Following England’s impressive win in their first warm-up match against Western Australia, an ebullient Kevin Pietersen delivers his latest diary entry, which is brought to you exclusively by the Reverse Sweep this winter.
On David Hasslehoff
I was a bit disappointed that Warney compared Swanny to David Hasslehoff the other day. Warney knows that the Hoff is my hero. He’s a great singer, fantastic actor and like me is extremely modest - he is credited with bringing down the Berlin Wall and I won the Ashes in 2005.
On getting the swagger back
Man, it felt good at the crease over the weekend. I really enjoyed my cameo yesterday in the run chase. I feel like I’ve had the hottest curry as the runs are really beginning to flow now.
On being a clown
I have never really been a technical player, you've seen me play for six years, I play like a clown. For Brisbane, I was thinking of wearing an orange wig, white facepaint and a red nose, but decided not to as everyone might confuse me with Colly.
Where next?
Read all the excerpts from KP's 2010 Ashes Diary
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