England captain Kevin Pietersen called on the game’s administrators to show some “common sense” after his side lost the Kanpur ODI on the Duckworth/Lewis method on Thursday. Pietersen said it was clear before the start that a 100-over match was not possible at this venue, and feared the same problem would come up in the sixth ODI in Guwahati.

“I knew there was no way the game would finish. We tried to get it sorted, tried to turn it around, but we can’t go against the decision made by the hierarchy. I mentioned it yesterday in the team meeting as well, but what’s happened has happened,” Pietersen told reporters.

The England captain raised concerns about the Guwahati match, saying bad light would be a factor there as well, despite the fact that the game was scheduled to start at 8.30 am. “I think they’ve (administrators) got to go back to the drawing board now. Things will have to change for the sake of the game. Guwahati is in the north-east and starting half-an-hour earlier is not going to make much of a change.”

Indian coach Gary Kirsten also said that India knew light would play a part in the proceedings. “We would’ve batted second even if we’d won the toss. We knew light will come into play, so we had prepared ourselves accordingly.”

Pietersen said the game might have tilted in England’s favour had it gone the full distance. “If we had a full game today, I think we would’ve taken it close. We missed a stumping in the end. A couple of more wickets and we would’ve come up trumps.”