Stewart backs Pietersen

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Stewart believes there will be only one winner if current captain Kevin Pietersen and coach Peter Moores cannot reconcile their differences, backing the former to come out on top.

"You don't want to see two people in power positions at loggerheads and it appears that is how it is," said Stewart.

"In cricket it is slightly different to other sports; this wouldn't happen in football.

"Could you imagine at Manchester United, a player or captain saying he doesn't want Alex Ferguson as manager? Well, the manager would just get rid of him, whereas in cricket the captain generally is the boss.

"He will strike up a working relationship with the coach or manager - they will have an arrangement whereby the coach will run things on training days and then the captain takes over.

"But it appears they are at extremes in this case and whether it is going to be solved, I don't know.

"I hope it is because they are both very good individuals.

"But if the relationship can't be solved I believe there will only be one winner and that's the captain, Kevin Pietersen."