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
captain excited given opportunity thrilled
I'm very thrilled and excited to have been given the opportunity to captain England.
hardly laugh proper speak
It was only stares and swearwords really, nothing serious. I just laugh about it because they can hardly speak proper English.
thrown
In the past I've thrown my wicket away on certain occasions.
confidence factor
It's the confidence factor you need to take into the sub-continent and I have that.
time
My England captaincy was not the England captaincy I wanted, that's what will live with me for a long time.
australian good great guys mates means played series start
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.
award blazer carry emerging good player ready taken year
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.
rather
Rather him than me in one of those things,
matches six
These days you can play almost 100 Test matches in six years.
achieving helped last people thank thrilled
It's been a whirlwind, the last 12 months. I'm just thrilled to be here, and I thank all the people that have helped me in achieving this success.
racist
I have never been racist.
males grooming
Everyone is into male grooming.
tests pressure toes
There's always pressure in test cricket we just need to stick to our toes.
score short target
We set our target to score about 400 in the first innings. We're about 240 short after the first day.