Pietersen: England can rule the world

Kevin Pietersen believes England can remain at the top of the test world rankings for years to come.

He says that he is looking forward to being part of a great team that will be remembered by those placing bet365 free bets in the same way as the great Australian and West Indian sides.

Pietersen knows what it takes to play at that level, having been part of the England side that was so ruthlessly beaten by Australia during the 2006/07 Ashes tour.

“When the great Australian and West Indian teams played for years and years they killed opposition,” Pietersen told the ECB’s official website.

“I played against that Australian team in 2006 in Australia.”

“I promise you now, every day’s play of those Test matches you weren’t looking forward to it – because you knew you were going to get dealt with. That’s what I hope we can do to opposition, but it’s going to be tough.”

Pietersen believes the England team are well equipped to dominate the world of cricket for years to come.

He added: “The team department is absolutely amazing, and all we need to do is continue that and not let it get affected by anything that happens or any success that is achieved.”

“I think we’ve proved that by winning in Australia (last winter) and then coming back to England and beating India in England.”

“We’ve obviously got a lot of hard work we’ve still got to put in, and the good thing about this team is we’ll put that in.”

“We’ve got a real good structure in place and great people in place as well. The management and players – there’s a lot of mature players.”

“You look at the number of games people have played, you look at the number of hundreds we’ve scored, look at the wickets the boys have started to take.”

“We actually look like one of the senior teams in world cricket right now – whereas two, three, four, five years ago there were a couple of players who were experienced but we had a lot of inexperience too. So I think we’ve got all departments covered.”

But those looking at Bookmakers Free Bets note how Pietersen knows that he and his team mates cannot get complacent – and says there is a fine line between that and confidence.

He added: “I think you’ve got a lot of experience and you’ve got guys who – it’s wrong to say are certain of their places – but have done enough in this team to be sure of their own games.”

“They warrant being selected through a bad run of form, to keep getting the backing of selectors because they have done so well over the last however many years.”

“When you have that confidence behind you as a player, you’re not so worried about your place; you’re really, really worried about doing your job well – and also if someone else does well, there’s no jealousy.”