"MCC were forced to apologise and defend the conduct of a member of their groundstaff after Kevin Pietersen drew attention to his method of sweeping the pitch at lunch," reported 'The Independent' after third day's play yesterday.
"Shane Doherty's work attracted the attention of Sky Sports' commentators and Pietersen was moved to post a video on social media, captioned with the remark "Unbelievable" - followed, in customary KP fashion, by seven exclamation marks," the newspaper stated.
However, Pietersen said there was something more to it.
"He knew what he was doing," he wrote on Twitter.
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The newspaper claimed that the visiting Indians will not make any issue of the incident.
"Indian cricket sources indicated that there would be no complaint from the team, although the final decision would rest with the captain, MS Dhoni, and his players. Whatever the explanation - and there is no reason to believe Doherty was anything other than careless - it was another talking point in a series that has already had plenty of them."