Kevin Pietersen considers the Test series against India as big as the Ashes 2005 – Cricket News Update
The 31-year-old England’s batsman, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/KP-Pietersen-c1806 believes that the Pataudi Cup is as big as the Ashes’ series. Pietersen scored an unbeaten double century in England’s 1st innings of the 1st Test match at Lord’s.
This helped the English team put pressure on the Indian visitors and take a big lead. England defeated http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 in the historic Lord’s test with the huge margin of 196 runs and Pietersen was awarded the player of the match title.
After this memorable win, Pietersen cherished the summer of 2005 when England won the Ashes’ series 1st time after 1987. It was a huge moment for the English team that had been struggling with its performance and world rankings.
Now the victory in the 2000th Test match of the cricket history at Lord’s boosted England’s confidence as they remained triumphant against the top Test team of the world.
If England continues to perform well the way it has in the 1st Test, it can rise in the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 Test ranking and emerge as one of the strongest test nations of the world.
Kevin said that a huge number of spectators witnessed all the days of this historic test and such huge following remind the English team of the big moment of beating http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746 in Ashes’ series 2005. He added, “Potentially, this is as big (as 2005). You can
see that from the number of people who turned up in the morning. Obviously this is a huge series for both teams and for the public. It's going to be a huge summer and a huge series with the crowds showing such interest."
Commenting on the team’s performance, the top order batsman said that it was an excellent team effort. English bowling attack was commendable and probably the key for this victory.
Kevin also discussed the captain http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AJ-Strauss-c964 and said that people had doubts about him being in the team and his ability to perform both as captain and opening batsman. However, he proved them wrong as he lead his team into this big success.
Pietersen hopes that they can have the full-house even in the second Test in Nottingham with people coming with same fervour and interest as they had for the Lord’s test.
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