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    "excerpt": " Former England batsman Kevin Pietersen has arrived in St. Kitts to join the St. Lucia Zouks for the remainder of the Caribbean Premier League (CPL).",
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    "editor1": "<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana\">Basseterre (St. Kitts), Aug 8 (IANS\/CMC) Former England batsman Kevin Pietersen has arrived in St. Kitts to join the St. Lucia Zouks for the remainder of the Caribbean Premier League (CPL).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana\">Pietersen, one of the sport&#39;s most exciting batsmen, will seek to bolster the fortunes of Zouks heading into back-to-back matches at Warner Park, reports CMC.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana\">Zouks scored their first victory of the CPL Sunday beating Antigua Hawksbills by five wickets after a string of defeats.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana\">&quot;I love playing cricket in the Caribbean and am really looking forward to experiencing the atmosphere and passion the crowd can generate within Warner Park,&quot; said Pietersen.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana\">&quot;There aren&#39;t many other grounds in the world that have a party stand with a swimming pool in it&quot;.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana\">Pietersen, who scored a hundred at Warner Park in 2009, will be playing for Zouks alongside Captain Darren Sammy and Sohail Tanvir, the Pakistan cricketer whose handy all-round performance propelled Zouks to their first victory of CPL 2014.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana\">&quot;I have played here before and really enjoyed batting -- it is a beautiful ground and a unique place to play. It is a tight ground, and that means lots of fours, sixes and wickets, which is what the fans want to see,&quot; said Pietersen.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana\">&quot;CPL is about entertaining cricket and bringing the best players from across the Caribbean and combining them with some of the top overseas players to put on a show the fans across the West Indies deserve. I cannot wait for this weekend.&quot;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana\">St. Lucia Zouks play Chris Gayle&#39;s Jamaica Tallawahs Saturday and against the Guyana Amazon Warriors Sunday.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana\">--IANS\/CMC<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n",
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