Pakistan leg-spinner Danish Kaneria revealed the secret to getting Kevin Pietersen out after dismissing the flamboyant England batsman cheaply on the fourth day of the third Test on Monday -- call him a chicken, then bowl him the perfect googly.
Kaneria, who sparked Pakistan's Headingley fightback by removing Alastair Cook (21) and Pietersen (16) in quick succession, celebrated the latter's departure by running around while flapping his arms and imitating a chicken.
"It was just a joke. When he walks he moves his arms, a bit like a chicken opening his wings," he told a news conference. "I called him a chicken and he got angry, so I thought it was a word I could use to try and get him out.
"Pietersen likes to slog spinners everywhere so I was trying to show a bit of aggression as a bowler. I told him: 'Let's see who goes farthest today.'
"It was a good wicket for me, my prize wicket. It was a disguised googly, it pitched in the right place and spun in. He was playing very well."
England made 345 all out on Monday, setting Pakistan a victory target of 323 on the final day. England lead the four-match series 1-0.
Kaneria, who took two for 126 off 33 overs, conceded he had not been pleased with his bowling during the series. He had taken seven wickest at 43.14 runs apiece before Headingley.
"I think I should have been getting more wickets. My luck's been going up and down. It's been hard -- things have not been going my way. It's coming, slowly," he said.
Andrew Strauss believes England are slight favourites to win the third Test and clinch the series.
"I would make us just favourites," the England captain told a news conference after the fourth day at Headingley. Strauss scored a century in England's second innings of 345 to set Pakistan 323 to win on the final day.
"Either way, one team is going to have to play well to win it, it's not a foregone conclusion.
"I just hope the pitch deteriorates a bit more. There's enough in the pitch to believe there are 10 wickets out there if we bowl well, but there are also runs out there if we don't.
"It's going to be a good day's cricket and it's going to be challenging. The balance between attack and defence is going to be important."
Only two sides have ever scored more than 300 in the final innings to win a test at Headingley.
