Kevin Pietersen will be missed, says Graham Gooch – Cricket News Update
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/KP-Pietersen-c1806’s retirement from international limited-overs cricket is a massive loss for his team but claims that there are many young players coming through the ranks
of County cricket who can take his place.
The star-batsman burst into the global arena in 2004, and since then he has gained a reputation of one of the world’s most destructive batsmen in all the formats of the sport.
At 31, Pietersen thinks that his body cannot take the toll of competitive sport throughout the year and this is the reason why he has restricted himself to Test cricket only.
There is a school of thought, according to which, the lanky batsman is not on ideal terms with the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) because of his participation in the Indian Premier League (IPL), which led to his retirement.
Gooch knows that Pietersen is one of the modern-greats and it is never easy to replace a player of such calibre. The right-handed batsman has a massive fan-following all around the world and the former England skipper admitted that the cricket-lovers will
be deprived of great joy, which they used to get by watching KP bat in limited-overs cricket.
"Kevin is a superb player for http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 in all forms of the game. He is a box-office player that excites the cricketing public not only in this country, but around the world. So before you ask me, is he going to be missed? Sure he is going to be missed,” Gooch
expressed.
There is no doubt about the fact that Pietersen is a genuine match-winner and his absence will hurt England’s chances to defend its http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758. However, Gooch refused to criticise the batsman’s decision to call it a day from
the shorter formats of the game at a young age.
The former captain added, “Any player who is capable of winning a match is going to be missed by a team. But he has to make his own decisions. He is the only one who would be able to give true insight into why he decided to retire from ODI cricket."
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