The pitch was still playing well, but England were bowling superbly, and Bresnan was next to strike when Mike Hussey picked out Pietersen at gully with a misdirected cut shot.

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The focus tends to be on his batting - he has a strike rate of 92.95 - but not on his challenging bowling.

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