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KP unhappy with boundary language
Cricket, 09:44, December 24, 2009 ,
Kevin Pietersen says he does not mind being booed but draws the line when opposition fans swear at him in front of children.
The 29-year-old is back in the land of his birth on England's current tour to South Africa and looked somewhere near his best with a superb match-saving 81 on the final day of the first Test at Centurion.
The Hampshire man turned his back on his native South Africa due to the quota system that meant he was struggling to break into first-class and international cricket.
He served his apprenticeship in English domestic cricket and qualified for the national side in 2005 - making an immediate impact against the Proteas in one-day cricket.
He was booed on that tour and expects to receive the same treatment this time around. But it is when the language gets a bit blue and there are youngsters around that he feels that something needs to be done.
"The only thing that I don't like is when people swear and abuse you with swearing when there kids around," he said. "That's happened a couple of times, and I've had to ask a few stewards to speak to people concerned.
"You can say what you like. But when there are kids around there's no need to swear. That's poor.
"I've always said that I don't mind the booing. I don't mind being abused on the boundary.
"It's (the swearing) happened on this tour a couple of times, where I've had to see if something can be sorted. Kids are waiting on the boundary for your autograph. You're signing things, and people are swearing at you.
"It's just not great for the kids. I don't mind it - but just for the kids, it's not good."