Is Pietersen really uncomfortable against left arm spinners?

[SLICKR392]

Apparently he only came down the track because UV's first ball was an absolute pie?

He did not come down the track against Yuvi. He hit him for 4, 1st ball in the backfoot.

[Gunner_Mania]

He will fail miserably in this series with that approach. You need to be positive while playing against spin but the way KP came down the track for that first ball' date=' he seemed more nervous than anything. Being positive means you put the bad ball away and keep rotating the strike. Not strike out like a mad man.[/quote'] Interestingly Nasser Hussein's take was that since KP doesnt feel he can survive with his defence with 4 men around the bat, he decided to run down. Doesnt sound like a very confident approach to play spin to me. having said that if he stays for 30-40 minutes he will really make it count

[indiaregulator]

Robin Van Persie. That is all.

[Trichromatic]

Which great player was so weak against particular form of bowling?

[SLICKR392]

Which great player was so weak against particular form of bowling?

His team mate. Morgan!

[Era of Gold]

Robin Van Persie. That is all.

lol what?

[vvvslaxman]

KP's problem continues.

[BeautifulGame]

That's why stats never tell the whole story

[Trichromatic]

That's why stats never tell the whole story

[carnish]

KP is a World Class batsmen and he will sort out the problem soon. He is going to do well against Ojha but may as well get out to Ashwin.

[CG]

KP is a World Class batsmen and he will sort out the problem soon. He is going to do well against Ojha but may as well get out to Ashwin.

:cantstop:.Its a porblem which has been with him for years.He is basically a legside player looking to be on front foot all the time and play the ball to legside but against left arm spinner that is a bad stratergy.

[carnish]

:cantstop:.Its a porblem which has been with him for years.He is basically a legside player looking to be on front foot all the time and play the ball to legside but against left arm spinner that is a bad stratergy.

Yet he is scoring runs. Not like his average has gone down significantly. He will do ok in this series.

[CG]

Yet he is scoring runs. Not like his average has gone down significantly. He will do ok in this series.

Unless ojha is injured he will find it hars to score runs.

[carnish]

Unless ojha is injured he will find it hars to score runs.

Hiopefully thats the case. .... we need Peitersen to fail for us to have a series win.

[Crookbond]

In Ahmedabad, it would be fair to say KP was more reintegrated with his problems with left-arm spin than with his team-mates. http://www.wisdenindia.com/cricket-blog/england-land-make-believe/36232

[Trundler27]

Conspiracy theory: I think KP is purposely screwing with the team for throwing him under the bus during the SAF series He might get a couple of decent scores but he will ensure that the team gets shafted... maybe he'll even runout a well set cook Most dissappointing batter from their side has been Trott... i thought he'd do better but he has sucked big time so far.

[BeautifulGame]

Its not just KP who has problems against left arm spin

Abdur Rehman, Rangana Herath and Ojha have collectively taken 47 wickets at 17.5 in England’s six overseas Tests this year, with six five-wicket hauls between them. In England’s previous 57 Tests abroad, from 2002 to 2011, left-arm spinners had taken 94 wickets at an average of 49. However, crucially, in those ten winters, the only left-arm slow bowlers from the three major Asian nations that England faced were the left-hand fast batsmen Yuvraj and Sanath Jayasuriya (8 wickets between them, average 32).

http://blogs.espncricinfo.com/andyzaltzman/#XYipWHW0zXY7rspP.99