Great call

Lol

Facts 😂

True that

LOl. I'll never forget Ricky's final test match in Perth. Nathan Lyon came out as night watchman and is also Kooka sponsored. Lyon got the biggest ovation when he came out to bat instead of Ricky that afternoon. :D

Best puller of the ball I've seen in my lifetime was David Gower. Ponting is right up there with the best though.

Except when he overhypes his friends during ipl commentary.

​@@rahulsrinivas3224e doesn't rlly tbh ur j hating tbh

@@haroonbostan9721 nah he’s not hating, Pietersen is the most biased commentator I’ve ever heard. They way he praised and praised root for playing aggressively this morning, calling it an absolute masterclass of batting when he was almost bowled first ball going for a ramp 6 then threw away his wicket for 40 odd runs when England needed him the most, Pietersen still kept heaping on the praise instead of commenting on the opposition.

@@lukedfluke no he praised the intent of going after the aussie bowlers even when they were in a rough spot and didn't let aussie take control

​@@haroonbostan9721I am not hating. Have you seen him on commentary when Virat Kohli is batting?

Greg Chappell and viv richards were masters of it

Swiveling on his back foot hahaha

@@samsearle4433 Rohit?

@@darshang1262 You forgot David Gower. He was a majestic puller and hooker.

Gill would be contesting this in a few years. Most comfortable I've seen anyone hooking 140+

Yup, I'm an Englishman so in a way I kind of hated him during his career but what a player he was. I had to watch Border and then Ponting bash our bowling around the park for many, many years - as a local-league opener, those are the two Aussie batsmen I really admire that I've seen in my lifetime. Both finished their careers averaging over 50 in tests.

yes, the man we loved to hate during his career but his class can't be denied.

Lol me too. Man I’m old tho 😛

Don't do it. It hurts

Been 25 years for me and I'm seriously thinking about it.

Yeah KP was alright, Except that time when Glen McGrath broke his ribs when he tried to pull shot.....McGrath only bowling 120kmh! :D

Thats just what a blokes do, always over stating records, and he’s done it by 5, big deal… he’s achieved more in this content than you’ll ever accomplish in your life, hating for absolutely no reason!! Have some 🍟 for your 🧂

Tbh from 2005 - 2013 if there was one wicket the Aussies valued highly, it was his. This is why they had no sledging rule specifically to Pietersen as it riled him up and he scored big. I still remember 06 Ashes down under. They celebrated his wicket like anything and that Aussies side was probably one of the best ever. If the Aussies fear/respect you then you must be that damn good.

Still good

That's still incredible against the golden generation of Australia

@@y45hwardhan79 would be interesting to see who averaged the highest against Aus during their golden period (95-08). Possibly Lara and/or Tendulkar methinks.

You make a good point, although the fact his average against that team is about 10 less than his career average, and 20 less when playing them away, that suggests there's definitely a real issue against them...

Yup, all talk as usual.

Yup. '50 or 60' he said - he's been dreaming again 🤣

Gower's pull was poetry in motion - the best ever for me.

And Ian Bell cover drive

@@harismansoor5733 Yuvraj Singh's cover drives for me. Gilchrist's cuts.

@@harismansoor5733 Brian Lara was a better driver of the ball

Yeah same with the way Aussies booed against an 17 year old Ishant Sharma back in 2008. Englishman James Anderson Pushed Ravindra Jadeja (then 25 year old ) on basis of his race, and most importantly how English media did the cover up for Anderson. I think you might have forgotten how Siraj was abused on the basis of his Race back in 2020-21. These are few of the incidents and if someone goes deep within, they will find many more. Now that Tides have turned and Indians became a force to reckon on Social MEDIA, and moreover they are now giving it back on face to opposition, it's hard for people to digest. The Green's Catch of Gill was a controversial one and even many Aussie players vouched that, it's probably a bump ball. 😉 No-one (even Batter who got dismissed) was blaming Green. Instead they show their resentment against Umpires (esp TV Umpire). Mind you its the same Green who got all the lauds and applauds while playing in IPL (offcourse money is there 🤑 ), and most importantly we do know how to treat our guests well (even on foreign soils).

Two legends of the game sharing nuances and all you could come up with is such an inopportune comment! Oh man.. Not the place, not the audience, not the anything.

​@@Ashutosh-lw3cnaustralia 9 icc titles >>>> India 😊

@@RameshKumar-kz8er India won against Australia in Australia twice in 3 years, which Australia cannot achieved ones in a decade or so. 😉😉😉

@@TRoy098 Just coz it's been said by a white man, doesn't makes it a fine craft or something. 😉 It's not something which they didn't say earlier or so. And it's not like they are the ones who said it first or so. Salman Butt (ex Pakistani opener said it earlier). Many Asian Giants said the same sort of stuff. Even our own greats have vouched for their opinions on these matters. See I'm not demeaning anyone here and both Ponting and Pietersen are greats in their own rank. But it makes me wonder how much we Asians seek the validation of the West in every aspect of life. Call it a slavery syndrome which blended into us over time.

Is this the one we hear in cricket 07

@@vignesshwarvenkatachalam7786 yes

i miss kp so much. the elegance, the stance, the aggression. Him raising his sleeves and flexing his knees.

Yeah it's a disgrace how they acted. He has even forgiven most of them and moved on. He's a really nice guy, but the English media needed to turn him into a "controversial maverick".

Both very good people and very attentive

south african accent…

That's why we say cricket is a great levler

Tbh he had the stones between his legs and sheer audacity to walk down the track to McGrath and treat him like a spinner. This is probably one of the most accurate bowlers of all time. Partially paid off but McGrath had the last laugh. Pietersen was quite something. I still remember his reverse sweep 6 against a prime Murali. No one would dare dream of doing that against Murali in his prime in a time where the shot was extremely unconventional (nowadays it's a standard shot).

Hey Paandi stop irritating others. Paandi.

It's sunny all day tomorrow though so they'll probably rack up a huge score then bowl under cloudy skies on day 5. Overheads make a huge difference in England. Can make the flattest pitches look like minefields, and yeah Bazball only works when there's nothing in the pitch for the bowlers.

Wow! What a shock! In bowling conditions, the bowlers did well!! Amazing insight right here! 😂

​​@@jehanariyaratnam2874 sule maggane, tell ur fellow Kongas and Paandis to stop itching others.

@@GIBBO4182 I think the point is that Bazball can only work when it's really flat. Not going to work in good bowling conditions, and hard to sustain on pitches with a good balance between bat and ball. In England you need to rely on the weather to assist your bowlers, when the pitch is flat even though aus aren't scoring as quick as England, they'll take enough time out of the game to make it hard for England to press for the win just by batting normally. And it's also shown that if there are overheads and movement around, they're not going to be able to use Bazball to negate the aus quicks.

Who are you?

@@y45hwardhan79 A first class cricketer. And you? Watch what Punter says to him at the beginning.

KP's problem was that his team mates didn't like him. If he was struggling with a bowler and got into that 'lonely place' he couldn't talk to those around him to work it out.

It's called having a sense of humor mate

Piece of what?

no people get hair transplants these days

And also the saddest...

Leeds. Terrible team

@@desmartin7422 Agreed

@@user-hj3ek3xm6n Captain's are judged on Ashes . He lost a fair few. Great batsman though