Pietersen: I won't be changing
In a freewheeling chat with Daily Telegraph 's Simon Hughes, Kevin Pietersen talks about his batting and says he won't change his style of play.
Sriram Veera
25-Feb-2013
In a freewheeling chat with Daily Telegraph's Simon Hughes, Kevin Pietersen talks about his batting and says he won't change his style of play.
His second innings lasted five balls: 4, 4, 1, 4, W. "After nearly being out first ball I got down Kallis's end. And I know his first ball is always a loosener and it was a wide half-volley and I drove it for four, then I played at the next which angled in and then nipped away. It was a beautiful ball and I tried to withdraw the bat but I nicked it. It was disappointing but what am I supposed to do, block the half-volleys? I play how I play. I love batting. I love entertaining. Some days I come off and some days I don't. But I like to think that so far I've come off.''
... I like the way the South Africans play. And the Australians. The faster they bowl, the happier a lot of us are. Those New Zealand dibbly dobblers! I'd far rather face Steyn, Morkel or Brett Lee than Oram, Mills and Styris. I like to be in a confrontation.
Sriram Veera is a former staff writer at ESPNcricinfo