Australia's plan B?

[Seamer]

Originally Posted by Pete

Here's what Mark Nicholas wrote about him on 23/05/05..

That is a very flattering article i must agree, but to be fair, you could find similar articles on any player in world cricket as every dog has his day. But the article did not state the quality of the opposition, conditions of the wicket, environmental conditions, what style of bowling he was facing and so on. The article stated how KP played on the given day, but can not be taken as an across the board assesment, thus, must be taken with a grain of salt.
But thanks for the article Pete, was interesting reading and did give food for thought.

[Seamer]

Originally Posted by Notts Exile

If his footwork and temperament against spin bowling ("swinging compulsively") weren't up to it then he wouldn't have scored all those runs against the Zone teams in India's Premier competition.

But to be fair, playing domestic teams of lesser quality and out of the glare of media and spectators is a far cry to facing quality legspin in a test match situation. Zone cricket and playing tests are like chalk and cheese. The technical floors are there for all to see and in time will be exploited. It is a bit hard to hoik the ball to the region ranging from square leg to mid off when the ball is pitching on off stump and spinning away. If he can't move his feet to get to the pitch of the ball and tries his favoured shot of hitting across the line, he is dead meat.

Originally Posted by Notts Exile

Getting worried already, it's quite amusing..

Why would we be worried? Do you think he is the first player to score a quickfire century (alright, he only got 91 but only because he ran out of runs) against Australia. Two other batsmen come to mind when thinking of KP's innings - Afridi and Kalitharana (ex SL wick/keeper) Both explosive batsmen but both sorted out in the end due to technical deficencies. Australia has overcome far superior batsmen to KP - Tendulkar, Dravid, Lara, Kallis, Sehwag and Jaysuria are just a few come to mind, so why would they be worried about a less able batsman like KP? Yeah, he can play the big shots and is a good ODI player - Like Andrew Symonds for example - but in tests? Well, bring him on i say.

[rineet]

Warne won`t trouble Pietersen as KP was able to negotiate Boje well in the SA tour. Pietersen wasn`t troubled by the away going delivery (left arm off-spin) of Nicky Boje. And we saw how many sixes he hit off Boje. Warne is far better than Boje but KP can handle him.

As far Australia`s plan B, things will change when Brett Lee and Symonds come back into the team.

[greg]

Originally Posted by rineet

As far Australia`s plan B, things will change when Brett Lee and Symonds come back into the team.

From what i have heard on the grapevine the England boys are looking forward to facing Lee as they think that they will be able to wind him up and make him bowl lots of short-pitch stuff instead of concentrating on dismissing them.

[Beny]

must be drinking too much of their own wine.