*Official* Second Test at the Adelaide Oval

[Woodster]

KP to face some short stuff here from Siddle.

 

[Furball]

Outstanding.

edit: and again. Need a couple more fielders out there.

 

[PhoenixFire]

Heh, might not want to bowl to Pietersen like that.

 

[King Pietersen]

If that's the sort of short stuff Siddle's planning on bowling to KP, then go ahead. This could be entertaining.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Superb batting, brainless bowling and captaincy though.

 

[zaremba]

Ah, the long hop strategy. It's like Special Needs bodyline

 

[Jacknife]

Wow.

 

[King Pietersen]

Ah, the long hop strategy. It's like Special Needs bodyline

Superbly put.

 

[Briony]

Any entertainment value from KP has to be discounted by virtue of the fact that he is such a Class A, Gold Standard prick of a man

Listen to Warnie atm - "as much talent as I've ever seen but you have to be aware of the need to include him, make him feel special"

What a tool

You have to be a team player. Anyway if he has that much talent, why does he look ordinary when the ball starts to swing and the conditions are tough? Surely a man with that amount of talent should be averaging way over fifty in an era of high scoring. It's to be expected that you'd look pretty good when you came in when the score was 2/2 million in extreme heat against a fatigued attack on a pancake flat pitch.

 

[PhoenixFire]

You have to be a team player. Anyway if he has that much talent, why does he look ordinary when the ball starts to swing and the conditions are tough? Surely a man with that amount of talent should be averaging way over fifty in an era of high scoring. It's to be expected that you'd look pretty good when you came in when the score was 2/2 million in extreme heat against a fatigued attack on a pancake flat pitch.

Having talent doesn't mean you should average anything. Anyone who denies that he's an incredibly talented, if not the most intelligent cricketer, is burying their head in the sand.

 

[Pizzorno]

brainless bowling and captaincy though.

I'd say it's quite clever captaincy by chimpy's standards.

Certainly a better tactic than, "let's give the ball to Mitch and hope he's not a complete fairy today"

 

[zaremba]

KP is obviously a bit of a tool but he's much easier to like when you think of him as Tigger - bouncy, enthusiastic, likes to be loved, bit dim

 

[social]

WTF were those tactics?

This is absolute rubbish

 

[GIMH]

Any entertainment value from KP has to be discounted by virtue of the fact that he is such a Class A, Gold Standard prick of a man

Listen to Warnie atm - "as much talent as I've ever seen but you have to be aware of the need to include him, make him feel special"

What a tool

 

[Woodster]

Siddle not getting the height he needs to trouble KP with the short ball. Hip high will get spanked. I think it's an experiment worth a try, despite what Beefy says, but just need more bounce.

 

[Quaggas]

Any entertainment value from KP has to be discounted by virtue of the fact that he is such a Class A, Gold Standard prick of a man

Listen to Warnie atm - "as much talent as I've ever seen but you have to be aware of the need to include him, make him feel special"

What a tool

+1 Collingwood, on the other hand, class guy.

 

[Furball]

You have to be a team player. Anyway if he has that much talent, why does he look ordinary when the ball starts to swing and the conditions are tough? Surely a man with that amount of talent should be averaging way over fifty in an era of high scoring. It's to be expected that you'd look pretty good when you came in when the score was 2/2 million in extreme heat against a fatigued attack on a pancake flat pitch.

You mean like the way he hit twin fifties on debut when McGrath was destroying the rest of the English top order?

Or when he rescued England from an almighty wobble with a ton in the deciding Test of that series?

Or when he slapped Murali all over England?

Or when he came in and hit a ton, rescuing England from 4/3 in a series decider against New Zealand?

Or how about scoring 2 tons, and a 90, striking at 70 against a South Africa attack which owned the English batting lineup in 2008?

Those sorts of innings?

 

[morgieb]

Collingwood & Pietersen in. We all saw what happened last time at this ground.....

 

[King Pietersen]

Colly racing along with 0 from 12 balls. Superb stuff.

 

[zaremba]

Crapola attempt by the fielder at mid-off there