Pietersen wants Ashes revenge
Kevin Pietersen wants to be a member of an England side that 'demolishes' Australia in two years time after the team's 5-0 Ashes humbling.
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But Pietersen has promised the memory of their recent thrashing will inspire the team to success when the Ashes are next up for grabs, in England, in 2009. "People are still hurting from the winter. But I don't think it did England too much harm, this winter," he told BBC Radio Five Live's Sportsweek programme on Sunday.
"Yes, we got hammered in Australia and the World Cup (where England failed to reach the semi-finals) wasn't good for us, but we are hurting. Inside, we are hurting and it is the same sort of pain we want to inflict on a lot of countries that tour England, and it is the same pain we want to inflict on the Australians in 2009, so it wasn't all that bad.
"The way we are playing our cricket now is the way we want to play and the way we want to demolish the Australians in 2009.
Michael Vaughan spoke of England needing to be ruthless ahead of the fourth Test against West Indies and Pietersen echoes those opinions. "I just basically think it's that killer instinct, that ruthlessness that the Australian team showed us in Australia this winter.
"They were at our throats - that's what we want to do, we want to be mentally right, we want to be physically right and we just want to keep asking questions ball after ball, session after session," explained Pietersen, who said new coach Peter Moores wanted the side to have a hard edge.
"A team has to back down at some stage and that is something Peter is very, very positive about and keen on doing. As soon as you turn up at the ground, you are in the right frame of mind, you have got positive energy, positive vibes chucking around the dressing room Positive energy breeds positive performances."
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