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by **magpie in the 80's** » Sun Jul 15, 2007 12:42 pm

ENGLAND hero Kevin Pietersen last night added his considerable weight to calls that cricket's cramped schedule is ruining the game.

In a damning comment about a Future Tours Program which has spiralled out of control, the batting superstar said he looked as if he was asleep in a recent one-day international against the West Indies.

England has arguably the most congested schedule of all nations, having just finished a Test and one-day series against the West Indies, with another campaign against India starting next week.

"The winter was so hard - the Champions Trophy, getting yourself pumped up for every day of the Ashes, then the World Cup rattling into the Test series against the West Indies just 10 days later," Pietersen said.

"I got a hundred and a double hundred and all that and it's just finished me off.

"When I was bowled out at Edgbaston I walked into the dressing room and Colly (Paul Collingwood) said: 'Bad luck, you never miss those'."

"I said: 'No!' It's not a flaw in my technique. It's not as if I'm getting out lbw missing straight balls."

Pietersen, ranked the No. 4 batsman in the world in Test cricket and No. 2 in one-day internationals, made scores of 33, 9 and 0 in a 2-1 one-day series loss against the West Indies.

"I've looked at videos to compare my facial expressions at the crease," Pietersen said.

"When I was making a hundred against Australia in the World Cup and Shaun Tait was coming in at 95 mph I looked really alert, wide-eyed and focused.

"Last week when I was batting I looked like I was falling asleep. It's why I've asked for this break.

"We can't carry on like this."

by **mal** » Sun Jul 15, 2007 1:25 pm

He is a star batsman but a sook.

QUIZ TIME

Whats Kevin Pieterson and the Norwood Football club have in common ?

by **mal** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 1:42 pm

The exhausted pet in the next test after his comments
37
134
Hes baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaack

28 TESTS FOR 9 HUNDREDS

Champion

by **GWW** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 1:47 pm

mal wrote:Whats Kevin Pieterson and the Norwood Football club have in common ?

I dislike both

by **Grahaml** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 7:10 pm

Their best results are in the past?

by **mal** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 7:13 pm

158 is the answer

Both NW + KP got 158 in Adelaide.

KP 158 RUNS
NW 158 POINTS LOSS

by **bayman** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 10:58 pm

mal wrote::cry:
He is a star batsman but a sook.

QUIZ TIME

Whats Kevin Pieterson and the Norwood Football club have in common ?

both haven't got to a 100 at the adelaide oval recently

by **mal** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 11:46 pm

bayman wrote:
mal wrote::cry:
He is a star batsman but a sook.

QUIZ TIME

Whats Kevin Pieterson and the Norwood Football club have in common ?

both haven't got to a 100 at the adelaide oval recently

no no no

KP made 158 in the second test Adelaide Oval last ashes series
NW made a 158 point loss to CD

ThaTs ThE cOmMoN dEnOmInAtOr

by **mal** » Thu Jul 26, 2007 2:57 pm

About half ok FIGKPs runs in test cricket come in boundarys

Is he the white version of Sir Vivian Richards the most destructive frontline
batsman we may have ever seen ?

Can he ever be close to being as good ?
Or is he nearly there ?