Pietersen's eyes rotation somewhat erstwhile helium is asked astir Ben Stokes' caller comments comparing Harry Brook's talents to his.
Pietersen, similar Brook, was a maverick – a batter susceptible of unthinkable highs. Those highs mean the lows travel with a disproportionate level of criticism.
"Where I tin assistance him is playing situations, due to the fact that determination was a batch of method successful my madness," Pietersen says.
"Yes, occasionally, I got retired to reckless shots and brainsick shots successful the '80s and '90s but determination was a batch of operation to the mode that I batted.
"I've inactive got notes connected my telephone connected however I played successful T20 cricket, one-day cricket, Test lucifer cricket, and astir hitting consecutive backmost astatine the stumps, and the techniques, and however I did it, and don't play definite shots.
"That all-round operation is thing I could perchance assistance him with due to the fact that he's truthful flipping good.
"It's really frightening however bully helium is and however bully helium tin be."
And Pietersen says helium volition not bounds himself to moving purely connected white-ball cricket.
He has already spoken to caller Test manager Stephen Fleming astir however helium tin assistance the Test batters during his clip with the white-ball squads.
Though helium said helium would not person clip for a full-time role, helium suggested helium is unfastened to moving with the Test broadside earlier adjacent summer's location Ashes series.
"I person got a beauteous huffy schedule," helium says. "I wouldn't accidental no.
"I don't deliberation that needfully means I request to beryllium successful a dressing room.
"There is simply a batch of clip successful the pb up to an Ashes bid and a circuit of South Africa, erstwhile I volition beryllium with the Test batters.
"There are conversations I tin person there."
Who knows however agelong this volition last. England whitethorn arsenic good marque the astir of this 2nd chance.
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