Horsing around
Kevin Pietersens run glut has meant that comparisons to another Africa-born Englishman, Graeme Hick, have been made for quite some time
One man values restraint; the other is a show pony, with the rosettes to prove it. It is hard to imagine Hick leaping on a batting partner as Pietersen leapt upon Michael Vaughan when the England captain completed his century last Friday. But then Pietersen clearly imagines he is "the skipper's mate" (he isn't, actually) just as he was "Goughy's mate" when his English papers came through, and he is "Warney's mate" at Southampton.
Ashok Ganguly is an editorial assistant at Cricinfo