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Zip it. That's the connection from Steve Harmison aft helium labelled a tv tirade from Kevin Pietersen 'premature and unnecessary'.
Pietersen unleashed connected England aft time 1 of the 2nd Ashes Test astatine Lord's aft sending Australia into bat.
The visitors ended the time 5-339 successful favourable bowling conditions.
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Pietersen took umbrage with England's lethargic approach, notably the clip it took for the players to get onto the tract and the gait astatine which they bowled.
"Not a batch has caught my oculus from an England perspective, it's been shambolic, perfectly shambolic," the erstwhile skipper said.
"You person overhead conditions, a wicket that suits your bowlers and you've got bowlers moving successful astatine 125 km/h.
"It's 1 happening walking here, swanning around, and saying, 'Hey this is simply a fantastic squad to play in, we're creating the champion environment', but this is not Ashes cricket."
Pietersen's thunderous disapproval carried connected for conscionable shy of 90 seconds, during which helium besides lashed England for being excessively bully to the Australian players.
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However, erstwhile teammate Harmison said the player-turned-pundit was retired of enactment for his comments.
Harmison besides took purpose astatine different ex-captain, Michael Vaughan, who said England bowled "utter dross" connected time 1 and were lazy.
"I don't deliberation it was justified," Harmison told talkSPORT.
"I deliberation this squad has had 1 oregon 2 atrocious days successful 12-13 months. I deliberation immoderate of the worldly that they were having a spell astatine them (for), excessively matey, I deliberation there's a clip and a place.
"But they're successful the mainstream media, they're paid to springiness their opinion, and I'm not going to sound Kevin for having his sentiment – he's ever had it.
"He was ever forceful with it, it wasn't ever warranted, it wasn't ever champion received!
"I'm definite it wasn't champion received successful the England dressing room, it surely wasn't champion received by the England dressing country erstwhile we were successful it!
"But a fewer of america could accidental to Kevin, successful nary uncertain terms, to unopen up.
"But he's getting paid to springiness his opinion."
In the discourse of time two, Pietersen's comments mightiness beryllium considered harsh to a degree.
England yet bowled Australia retired for 416 conscionable earlier luncheon earlier the location broadside went to stumps connected 4-278, conscionable 138 runs shy of Australia's archetypal innings total.
Harmison said assessments arsenic terse arsenic Pietersen's should beryllium saved for aboriginal erstwhile the afloat representation of the Test has played out.
"I deliberation astatine times determination was a batch of frustration, but you've got to look astatine it successful a five-day way," helium said.
"If helium said that connected time 5 erstwhile England person conscionable got beaten, I'd astir apt hold with him. But if you accidental that connected time one, erstwhile there's a batch of cricket to beryllium played, the sun's gotta travel out, and you've inactive got 3 innings to spell – I'll hold with him if England suffer this Test match, due to the fact that it was a mediocre time yesterday. Shambolic? I'm not truthful sure."
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