Kevin Pietersen has had enough of the English cricket team whinging.
Pietersen, who doesn’t mince his words, says the Poms are talking the talk but aren’t walking the walk.
After a horrendous start to the series, England head to Headingley with their backs against the walls after losing the first two Tests in dramatic fashion.
With the third Test just one day away, Pietersen says the players should be turning their focus to the cricket rather than the drama of the Lord's Test.
“If you’re going to talk the talk, you have to walk the walk, and this England cricket team isn’t walking the walk,” Pietersen told Betway Insider.
“They’re acting like they’re the greatest team around, but they’re currently on course to be the first England team to lose at home to Australia since 2001.
“After the first Test match, Ollie Robinson said that they felt like they won the game, Jimmy Anderson was complaining that the wicket was like kryptonite, and then you’ve got Zak Crawley saying they’re going to win the next one by 150 runs.
“Leading into Headingley, all of this needs to stop. The pressure that they’re putting themselves under by speaking that way and using that language is unnecessary. It’s not helping in any way, shape or form.”
Pietersen continued: “I said a lot of things in my career, and I put myself under a lot of pressure, but I was able to walk the walk. England are not walking the walk.
“There’s so much relaxed talk. It’s like, ‘Hey, this is the coolest environment, we’re having the best time ever’. Unfortunately, all that matters is winning.
“Less talking and more walking.”
The third Ashes Test begins on Thursday night from 8pm AEST.
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