Retaining the number one ranking is going to be a challenge, says Kevin Pietersen – Cricket News Update
England’s premier middle-order batsman, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/KP-Pietersen-c1806 feels that his team will have to work extremely hard to remain the number one ranked Test team of the world as there are some tough series’ coming ahead.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 by a comprehensive margin of 4-0 at home last year, England became the best Test team of the world.
However, the English team was defeated badly by Pakistan earlier this year in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 Test Rankings and one series loss will cost England the throne.
England will first take on http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c749 and cricket analysts are predicting a mouth-watering battle between the two best teams of the world, as the series will also decide the true champion in the five-day format of the game.
Pietersen expressed that the Pakistani team taught a lot of lessons to England and his side realizes now that they cannot afford to take things for granted.
He said, "It was a h**l of a difficult winter. To come under pressure from a very good http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 side, we realized we weren't as good as we thought we were. I'm not saying we thought we were this most incredible outfit, but we had played some very good cricket and it was nice to come under a bit of pressure."
The right-handed middle-order batsman admits that his team will have to be at the top of its game to dismantle South Africa and retaining the top ranking is surely going to be a challenge.
"But we've got that tag going into the summer here so we will have to play some very good cricket to keep that tag. Can England stay number one? If we play to our best, most definitely," the stylish batsman added.
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