LEEDS, Aug 8: 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 — call him a chicken, then bowl him the perfect googly.

Kaneria celebrated Pietersen’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 said.

“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.'

“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.”

Kaneria conceded he had not been pleased with his bowling during the series. He had taken seven wickets 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.—Reuters