One Test series down, one to go. It’s been fun to have the West Indies here this soggy summer. They are not yet fit to lace the rum punch of their predecessors but they’ve been better than some recent vintages of Caribbean cricketer. Now we wait for the main — if truncated — event of the summer game: the three Tests against South Africa. The best team in the world against their nearest rivals, and 19 July can’t come soon enough, but until then cricket goes short-form and England will have to live without ‘KP’.
To many, Kevin Pietersen’s decision to retire from international limited-overs cricket makes it a little easier to be cross with him. As Vic Marks pointed out the other day, Pietersen is one of those players who divides opinion: some people hate him, others simply dislike him. We don’t go a bundle on confidence; we often confuse it with arrogance.
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