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Monday, February 21, 2011

Dutch captain hails own Pietersen power

Netherlands cricket captain Peter Borren addresses media in Colombo progressing this month. Borren has played down Kevin Pietersen’s latest purpose during a tip of England’s sequence to foster his own team’s World Cup opening pair.
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NAGPUR, India (AFP) – Dutch captain Peter Borren played down Kevin Pietersen’s latest purpose during a tip of England’s sequence upon Monday to foster his own team’s World Cup opening pair.

While most of a speak in a rave to Tuesday’s strife has centred around England’s preference to foster Pietersen to partner captain Andrew Strauss, Borren pronounced his dual openers were value watching.

“I’m seeking out for Alexei Kervezee, a immature opening batsman who plays during Worcestershire. He’s usually twenty-one though personification in his second World Cup that is flattering impressive,” pronounced Borren.

“His growth has come upon in leaps as good as end as good as you consider he’ll have a statement.

“The alternative opening batsman Wesley Barresi is not indispensably a obvious player though is someone who you consider can hoop this turn of cricket: not usually hoop it, though additionally do very, really well.”

As for Pietersen opening, a bullish Borren said: “It’s a shift from England as good as for Pietersen himself. We’re good wakeful what he’s means of as good as wakeful he’s not finished that pursuit all that most so hopefully that gives us an opportunity.

“We’ve got full apply oneself for him though not usually him though a alternative batsmen in a England lineup as good as patently their bowling as good as fielding as well.

“We’ve got to take a chances as good as if you can play with a own fortify hopefully you can emanate those chances.”

Although Borren has recovered from a go through damage amply to be means to bat as good as lead a side, a medium-pacer pronounced he was non-professional to bowl.

“It’s unsatisfactory though you consider we’ve got it covered. We’ll have 5 or 6 bowling options.”

Borren additionally urged his side to “prove ourselves upon a field” as a discuss about join forces with appearance during a World Cup continues to fury in a subcontinent.

His side proceed their 2011 debate opposite England with Australia captain Ricky Ponting disbelief either teams outward a Test chosen have been value their place in a World Cup.

The emanate was brought in to pointy concentration upon Sunday by a span of outrageous defeats for dual of a 4 join forces with countries receiving partial during a World Cup with Kenya starting down by 10 wickets to New Zealand as good as Canada losing by a huge 210 runs to co-hosts Sri Lanka.

The International Cricket Council (ICC) have hurt most second-tier countries with their preference to revoke a 2015 World Cup from fourteen teams to 10.

Given there have been 10 Test nations, this would crop up to obviate join forces with countries from participating nonetheless a tellurian ruling physique has nonetheless to establish how teams will validate for a 2015 event.

But Borren pronounced what happens in 4 years’ time was not his concern, saying: “It’s not something I’ve been focusing on.

“We need to infer ourselves upon a margin in a approach that you can have a own matter with courtesy to what happens in a destiny of a 50-over World Cup.

“Everyone enjoys a loser you do good as good as there’s been instances of that via a World Cups. We’re anticipating by pulling off a arrange of formula that have happened in a past you can answer that subject upon a field.”

The Dutch caused a single of a good upsets by violence England during Lord’s in a 2009 World Twenty20 as good as Borren said: “There’s no disbelief that night gave us a bit of certainty starting in to a tie upon Tuesday that we’ve had dual years of credentials for.

“As you say, a certainty in a group as good as a credentials we’ve had, it would be good to lift off a feat again.”

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