kevin pietersen

Kevin Pietersen

England

Player profile

Full name Kevin Peter Pietersen
Born June 27, 1980, Pietermaritzburg, Natal
Current age 27 years 127 days
Major teams England, Hampshire, ICC World XI, KwaZulu-Natal, Natal, Nottinghamshire
Nickname KP, Kelves, Kapes
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm offbreak
Height 6 ft 4 in
Education Maritzburg College, University of SA

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct	St
Tests	30	57	2	2898	226	52.69	4425	65.49	10	10	336	37	19	0
ODIs	66	60	12	2389	116	49.77	2706	88.28	5	17	224	45	28	0
T20Is	11	11	0	275	79	25.00	177	155.36	0	1	28	7	5	0
First-class	111	185	14	8917	254*	52.14			31	35			99	0
List A	172	157	29	5739	147	44.83			10	37			70	0
Twenty20	21	21	0	531	79	25.28	350	151.71	0	3	56	16	5	0

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
Tests	30	15	336	262	2	1/11	1/30	131.00	4.67	168.0	0	0	0
ODIs	66	8	101	106	2	1/4	1/4	53.00	6.29	50.5	0	0	0
T20Is	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
First-class	111		5050	2904	58	4/31		50.06	3.45	87.0		0	0
List A	172		2031	1791	36	3/14	3/14	49.75	5.29	56.4	0	0	0
Twenty20	21	7	108	136	6	2/9	2/9	22.66	7.55	18.0	0	0	0

Career statistics

Statistics	Statsguru Tests | Statsguru ODIs | Statsguru T20Is
Test debut	England v Australia at Lord's, Jul 21-25, 2005 scorecard
Last Test	England v India at The Oval, Aug 9-13, 2007 scorecard
ODI debut	Zimbabwe v England at Harare, Nov 28, 2004 scorecard
Last ODI	Sri Lanka v England at Colombo (RPS), Oct 13, 2007 scorecard
T20I debut	England v Australia at Southampton, Jun 13, 2005 scorecard
Last T20I	England v India at Durban, Sep 19, 2007 scorecard
First-class debut	1997/98
Last First-class	England v India at The Oval, Aug 9-13, 2007 scorecard
List A debut	1998/99
Last List A	Sri Lanka v England at Colombo (RPS), Oct 13, 2007 scorecard
Twenty20 debut	Durham v Nottinghamshire at Chester-le-Street, Jun 13, 2003 scorecard
Last Twenty20	England v India at Durban, Sep 19, 2007 scorecard

Notes

ICC Emerging Player of the Year 2005
ICC One-Day Player of the Year 2005
Awarded the MBE on 31st December 2005
Wisden Cricketer of the Year 2006

Profile

Expansive with the bat and explosive with the bombast, the South African-born Kevin Pietersen is not one for the quiet life. Pietersen, an enthusiastic, bold-minded and big-hitting No 5, first ruffled feathers by shunning South Africa - he was disenchanted with the quota system - in favour of England; his eligibility coming courtesy of an English mother. He never doubted he would play for England: he has self-confidence in spades but, fortunately, he has sackfuls of talent too. Sure enough, as soon as he qualified in September 2004, he was invited to tour Zimbabwe for that winter's one-dayers, where he averaged 104 in three innings. Success here earned him a late call into England's team against none other than South Africa in early 2005. Undeterred by hostile receptions from the home crowds, he announced his arrival - loudly, of course - with three centuries in five innings, and in doing so demonstrated his peerless eye for the ball and for making headlines, too. On reaching his maiden ton in the second ODI at Bloemfontein, he kissed his badge with unreserved fervour and afterwards announced his next ambition: getting a tattoo of three lions and his England number. Playing at Test level was next on the Pietersen to-do list, and, as a man who puts his money, if not always his mind, where his mouth is, it was only a matter of time. Overlooked for two Tests against Bangladesh, he made his debut against Australia at Lord's of all places, and responded with a pair of hard-hitting fifties in a losing cause. Six dropped catches in the series appeared to have dented his brash confidence, but with the series at stake, he once again showed his unswerving eye for the limelight by clubbing a phenomenal 158 on the final day at The Oval, to secure the draw that England needed for a first Ashes triumph in 18 years. First to congratulate him on his feat was Shane Warne, his good friend and captain at Hampshire, whom Pietersen had joined at the start of the season after three eventful and fractious years at Nottinghamshire. Unsurprisingly, that innings proved hard to live up to, but astonishingly Pietersen managed it, clubbing two more big hundreds in his next two Test innings in England, the second of which - against Sri Lanka at Edgbaston - included a remarkable reverse-sweep for six off Muttiah Muralitharan. In Australia the following winter, he once again lived up to his reputation with hard-earned runs, but his tour ended in disappointment when he flew home with a fractured rib, courtesy of Glenn McGrath after the first match of the CB Series. While England's World Cup was a miserable failure for the team it was a personal success for Pietersen who hit two centuries - including his first ODI ton in a winning cause against West Indies - and confirmed his role as England's leading batsman. His dominance continued against West Indies with a majestic 226 at Headingley - finally beating his previous 158, a score he had made three times previously. It was the highest score by an England batsman since Graham Gooch's 333, and his march towards greatness continued.
Jenny Thompson July 2007