But he had to wait until the eighth before picking up another stroke following a sequence of six straight pars.

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Dale Steyn opened up from the other end, but Kieswetter struck a glorious drive past extra cover and Pietersen got off the mark with a straight drive followed by an exquisitely-timed stroke through the covers as 13 came from the over.

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As I went for the full extension of my arms and a straight underwater pull, I realized that each gave my stroke power.

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Usually there were so many calls at the stroke of six-thirty that the overlap would send half of them straight to voicemail.

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