Pietersen sounds warning !

Kevin Pietersen sounded a warning to the other teams that England are no pushovers.

According to this magnificent stroke player, England is ready for the big battle.

Earlier the well educated and polite A Strauss has sounded a warning, saying that the English bowling attack is one of the best in the world.

When we do a SWOT ( Strengths, Weaknessess, Opportunities, Threats ), we find that England are the current T20 champions and holder of the Ashes series. They beat Bangladesh and Pak in Tests. But the 6/1 drubbing they got from the Aussies have cast doubts over their ODI abilities with the result the bookies have given odds of 5/1. Still they are ahead of SA (11/2) and West Indies ( 10/1) !

If not for that drubbing they would have been second favourites at 4/1 !


"We're going to a World Cup, and World Cups are incredible events. We've had an incredible 12 months, winning would cap off the most remarkable 12 months in English cricket history," said the English master blaster.

"It doesn't matter if we've got three or four days (to prepare), that's exactly what we've got. We've got to focus our attention on being as positive as we can to go and do a job in India and that's exactly how the boys are feeling."

During the World Cup, he expects English performance to peak.

"We went out there to win the Ashes, we obviously achieved that. We put a lot of time, a lot of energy, a lot of concentration, a lot of dedication into winning the Ashes.

The ODI series did not go according to plan, he concedes.

"We want to win the World Cup, so our energies, our attention to detail now turns fully to India and we'll be on the money in India, don't worry about that".

He rues Morgan's loss.

"(It is a) huge loss. Morgs has been a fantastic member in the middle order for the last couple of years, he's done so well for England. He is someone who is going to be really missed in our middle order."