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Kevin Pietersen’s secrets

By Will 4 years ago, at the start of June Leave a comment on this post

There are some gems in this morning’s Telegraph, by Simon Briggs; my favourite of Kevin Pietersen and his uber-confidence:

So where exactly did Pietersen develop his supernatural sang-froid? Well, a story from the Southampton local leagues provides a clue. Last Wednesday evening, a social team named the Otters were taking an awful hammering from Trant, who batted first and smashed 186 from their allotted 16 overs. Then Bryan Pietersen, Kevin’s younger brother, ran in to bowl.

“He took two wickets with his first two balls,” said one stunned Otter, “and he was giving us plenty of stick. Then he had an lbw turned down - not surprisingly, as this is the sort of league where lbws are never given - and he went bananas. He was walking out to square leg with the umpire at the end of each over and explaining the rules. If the game had been competitive, I could have understood it, but we were 17 for four at the time.”

After the way cricket was played in the Pietersens’ back garden, South African sledging must have made Kevin feel right at home.

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8 Responses to “Kevin Pietersen’s secrets”

  • ollie bond wrote:
    June 21st, 2005 at 7.52 am

    ur a ledgend kevin ur my idol in batting and ur hair is brill.

  • KESHNIE wrote:
    June 26th, 2005 at 7.53 pm

    I love U KEVIN.

  • Scotto wrote:
    July 5th, 2005 at 2.07 pm

    kevin is crap against genuine pace, just like the rest of u scum pommies

  • deenie wrote:
    September 29th, 2005 at 3.25 pm

    hi kevin
    keep up the ever entertaining batting, lovin the hair, and you’re sooooooo cute

  • debapriya wrote:
    June 6th, 2006 at 2.08 pm

    hi kevin
    i luv the way u bat,esp the fact that u r cool and calm doing what u do best.i luv the i-don’t-give-a-damn air that u have.keep it up,u’r the best

  • crystal wrote:
    June 12th, 2006 at 2.23 pm

    o kevin,
    you are the best and hope u have a happy married life with your fiance…..

  • Emily wrote:
    August 20th, 2006 at 1.30 am

    hope ya brother, Bryan Pietersen makes it into county cricket!! he has done good things for Chingford. I wish him every luck in the future.

  • Varun Batra wrote:
    May 14th, 2007 at 4.55 pm

    Hey Scotto,u nerd .. dun think say anything bout KP .. whicheva bullshit team u support .. KP has smashed every world class bowler .. which he played .. 2 d boundary .. Mcgrath skared ov him in World Cup .. after breaking da ribs .. Nel got da treatment at his home .. as Pollock&Ntini .. Lee,Tait,Gillespie .. saw sum nightmares .. while bowling 2 young spirited Kevin Pietersen .. so shut the fuck up!!ignorant retarded nerd ‘n’ see how KP win matches for England…


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