A year to the day
George Binoy
25-Feb-2013
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As the Ashes squad is named, Patrick Kidd recalls in The Times, with the help of others, the moment Australia were beaten a year ago.
“On Monday morning I saw a newspaper headline which read: ‘One hero wanted at The Oval, report in at 10.30 in the morning’,” Pietersen said. “I wanted to be that hero.” The hero rode his luck. The hat-trick ball was deflected off his shoulder to slip. Then, he edged Warne behind but Adam Gilchrist knocked the ball out of the path of Matthew Hayden. Pietersen was then dropped on 15 by Warne.
George Binoy is an assistant editor at ESPNcricinfo