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PETER Siddle has become Kevin Pietersen's great tormentor.
The banana-munching fast bowler on Sunday completed a match sweep against England's key batsman, removing Pietersen for the ninth time in his career.
A day after Siddle and the Aussies suckered Pietersen into flicking a straight ball into a waiting leg-side trap, the big-hearted Victorian removed the dangerous No. 4 and reignited Australia's inevitable march to a 2-0 series lead.
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The right-armer found just enough rare movement on a dry Adelaide Oval wicket, nipping the ball back off the seam, catching a faint inside edge and an even fainter nick on Pietersen's off bail.
It was a crucial breakthrough midway through the second session, after Pietersen and Joe Root had defied a pair of early Australian breakthroughs to combine for a 111-run stand.
Of the 167 times Pietersen has fallen in Test cricket, no man has pulled the trigger more times than Siddle's nine.
Next best on Pietersen's nemesis list is Sri Lanka's Muttiah Muralitharan and retired Australian quick Brett Lee, who each claimed the 101-Test enigma six times.
"I don't know, I guess I just love the challenge of bowling against a player of his experience and talent I guess," Siddle said of his hold over Pietersen.
Peter Siddle is congratulated by teammates after dismissing Kevin Pietersen. AP Photo/James Elsby Source: AP
"He's been a star player of Test cricket and I just enjoy it. I try to keep it patient, bowl in the right areas and I've just been lucky - a few chop-ons always helps, so there's a bit of luck there as well.
"But it was nice to get him early today."
The Siddle-Pietersen pairing is still well short of the record 19 dismissals former England captain Mike Atherton suffered against Glenn McGrath.
Atherton holds three of the top four spots in cricket's "bunny" list, having also fallen to West Indies pair Curtley Ambrose and Courtney Walsh 17 times each.
Siddle dislodged Pietersen three times during the winter Ashes in England, but failed to add to the pile in the opening Test of the summer in Brisbane.
In a twist, the only bigger bunny in the current Ashes battle is Siddle himself - the paceman has given Jimmy Anderson a personal-best 11 scalps in his 334-wicket career.
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England No. 5 Ian Bell has been a lone hand withstanding Mitchell Johnson's searing heat this summer after once being a soft touch for Adelaide's day-three destroyer. But emerging as a bogey in Johnson's place is unlikely game-changer Steve Smith.
Part-time leg-spinner Smith, with just nine Test wickets to his name, claimed Bell for the third time in his career on Sunday.
It was a soft dismissal, Bell mis-timing a full toss to a diving Johnson at mid-on. Two of Smith's three personal victories against Bell have come thanks to full tosses.
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