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
consistency convinced needs performance
We're not convinced with the way we've played, our one-day performance needs consistency.
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It is probably the start of the banter they want to get going before the Ashes. We know the Australian guys are great guys and we're good mates with them, which means the series will be played in good spirits.
emerging good player year
I thought I had a pretty good go at the emerging player of the year but the one-day international player of the year really got (surprised me),
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I thought I had a pretty good go at the emerging player award. The one-day player of the year award really got me, I'd taken my blazer off and was ready to just carry on drinking.
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It is fantastic news. We need him back, and it will be good to have him facing the first ball (in the first Test against Sri Lanka) on May 11.
lost toss
We lost the toss and we were chucked in. I think we did well.
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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.
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McGrath got his man and now, in the commentary box, Mark Nicholas and Tony Greig.
nice pitch preferred typical
The pitch was typical first day wicket, but little two-paced on one end and skidding on at the other end. I would have preferred a nice unbeaten 60 at the end of the day.
time
My England captaincy was not the England captaincy I wanted, that's what will live with me for a long time.
There's so many differences of opinion in the papers.
matches six
These days you can play almost 100 Test matches in six years.
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Rather him than me in one of those things,
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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.