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Kevin Pietersen

About Kevin Pietersen

Kevin Pietersen is a cricketer batsman.

Personal Biography

Actress Jessica Taylor is his wife. For more information about their relationship, read Jessica Taylor & Kevin Pietersen.

Professional Biography

South African tour to England - 2008

South African batting great Barry Richards said Pietersen will be Proteas No.1 target when the South African cricket team will take on England in a Test series. Speaking on Pietersen, England opener Alastair Cook said Sledging Pietersen may prove very costly for South Africa
and that they will only get revenge with the bat. Pietersen said that he felt his century against South Africa is as good as winning the Ashes.

Playing for IPL 2009

Kevin Pietersen defended his decision to play in the Indian Premier League Season 2 only a few days after complaining of homesickness during Englands lengthy tour of the Caribbean.

Kevin Pietersen in News

Pietersen close to becoming England's most prolific centurion in Test cricket
England batsman Kevin Pietersen is close to becoming an England legend, as he only needs two more Test hundreds to equal Wally Hammond, Colin Cowdrey and Geoff Boycott's tally of 22 Test centuries for England.

Twitter drive by cricketers help recover part of late England player Hollioake's stolen kit
Some of cricket's biggest stars waved an emotional Twitter campaign, which helped recover a part of late England player Ben Hollioake's stolen kit.

Pietersen says English media's negative publicity to IPL 'down to lot of jealousy'
Kevin Pietersen has slammed his country's media for its lack of interest in the Indian Premier League and claimed it is down to jealousy.

Cook believes England top order batsmen 'back to their best'
England Test opener Alastair Cook believes his team's top order batsmen have finally regained their lost touch after recording their first Test win this year against Sri Lanka in Colombo.

'Disgraced' Stanford's Caribbean cricket empire abridged to field of dreams
Even before the Indian Premier League changed the landscape of world cricket, shamed Texan financier, Allen Stanford threatened to do likewise with his own spendthrift Twenty20 tournament in the Caribbean, but now he sits in a US jail cell awaiting sentencing, after being found guilty last month of running a 7 billion dollar Ponzi scheme.

England defeats Lanka by eight wickets in Colombo Test to safeguard its top ranking
England will remain as World's number one Test team, as it beat Sri Lanka in the second Test match in Colombo by eight wickets.

Becks features in Adidas ad with Olympic hopefuls
David Beckham stars alongside cyclist Victoria Pendleton, gymnast Louis Smith and diver Tom Daley in an ad for Team GB Olympic kit makers Adidas.

Pietersen defends switch-hit shot after tormenting Lankan bowlers in Colombo Test
England batsman Kevin Pietersen has defended the switch-hit shot, which he utilized on more than one occasion, during his sublime century against Sri Lanka in the Colombo Test.

Broad on course to miss IPL for second year running
England fast bowler is on verge of missing out the lucrative Indian Premier League for a second consecutive year after flying back home from Sri Lanka to have calf strain assessed.

Pietersen determined to make amendments by scoring a ton in Sri Lanka
England batsman Kevin Pietersen, who had a nightmarish last tour of Sri Lanka, has said he is keen to get rid of the monkey off his back by scoring a century this time around.

Jayawardene says Cook's batting has helped England reach top
Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene has admitted that England are certainly the best Test team in the world, but only when opening batsman Alastair Cook scores.

Pietersen heading for tough time against Lankan spin attack, says Law
Former Sri Lankan coach Stuart Law believes English batsman Kevin Pietersen would have to learn to tackle the art of playing left arm spinners if he wants to do well when both countries play the first Test match at Galle next month.

Tributes pour in for Dravid after he announces retirement
The cricket fraternity has paid tributes to Indian batsman Rahul Dravid, who announced his retirement from international cricket after an illustrious 16-year career.

Ross Taylor moves to Delhi Daredevils from Rajasthan Royals
New Zealand captain Ross Taylor will move from Rajasthan Royals to Delhi Daredevils in the coming season of the DLF Indian Premier League.

'Thick skinned' Pietersen says 'I have no interest in criticism'
Out of form England batsman Kevin Pietersen has said he isn't affected by the criticism anymore, and added that his skin has become thick enough to ignore it.

Pietersen blames DRS for ruining his game
Out of form England batsman Kevin Pietersen has blamed the Decision Review System for ruining his game.

Pietersen signs up with IPL franchise Delhi Daredevils
England batsman Kevin Pietersen will play for the Indian Premier League side Delhi Daredevils.

Pietersen, Trott and Broad escape unscathed from taxi incident
England's trio of Kevin Pietersen, Jonathan Trott and Stuart Broad escaped unhurt in a taxi drama that transpired when they went out for a short trip from their team hotel.

