{"id":13670,"date":"2012-08-20T03:00:01","date_gmt":"2012-08-20T01:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/08\/cricket-pietersen-woes-continue-with-golden-duck\/"},"modified":"2012-08-20T03:00:01","modified_gmt":"2012-08-20T01:00:01","slug":"cricket-pietersen-woes-continue-with-golden-duck","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/cricket-pietersen-woes-continue-with-golden-duck\/","title":{"rendered":"Cricket-Pietersen woes continue with golden duck"},"content":{"rendered":"

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LONDON<\/span> Aug 19 (Reuters) – Kevin Pietersen’s woes continued
\non Sunday when he was bowled for a first-ball duck playing for
\ncounty team Surrey having been dropped by England for the third
\ntest against South Africa for sending provocative text messages.<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

Pietersen sent texts criticising his England team mates and
\nstaff to South Africa players. The South African-born batsman
\napologised on Wednesday and said they were meant as “banter
\nbetween close friends” but the incident upset the England
\nmanagement and captain Andrew Strauss.<\/p>\n

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The game for Surrey against Hampshire in a domestic 40-over
\ncompetition was Pietersen’s first since he scored a brilliant
\n149 in the second test at Headingley earlier this month.<\/p>\n

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Batting at three away from the international scene, he fell
\nto left-arm spinner Liam Dawson to enormous cheers from the
\nHampshire crowd, where Pietersen used to play before signing for
\nSurrey.<\/p>\n

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“I do think he should have taken a break,” his former
\nEngland captain Michael Vaughan said on BBC Radio.<\/p>\n

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“It’s a big ask for him to play at this time. He needs to
\nget away from it for a week or two, have his meetings, and take
\na break. There’s no way he can react to the ball properly with
\nall this going on.”<\/p>\n

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Former England captain Tony Greig said on the BBC website
\n(www.bbc.co.uk) he felt Pietersen’s career could be in danger.<\/p>\n

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“If what’s being written is correct, he’s absolute history,
\nthere’s no way he’ll ever play again,” Greig said in reference
\nto British media reports that Pietersen sent South Africa
\ntactical advice.<\/p>\n

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“He’s not turned out to be a great team man and it’s now got
\neven worse,” said Greig.
\n\u00a0 Continued…<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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