England might be out of the Cricket World Cup but they still provide the combatants for potentially the tournament's biggest flashpoint, with arch-enemies Kevin Pietersen and Graeme Swann set to come face to face in the BBC 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.
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 Pietersen might now return to county cricket and the national team.
Swann has accused Pietersen of "upsetting people wherever he goes", says the ECB were "justified" in terminating his England contract and calls Pietersen's 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: "They're adults, I'm sure they'll behave professionally."
