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Great Stuff KP, But It Could've Been Better

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March 23,2018

Great Stuff KP, But It Could've Been Better

- Peter Hayter

Great Stuff KP, But It Could've Been Better

So. Farewell then. Kevin Pietersen. FIGJAM*. That was your catchphrase. And, by crikey, you were. Better than good, actually. Occasionally, in fact, just plain brilliant. Thanks for the memories; for hitting

Pigeon back over his head into the pavilion at Lord’s on your Test debut, for the Ashes clinching 158 on that unforgettable final day of that unforgettable summer of 2005, punk-skunk Mohican and all.

Thanks for hoisting Shane Warne for two sixes (and thanks to him for shelling you at slip on 15), blatting Brett Lee to long-on for four, baseball-style, then hooking him out of the ground twice more to settle the series, on instinct and eye alone.

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