The Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) will discuss on Tuesday England [ Images ] batsman Kevin Pietersen's [ Images ] spectacular switch-hitting in a one-day international against New Zealand on Sunday.

The right-handed Pietersen twice changed grips and switched to a left-hander's stance against Scott Styris [ Images ], pulling both deliveries for six.

Some commentators said he had taken an unfair advantage because bowlers have to notify a batsman if they decide to bowl with the other arm.

A spokeswoman for the MCC, the custodian of cricket's laws, said Pietersen's revolutionary tactics would be discussed on Tuesday at the request of the International Cricket Council [ Images ].

"Tomorrow our secretary Keith Bradshaw, our head of cricket John Stephenson and other committee members will be having a meeting and one of the things they are going to be discussing is Kevin Pietersen's shot as the MCC have been asked to look at it by the ICC [ Images ]," she said.

"The shot has generated quite a lot of interest but we won't be making any further comment until after that meeting on Tuesday."

Pietersen, who reverse-swept a six two years ago off Sri Lanka [ Images ] off-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan [ Images ] using the conventional right-hander's grip, defended the innovation after his unbeaten 110 had set up a 114-run win over the Kiwis.

"Everybody wants brand new ideas, new inventions and new shots. That is a new shot played today and people should be saying it's a new way to go," he told reporters.

"There are new things happening for cricket at the moment and people shouldn't be criticising it all the time."

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