"You’ve got to be known to be that kind of player that will go and take risks"
Kevin Pietersen says England have missed a trick by not being more attacking against Nathan Lyon.
Pietersen admitted the Test was ’50/50’ after day one but suggests England could have put themselves in control if they had taken a few more risks against the spinner.
“Nathan Lyon shouldn’t bowl 24 overs for 40 runs on day one of a Test match" said KP.
“I think that they [England] might have missed a trick a there. I would have preferred Lyon’s figures to have been 3 for 70, 3 for 80 on day one of a Test match not 0 for 40.
“You get defined as a player when you’re playing Ashes cricket and you get defined as a player with the risks that you take.
“If you’re going to bat at the top order you have to take those risks. So when you want to be defined as a player and you want to stand out. You’ve got to be known to be that kind of player that will go and take those risks.”
"Nathan Lyon shouldn't bowl 24 overs for 40 runs!"@KP24 thinks England may have missed a trick on day one at the Gabba.#ItsTheAshes pic.twitter.com/eeO2ha2mXp
— BT Sport Cricket (@btsportcricket) November 23, 2017
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