KP cool despite missing out on 100

Kevin Pietersen said: "It's the way I play. I got to 97 playing that way. So it just wasn't meant to be. No drama.”

"I love scoring runs, I love playing for England. If someone had said to me a month ago when it was all kicking off that I would get 97 I would have been a very happy boy."

"You can't play as nicely as you would expect to on a day one Test wicket," Pietersen reflected. "But given how slow the outfield is we are in a pretty good position here.

"Losing five wickets and knowing we are not going to bat last on this wicket is pretty positive."

"It was pretty tricky," Pietersen admitted. "But then you come to the West Indies expecting a barrage, so to be facing spin from both ends is not a bad thing.”

"On that wicket you have to play the situation and that's what I've done in the last couple of years of my career.”

"I was as forceful and as dominant as I could have been on that wicket.”

"I like to score runs, I don't like to block all day and I went for him because I thought that would probably be his last over."

"I don't really pay much attention to who I get out but getting Pietersen is obviously up there.” Said Benn.          

"When we saw how slow the pitch was we decided spin was going to play a big part and as a spinner out here in the Caribbean I am used to bowling long spells."

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