England ODI keeper Kieswetter backs Pietersen to fire again
England wicketkeeper Craig Kieswetter has backed beleaguered Kevin Pietersen to regain his form, which earned him reputation of being one of the finest one-days batsman in international cricket.

England can no longer afford luxury of 'cricket mercenary' Pietersen: Blofeld
Cricket commentator Henry Blofeld has said that England can no longer afford the luxury of Kevin Pietersen.

Surrey extends deal with Pietersen till his international cricket tenure
Surrey cricket team has extended its contract with England cricketer Kevin Pieterson for a period till he plays international cricket.

Pietersen labels Swann's autobiography 'not a clever book'
England batsman Kevin Pietersen has branded off-spinner Graeme Swann's recent autobiography "not a clever book" after the latter described KP as "not a natural leader".

Pietersen reveals how he was snubbed when asked to be made ODI captain
England middle order batsman Kevin Pietersen has revealed how he offered to be England's one-day captain last summer - only to be snubbed in favour of Alastair Cook.

Pieterson 'tightest man' among South Africa- born English cricketers: Broad
England paceman Stuart Broad has reckoned that Kevin Pietersen leads South Africa- born English cricketers, who are meanest with their money.

Swann still doesn't think Pietersen is captaincy material
England off-spinner Graeme Swann cannot understand the fuss being made about his autobiographical revelation that Kevin Pietersen is not captaincy material.

England spinner Panesar included in squad for Test series against Pak
England spinner Monty Panesar has been included in the team for the three- match Test series against Pakistan between January and February 2012.

'Off-field code of conduct' helps England cricketers avoid rugby-style disasters: Strauss
England skipper Andrew Strauss has revealed how a code of conduct for his teammates has helped avoid disasters similar to what the country's rugby stars suffered during the recent World Cup in New Zealand.

Cowan laments controversy over KP's 'I'm not f- king English' book anecdote
Australian cricketer Ed Cowan has lamented the controversy, that was sparked off due to an anecdote on his friend and England cricketer Kevin Pietersen

ICC rebukes Pietersen for questioning umpires in 20-20 international
The International Cricket Council (ICC) has reprimanded key England batsman Kevin Pietersen for showing disdain at an umpire's decision during his team's six-wicket victory over India in a Twenty20 International at Kolkata's Eden Gardens on Saturday.

Swann brushes off talk of 'dressing-room disharmony and discord' with Pietersen
England's stand-in Twenty20 captain Graeme Swann insists that his relationship with star batsman Kevin Pietersen is unaffected by the controversy created by his autobiography, 'The Breaks Are Off, My Autobiography'.

Injured Pietersen could miss out on IPL riches
Indian Premier League teams are unlikely to splash out cash to sign up England cricket star Kevin Pietersen, now that he has a fractured thumb.

Swann says he stands by what he said about Pietersen
England off-spinner Graeme Swann has said that he stands by what he said about Kevin Pietersen in his autobiography, and adds that his comments had nothing to do with what happened to the team during the recent one-day series against India.

Dhoni, Trott share third spot in ICC ODI player rankings
Indian captain M.S. Dhoni and England batsman Jonathan Trott have jointly claimed the third spot in the latest International Cricket Council (ICC) player rankings for batsmen.

Morgan, Mendis, Watson notch ICC Twenty20 rankings top spots
England's Eoin Morgan, Ajantha Mendis of Sri Lanka and Shane Watson of Australia were announced as the number-one ranked batsman, bowler and all-rounder, respectively, in the International Cricket Council (ICC) Twenty20 International (T20I) player rankings, which were released in Dubai today.

England must build up on Pietersen's ego to bring him in form: Vaughan
Former England skipper Michael Vaughan has asked to play with Kevin Pietersen's ego in order to bring him back into form in the ODIs.

Pietersen smitten by Indian hospitality
English cricketer Kevin Pietersen has revealed that he's overwhelmed by Indian hospitality.

Flower slams Swann's criticism of Pietersen in his new book
England coach Andy Flower has slammed off-spinner Graeme Swann for criticizing star batsman Kevin Pietersen in his autobiography, 'The Breaks Are Off, My Autobiography'.

England playing 'superb cricket': Ramprakash
Former England batsman Mark Ramprakash has hailed the national team for playing "superb cricket".

Cook confident of England 'producing challenge' before 'strong-at-home' India
England captain Alastair Cook has expressed confidence that his side would 'produce a challenge' before India in the five-match one-day international (ODI) series, beginning Friday (today).

No fallout between Pietersen, Swann over 'poor captain' comment: ECB
The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has attempted to play down talk of any fallout between batsman Kevin Pietersen and off-spinner Graeme Swann over his "poor captain" comment in his autobiography.


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