England loves playing in front of big crowds says Kevin Pietersen – Cricket News Update
Former England captain and the current middle-order batsman, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/KP-Pietersen-c1806, stated the he and his team loves to play the game in front of big crowds and an intense atmosphere gets the best out them.
He was talking to the reporters after the historic first Test win against India. England defeated the number one ranked Test team of the world by a massive margin of 196 runs.
The right-handed batsman played a huge role in the English victory as he scored an unbeaten double century in the first innings of the match.
Pietersen claimed that this on-going series is a massive cricketing event and rated as popular as the Ashes 2005 in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c749.
There was a huge crowd at Lord’s to witness the English victory and the flamboyant batsman feels that the atmosphere pumped up the home team.
He said, “Obviously this is a huge series for both teams and for the public. Potentially, this is as big (as 2005). You can see that from the number of people who turned up this morning. It’s going to be a huge summer and a huge series with the crowds showing
such interest. I think it was a great atmosphere.”
Pietersen went through a slump of form earlier in the year and he faced a lot of criticism as well; however, he bounced back in style and silenced is critics in the best possible manner.
Apart from the electrifying atmosphere at Lord’s, Pietersen gave the credit to his bowlers, who took 20 wickets on a flat wicket against one of the best batting line-ups of the world.
“We all appreciate playing Test cricket in front of full houses. It makes you feel like you are doing something important and that every wicket taken or run scored is appreciated. It was an outstanding bowling performance by the whole attack over five days,”
Pietersen added.
The English team has put its name in the history books by winning this match as it was the 2000th Test of the history of the game and the 100th between the two countries. On top of that, England has gained the early advantage in the
series and now it is going to be very difficult for http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 to come back.
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