: ''As a young player he will be reminded that he should not be revealing details until the team has been officially announced.''

Tim Bresnan

With the likes of Graeme Swann and James Anderson already on the site, Bresnan soon got into the swing of things, bantering with the pair about his weight. But when an outsider joined in, mocking up an unflattering picture of the Yorkshire all-rounder, he let rip with an expletive-laced riposte. He later apologised to coach Andy Flower.

Azeem Rafiq

The highly-rated Yorkshire teenager found himself banned for a month by the ECB after he reacted to being left out of the England Under-19 by launching a scathing attack on coach John Abrahams. It was said Rafiq was unaware the comments were publicly viewable but he was nevertheless dealt with severely.