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controversial batting shot
Thu, April 12 2012
Switch-hit: Innovative ambidexterity or opportunistic ambivalence?
A lot has been said and written about the acceptability of switch-hit as a cricketing shot. Kevin Pietersen, in particular, executes this shot well and often. In his classic knock of 151 in the recently-concluded Test at Colombo, which England won to retain its No 1 standing, Pietersen resorted to the switch-hit time and again to unsettle the bowlers.