Harmison and Anderson shine for KP (0)
- 7 Aug 08, 06:46 PM
Kevin Pietersen could not have asked for a better response from his bowlers in his first day in the field. They all responded in conditions that favoured swing bowlers, but on a surface that should have yielded more than 194 runs.
After a rather scruffy morning session which was curtailed by a shower of rain, Pietersen was able to maintain attacking fields during the afternoon in which James Anderson and Steve Harmison took five wickets between them. Even Monty Panesar did precisely what Pietersen asked of him - twice!
Bringing the spinner on for the last over before tea - as many captains do - Monty had the obdurate AB de Villiers lbw with his third ball. And then, when the last pair had hung around long enough to be thoroughly annoying, Pietersen turned to his spinner again, and he bowled Makhaya Ntini with his fifth ball.
Continue reading "Harmison and Anderson shine for KP"
