http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MJ-Prior-c1984 does not want to lose Kevin Pietersen – Cricket News Update
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/South-Africa-c757 in the ongoing second Test at Headingley, and said that losing someone of KP’s stature would be a
huge loss for English cricket.
“It is hard to not be impressed by him," said Matt Prior at the post-day press conference on Sunday. “He took http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DW-Steyn-c1409, the best bowler in the world, and made him look like a regular bowler,” he added further.
While chasing South Africa’s 419, the hosts were reeling at 183 for 4 at tea on day three before Kevin Pietersen started the fight-back. The Natal-born English batsman started pounding South African bowlers right after the tea break, ripping apart the Proteas
in order to take the sting out of the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/M-Morkel-c73528 and Dale Steyn.
He took the Poms to 351 for 5 at stumps, from 173 for 4. Pietersen failed to add even a single run to his overnight score of 149, when the play resumed on fourth day, but he had done enough to take the hosts into a comfortable zone.
Pietersen’s dazzling knock against the Proteas over the weekend once again brought to the fore his bizarre retirement from limited-overs international cricket.
The South Africa-born prolific batsman in May announced retirement from ODI and T20I cricket citing England’s hectic schedule, though he later revealed that he was ready to come out of limited-overs cricket retirement, particularly for next month’s http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 World
T20 Championship in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758. But the England and Wales Cricket Board did not agree to the conditions highlighted by Pietersen in his letter to the board.
“Kev will do what he wants to do and it is up to him, but when you watch a bloke bat like that, you want him in your team, why wouldn't you,” said Prior when asked about KP’s retirement.
“Of course you want to hold on to him. Of course you want him in your dressing room and of course you want him to play those knocks,” the gloveman insisted.
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