England pair best in world, says Pietersen
ENGLAND batsman Kevin Pietersen has hailed team-mates Stuart Broad and James Anderson as the most devastating new-ball pairing in world cricket.
Broad and Anderson took 14 scalps between them as England beat West Indies by five wickets in the first Test at Lord’s, which ended on Monday.
“Our bowlers are a fantastic unit. To get 20 wickets on a pitch like that was magnificent,” said Pietersen.
“Lord’s is a hard place to win a Test because it’s a good batting wicket. Anderson and Broad are right up there as the best new-ball pairing in the world.”
West Indies have called up Tino Best ahead of the second Test, which starts on Friday at Trent Bridge, after seamer Shannon Gabriel was ruled out of the rest of the three-match series with a back injury.
England chiefs, meanwhile, have confirmed the schedule for the winter tour of India. England will play four Tests and two Twenty20s before Christmas, with five one-day internationals in January.