Stop Writing About Cricket: Kevin Pietersen Criticizes UK Journalist Over England's Lack Of Training
Former England player Kevin Pietersen slams a UK journalist for defending England's lack of practice during their tour of India for the recently concluded series. He was seen as very open to talking about his side struggles and took a dig on social media after the journalist stated injuries and a tight schedule as reasons for the team's lack of training.
Pietersen on his social media account on X wrote,
"Just got sent an article where a leading UK journo has said that Shastri & I got it wrong last night when discussing England not training. Reason: injuries and quick turnaround between games."
"Do me a f*****g favor! Stop writing about cricket if you're going to write such rubbish. Injuries are part of sports, and this schedule is like every bilateral series almost ever played. Injuries are not stopping batters from batting against net bowlers and learning the art of playing spin. And that's where they should have been to IMPROVE! Trust me on this one, as it saved my career against spin!"
Further, he stated that the journalist was trying to brainwash the fans who believe in the team.
"It seems that journos are in cahoots with what we're trying to be brainwashed into believing! You won't fool the fan with such!"
England had a disastrous tour of India, firstly losing the T20I series 4-1 and now getting whitewashed 3-0 in the ODIs. Jos Buttler, on the team's avoiding net sessions, said that there's nothing like that; they've certainly done plenty of training throughout the year.
"I'm not sure that's quite true, to be honest. We had a reasonably long tour and a few long travel days. There's been a couple of times we've not trained, but we've certainly done plenty of training throughout the tour."
"We obviously try and create a really good environment, but don't mistake that for a lazy environment or a lack of effort. The guys are desperate to perform and do well and improve."