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Kevin, Kevin, Kevin
By Will last year, mid-July Add your comment below
All set to dominate the day, Kevin Pietersen undid all his hard work with a stroke of immaturity, haphazard haplessness and idiocy against the might of Nathan Hauritz. In isolation, the moment mirrors his career as a whole. All set to dominate the world, having cleared the path to greatness, he lets himself down.
It’s happened before, several times in the winter against Benn, and his dismissive attitude to spinners whose surnames are not Warne is fast acting as the hurdle that prevents Pietersen reaching the goal many assumed was pre-determined for him. Fate alone will see him be considered as a great, we thought. He invents new shots and switch-hits Muttiah Muralitharan for six like a left-hander. He struts like a great, he trains like a maniac hungry for more. He is very nearly a great.
But no. As long as he plays crass shots against mediocre spinners, Pietersen will only ever be considered merely excellent; a ravishing entertainer, a renegade sportsman. Or will this latest foray into brainlessness inspire him to make amends and ensure he hits brilliant hundred after brilliant hundred?
Tags: ashes, kevin-pietersen, nathan hauritz, the-ashes, what a wally |
8 Responses to “Kevin, Kevin, Kevin”
July 8th, 2009 at 9.27 pm
July 8th, 2009 at 10.49 pm
As a mediocre spinner myself, I’d love to bowl to him. Most of my wickets come caught when the batsman gets cocky. There is some art to it – first you have to convince him that you are not worth facing, then bowl just slowly enough for him to have a rush of blood and collect your winnings.
July 9th, 2009 at 12.00 am
Stroke of genius from the Aussies – pick a rubbish spinner, knowing that Pietersen will get out to him at some point.
July 9th, 2009 at 12.19 am
I think Hauritz is a pretty decent spinner who’s done a good job so far. I only saw up ’till tea, but apart from one bad over he bowled very tightly at just over 2 an over. What does he have to do to get a little respect?
July 9th, 2009 at 4.35 am
I think Warne set the bar so high that it will take a really talented and disciplined tweaker to be taken seriously by comparison.
Hauritz seems okay to me – but I don’t think he is in much danger of running through batting lineups Warne-style.
July 9th, 2009 at 8.04 am
Peitersen was lucky to even be there, he was out plum when Hilfenhaus struck him with that toe crusher which was only hitting middle stump.
July 9th, 2009 at 9.50 am
KP is a flawed batsman.
July 12th, 2009 at 9.42 am
peterson and ronaldo in the same room, that would be interesting. Two big heads but only one who actually earns his dough. the shot was bad enough, his attempts to justify it coupled with the body language in the field are a disgrace.
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