The silent treatment. It’s one of those theories, reverse psychology if you will, that is applied to those opponents who are believed to crave the limelight, the attention. Those who need something or someone to rise up against in order to perform at their best. No surprises, then, that it was tried by many against one Pietersen, Kevin.
The full version of this article was printed in The Telegraph on 7 September 2019 and can be accessed here.
Isabelle Westbury 