A welcome break for KP
After three months of rest and recuperation, Kevin Pietersen will pick up a bat and try to prove his fitness for the tour of South Africa
Kanishkaa Balachandran
25-Feb-2013
After three months of rest and recuperation, Kevin Pietersen will pick up a bat and try to prove his fitness for the tour of South Africa. More valuable than the physical rest for his Achilles is the mental rest he's had, watching a bit of cricket and catching up with his favourite channel, National Geographic. Alyson Rudd of the Times finds out what KP's been upto in the recent months.
Pietersen breaks with tradition. Enforced rest usually prompts sportsmen to become depressed and allow problems to fester but he turned this on its head. “Preparation is what I bank on and preparation has definitely been hampered because of external thoughts,” he said. “These last three months have cleared my brain and my thoughts.”
Kanishkaa Balachandran is a senior sub-editor at ESPNcricinfo