See off the new ball, hammer bowlers in following spells, Kevin Pietersen reveals secret of England’s success – Cricket News Update
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/KP-Pietersen-c1806, has disclosed the secret behind England’s great success in the batting department, saying that the strategy of seeing off the new ball and taking full advantage of following spells helps Englishmen
pile up massive totals.
After starting off the ongoing four-match series against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 on a fantastic note by hitting a double century at Lord's, Pietersen was aiming to finish it in the similar fashion as he smashed a brutal 175-run-kncok in the first innings of the final Test
at the Oval.
Having shared a mighty 350-run-partnerhip with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/IR-Bell-c1597, who is currently unbeaten on 181, the 6feet 4 inches tall batsman lost his wicket just before the Stumps on second day, steering England to 457/3.
Talking about England’s constant success in posting big scores even against the best in the business, Pietersen stated that “using up as much of the new ball as possible" is the tactic that assists his side in troubling the scorer.
"One of the principles our team lives by is using up as much of the new ball as possible. Getting opposition bowlers up to their third, fourth and fifth spells because then we know it will end up with some opportunities for big scores," said Pietersen.
By hitting his 19th century in the Test cricket, the 31-year-old batsman has drawn level with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AN-Cook-c1026, just three short of the record of most Test hundreds by any Englishman.
Talking about outdoing the present record-holders, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Geoffrey-Boycott-c58776, who have 22 tons each in five-day cricket, the South African-born batsman shared, “It would be nice to get a record. But I think there are a lot of players
in this team who are going to get more than 22 hundreds. It`s not a competition. It`s not a race. It`s just a case of winning games for England, getting us into position where we can win games.”
Pietersen also lauded his teammates for collecting runs at an excellent strike rate, stating that it is great to see England scoring around 400 runs in a day on a regular basis.
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