Overview

• Morgan delivered the apology on The Overlap/Betfair’s Stick to Cricket, saying, “I’m sorry for the 38 weasel references.”
• The reconciliation follows Morgan’s 2014 tweet labeling Cook a “repulsive little weasel” over the fallout from Pietersen’s exclusion.
• Cook said he was part of the decision that Pietersen never played for England again and described the episode as mishandled by both sides.
• The ECB had cited a “massive issue of trust” when Pietersen was dropped after the 2013–14 Ashes whitewash.
• Morgan praised Cook’s batting record yet maintained that captaincy was not his strong point, reversing an earlier claim that he would never apologize.