'The shot will create a lot of problems. How do you deal with lbws and wides? Do you treat the batsman as right-hander or a left-hander?' the legendary umpire was quoted as saying in the Daily Telegraph.
It's hard to imagine the England authorities changing their stand in Kevin Pietersen's case, writes Haresh Pandya.
'Thank you for the most wonderful welcoming this morning, Mr @AmitShah. Fascinating conversation. Kind, caring and inspirational man! Thank you!', Kevin Pietersen posted along with pictures with Shah.
Former pacer Steven Finn urged England to take a cue from Alastair Cook and Kevin Pietersen's centuries in their 10-wicket win in the 2012 Mumbai Test.
Kevin Pietersen is set to play his first match on Sunday since being dropped by England, after he was included in Surrey's squad for a 40-over game.
England batsman Kevin Pietersen may consider quitting Test cricket after this year's back-to-back Ashes series against Australia, his former team mate Andrew Flintoff said on Thursday.
England batsman Kevin Pietersen is to leave his county side Hampshire at the end of the season, the club said in a statement on Thursday. Pietersen, who was part of England's Twenty20 World Cup winning side, lives in London with his wife and baby son and wants to play for a county closer to home.
Under-pressure England batsman Kevin Pietersen stood tall on the opening day of the fourth Ashes Test against Australia on Thursday even as his teammates crumbled around him.
Australia will reclaim the Ashes against all odds if Kevin Pietersen's knee injury keeps the England batsman out of the series, spin great Shane Warne has said.
Sacked England batsman Kevin Pietersen's carefree attitude during the recent Ashes series had reportedly infuriated the management so much that it led to a bust-up between captain Alastair Cook and batting coach Graham Gooch on the balcony.
The view on having Pant on board, if Dhawan is ousted, was echoed by former England batsman Kevin Pietersen.
Kevin Pietersen says the frustration he has exhibited during England's tour of West Indies has been building up since the humiliating Test and ODI defeats against India and was compounded by the team's continuing poor show in the Caribbean.
England batsman Kevin Pietersen will skip the Indian Premier League to undergo a hernia operation after the ongoing World Cup in the sub-continent.
Uncapped Essex batsman Ravi Bopara has been called into the England one-day squad in Australia as a replacement for the injured Kevin Pietersen.
Kevin Pietersen still hopes he can play in the Twenty20 World Cup for England despite retiring from all one-day internationals last week, he said on Sunday.
Former Australia captain Michael Clarke will be joining an elite panel commentators comprising Kevin Pietersen, Sunil Gavaskar for the upcoming 10th edition of Indian Premier League.
Brathwaite sees a leader in Archer and wants England to support him in discovering his leadership qualities so that he can serve English cricket for a long time.
South Africa Test captain Graeme Smith has strongly denied recent suggestions that he or his team deliberately provoked England batsman Kevin Pietersen into sending 'provocative' text messages to the Proteas players during the recent Test series between the sides.
Kevin Pietersen's Test future may be in doubt but the mercurial batsman was named in England's provisional 30-member squad for this year's Twenty20 World Cup in Bangladesh on Wednesday.
Cricket South Africa (CSA) have dismissed claims their players instigated the text-message row that led to batsman Kevin Pietersen being dropped by England. England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) chief executive David Collier told BBC radio on Sunday that Pietersen's texts to South African players during the recent Test series were in response to messages from the opposition.
Kevin Pietersen played down the spat he and India spinner Anil Kumble had on the final day of the third Test at The Oval on Monday and suggested it was because the bowler was just intent on a victory.
The Australian coach said he noticed Kevin Pietersen always fielded in the outfield away from his team mates.
There is no ban on Kevin Pietersen playing for England but an erosion of trust means he has no place in their plans this summer, new director of cricket Andrew Strauss said on Tuesday.
England batsman Kevin Pietersen, who was out for a second ball duck, threw beer over South African fans after they called him a 'knob'.
The England batsman is thrilled with his current success, but in no mood to rest on his laurels.
England cricket chief David Collier has been forced to apologise to South Africa after accusing their players of provoking Kevin Pietersen in the text message row that led to the batsman being dropped.
England batsman Kevin Pietersen said he was almost back to his best form after recovering from an Achilles tendon injury.
Andrew Strauss has said English cricket could be damaged by the "madness" surrounding the publication of Kevin Pietersen's autobiography.
Replying to England's 570-7, the West Indies capitulated to 146 all out and were 22 for two at the close on Day 2 after following on.
Kevin Pietersen launched an impassioned defence of Test cricket on Monday, less than two weeks before he will lead England in the US $20 million Twenty20 Stanford match. England face a West Indies select team in Antigua on November 1 in the winner-takes-all game where each victorious player will walk away with $1 million.
Pietersen hit a superb century and Panesar returned his best figures of 6 for 129 as England took a grip on the first Test against the West Indies.
Consistency and confidence were the twin buzzwords in the England camp as they marched to Twenty20 World Cup success and no-one encapsulated those qualities better than Kevin Pietersen.
In an attempt to save his international career, embattled England cricketer Kevin Pietersen is expected to travel the length and breadth of the country to personally meet his team-mates and tender his apology to them.
After beating India at their own game, England skipper Alastair Cook and Kevin Pietersen said the team will have to guard against complacency in the remaining two matches.
Kevin Pietersen smashed a 94-ball 110 before retiring hurt as England put up 408 for 3 on Day 1 of the tour match against Haryana in Ahmedabad.
Scoring hundreds and doubles hundreds could force the England selectors into recalling controversial batsman Kevin Pietersen, Surrey director of cricket Alec Stewart told Reuters on Thursday.
England coach Andy Flower has dismissed reports that he had issued an ultimatum to the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) over misfiring star batsman Kevin Pietersen as 'totally inaccurate'.
England's dressing room will be a better place without Kevin Pietersen after the controversial batsman was sacked following the dismal Ashes tour of Australia, wicketkeeper Matt Prior said on Thursday.
Kevin Pietersen's removal from the England cricket team over inappropriate text messages was a tragedy for both player and country, according to Australian spin great Shane Warne.
'I actually think, with Hardik Pandya, everything away from the game is affecting him so much. He's smiling too much when he does the toss. He's trying to act like he is so happy. He is not happy. I have been there. I have been in the firing line. And I can tell you now, it affects you.'
