"If you stand and watch an innings like Yuvraj played and Sehwag you have just got to take your hat off to the way they played, " said Pietersen.

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Sometimes, you have to take off your artist hat and put on the business hat.

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Teammate Kemar Roach then became only the sixth bowler to take a hat-trick at a World Cup when he polished off the Dutch line-up with three successive wickets to end with figures of 6-27 in an innings of just 115.

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"I take my hat off to a lot of the players as they have been very loyal and committed through difficult time for everybody connected with the club, " he added.

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Leeds refused to take their foot off the gas though as Coady completed his hat-trick and Eastwood side-stepped his way over before Webb completed the rout.

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