Australia can be beaten says Pietersen

Image via WikipediaThe familiar Aussie fixation is back. A consolation Test match victory in a dead rubber has given enough confidence for the new England Captain, Kevin Pietersen to talk of beating the Aussies.

"It was not far away from the perfect start and from the way I want to play cricket in the future," he said. "If we play like this, we will beat Australia. This is a starting stage. The key is to turn up to every single Test like we have this week."

Conveniently forgotten is the fact that the Australian series is one year away. In the meanwhile, England play India in India and then take on the West Indies.

When will England realise that it is premature to talk of reclaiming the Ashes and this false bravado serves to turn them into a laughing stock of the cricketing world.

Do the deed and then we will applaud.

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Dravid may not open

In all probability, the Aussies have freezed on a 4 prong pace attack. This can be made out from the fact that the Indians have junked the idea of Dravid partnering Jaffer.
Instead it will be Sehwag.

It appears that Virender Sehwag, the nowhere
man in Indian cricket till a week back, has been put on alert and he wasted
little time in rushing to the MCG indoor nets this afternoon to give himself
some serious workout against bowling machines.

I would say that it is a sound move. India is better served with Dravid at No.3.

What do you say?