His century on Sunday was full of his usual swagger - the switch-hits, the ferocious swipes - his confidence seemingly undented by the recent turmoil.

BBC: Pietersen is still the main man

In that sense, the UK's largest media company seems undented by the crisis at its largest shareholder, Rupert Murdoch's News Corp which owns 39% of BSkyB - and which supplies the chairman of BSkyB, James Murdoch, also chairman of News Corp's UK operations.

BBC: Shift in balance of power between Sky and Murdochs