Cricket Confidential: Melbourne becomes the windy city as cyclone damage hits England Kevin Pietersen survived an over-zealous Australian appeal for hit-wicket on Day 3 at the MCG, before the meddling wind played a hand in his eventual dismissal. Kevin Pietersen and Mitchell Johnson exchange words. CRICKET Confidential takes a different view of the third day of the fourth Ashes Test in Melbourne, as Australia claw their way back into the game. Mitchell Johnson hasn't needed a second invitation to get stuck into England's batsmen during the course of this Ashes series, but on Saturday the wind and Kevin Pietersen combined to really set him off. Peter Siddle removes some large debris from the MCG. Pic courtesy Channel Nine Source: Supplied For such an explosive batsman, it seems strange that KP is unable to play unless he's served the calmest of conditions on a silver platter, and moving crowd members and flying plastic bags were giving him every excuse to pull away from his stance during his innings of 49. At one stage the wind got so strong that bits of the MCG hoardings started to fly onto the playing surface, with Peter Siddle required to do the heavy lifting and remove them. But just as wind does funny things to the minds of school children, making them run around the playground screaming like wild animals, it had a similar effect on Super Mitch. Johnson had been in the action all day with the key wicket of Alastair Cook triggering a collapse, which included a Johnson catch and run out. So with his chest puffed out, the sight of Pietersen pulling away one more time just as the big fast bowler reached his delivery stride was just about enough. Johnson threw the ball past KP to his slips cordon before storming back to his mark. When the two combatants crossed paths on the pitch a couple of balls later, Johnson let fly with some choice words and Pietersen said one or two right back. But if the wind was causing some chatter, the best of it came from Bill Lawry. "There's plenty of rubbish and debris flying around now," said Lawry's Channel Nine co-commentator David 'Bumble' Lloyd. "There sure is," replied Lawry, dead pan. It's the English batsmen! The man in the croc suit is wearing a sling. Genuine commitment to the cause! Pic courtesy Channel Nine Source: News Limited