Kevin Pietersen
Kevin Pietersen
Kevin Peter Pietersen MBEis an English professional cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and occasional off spin bowler who currently plays for Surrey, as well as Melbourne Stars in the Big Bash League and Quetta Gladiators in the Pakistan Super League . He has also been signed by the Rising Pune Supergiants for the 2016 season of the Indian Premier League...
NationalitySouth African
ProfessionCricket Player
Date of Birth27 June 1980
CityPietermaritzburg, South Africa
confidence factor
It's the confidence factor you need to take into the sub-continent and I have that.
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I'm very thrilled and excited to have been given the opportunity to captain England.
hard
It's quite hard when you do fail and you don't achieve what you want to achieve.
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McGrath got his man and now, in the commentary box, Mark Nicholas and Tony Greig.
christmas rest
That's not a Christmas present. It's with you for the rest of your life, so no one can take it away from me and say I'm not English.
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I was not feeling 100 per cent fit, yet I wanted to play considering the situation we were in. I hate missing international matches and I just wanted to go out there.
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It's fantastic for me and great to get this award on the day we win the Ashes, but respect to every player from both sides. I dropped six catches this summer so maybe it's not a bad thing I got lucky a couple of times today. That is the best innings I will ever play.
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These are amazing scenes and it's fantastic what is happening to English cricket, ... I'm taking it all in and this is great for the game of cricket.
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I have been batting well on the last two days of the tour. Getting out just 13 short of a ton is disappointing but it was need of the hour as the team needed quick runs to declare and put pressure on India.
dropped given six
I've dropped six catches and nobody's given me a beer.
moment ran special
It was a special moment when he ran over to me,
hands last nervous
In all my life, my hands have never been perspiring as much as they did when I went up to get that award. In the whole series, even on the last day at the Oval, I was not as nervous as then.
lost toss
We lost the toss and we were chucked in. I think we did well.
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I can never sit still for five minutes.