Former England cricketer-turned-commentator Kevin Pietersen has revealed that he wants to help the “new young England batting side” as it aims to come out of a major slump that has seen them win just two of the last 18 Tests.
However, there are positive signs as the team under new captain Ben Stokes and head coach Brendon McCullum recently won the first Test of the three-match series against New Zealand at Lord’s.
The 41-year-old Pietersen, who has played 104 Tests and scored over 8,000 runs in the format, apart from scoring more than 4,000 runs in ODIs, said England needed “a few coaches”, not just one.
“I want to help this new young England batting team. I want to help them because I think what England need, they need some coaches out there who aren’t afraid to lose their jobs,” said Alastair Cook, one of England’s all-time greats along with Joe Root and Pietersen. , Graham Gooch, Alec Stewart and David Gower, were quoted as saying by Mirror.co.uk.
Pietersen has also played a lot of T20 cricket for his country and was a part of several T20 leagues including the IPL. But the cricketer, who averages 47.28 in Tests, has not taken any formal coaching job since retiring in 2018.
The cricketer said that he wants to give a “positive mindset” to the players and help them think “outside the box”.
“But to really back them up. Support the youth and give them a positive mindset to think out of the box, be creative and be positive. So it’s not a situation where you see a lot of coaches around the world and you have to Looks like ‘he needs that job’. I don’t need that job, but I would like to help these people,” Peterson said.
Pietersen also said that the appointment of Stokes as captain and New Zealander McCullum as Test coach were positive signs for England.
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