There have been literally dozens of articles over the past couple of days regarding Kevin Pietersen and his left-handed batting. Just because the England cricketer can bat brilliantly with both his left and his right hand, people are whingeing he is ' gaining an unfair advantage by effectively changing from a right-hander to a left-hander'.
What nonsense!
Anyhow, the MCC don't seem to have a problem with it. In a statement, they confirmed: "The 'switch-hit' stroke is exciting for the game of cricket. Indeed, the stroke conforms to the Laws of Cricket and will not be legislated against. (The) MCC believe that the 'switch-hit' stroke is a difficult shot to execute and that it incurs a great deal of risk for the batsman. It also offers bowlers a good chance of taking a wicket and therefore the MCC believe that the shot is fair to both batsman and bowlers."
Yah boo sucks to the whiners. And hurrah for ambidextrous cricketers.
