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    "editor1": "<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Sydney, Jan 14 (IANS) Sacked England batsman Kevin Pietersen has said one of the things he &quot;loved&quot; about playing in Australia was the competitive brand of cricket played in the country.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">He claimed that if someone has to toughen up his temperament, he should play in Australia and got a first-hand taste of the attitude in the club matches he played in 2001-02 in the country.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">&quot;I played a game of club cricket in the first couple of days that I got here (in December), and I remember from 2001-02 in my club season here how competitive Aussies are,&quot; Pietersen was quoted as saying by the Cricket Australia website Wednesday.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">&quot;And I&rsquo;ve known that throughout my Test career and throughout my one-day career, so I knew it was going to be a tough experience here. But if you want to go and play cricket. If you want to toughen up, this is where you come and play.&quot;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">This comes as a sharp contrast to what the 34-year-old had written in his book &quot;KP: The Autobiography&quot;, how he would leave Australia as soon as he was done playing cricket stating he felt &ldquo;like a bat out of hell&rdquo;.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">&quot;When the cricket is done I never hang around in Australia.Once the job is finished I am out of there like a bat out of hell - there&#39;s just too much abuse,&rdquo; wrote Pietersen.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n",
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