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Full name Kevin Peter Pietersen
Born June 27, 1980, Pietermaritzburg, Natal
Current age 25 years 18 days
Major teams England, Hampshire, KwaZulu-Natal, Natal,
Nottinghamshire
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm offbreak
class mat inns no runs hs ave bf sr 100 50 4s 6s ct
st
ODIs 21 15 6 786 116 87.33 790 99.49 3 4 63 25 14 0
Twenty-20 Int. 1 1 0 34 34 34.00 18 188.88 0 0 3 0
First-class 78 124 11 5936 254* 52.53 21 25 80 0
List A 120 105 22 3855 147 46.44 8 22 56 0
Twenty-20 11 11 0 290 67 26.36 191 151.83 0 2 3 0
class mat balls runs wkts bbi bbm ave econ sr 4 5 10
ODIs 21 12 22 0 - - - 11.00 - 0 0 0
Twenty-20 Int. 1 0 0 0 - - - - - 0 0 0
First-class 78 4672 2605 55 4/31 47.36 3.34 84.94 0 0
List A 120 1924 1685 34 3/14 3/14 49.55 5.25 56.58 0 0 0
Twenty-20 11 108 136 6 2/9 2/9 22.66 7.55 18.00 0 0 0
StatsGuru One-Day Internationals filter
ODI debut Zimbabwe v England at Harare - Nov 28, 2004 scorecard
Last ODI England v Australia at The Oval - Jul 12, 2005 scorecard
Only Twenty-20 Int. England v Australia at Southampton - Jun 13,
2005 scorecard
First-class span 1997/98 - 2005
List A span 1998/99 - 2005
Twenty-20 span 2003 - 2005
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 a robust, unbeaten century in the second ODI at
Bloemfontein, and in doing so demonstrated his peerless eye for the
ball and for making headlines, too. On reaching his ton, 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 is next on the Pietersen to-do list, and, as a
man who puts his money, if not always his mind, where his mouth is,
this is only a matter of time. Hampshire in particular will be
keeping an anxious eye on his progress, after he signed for them in
October 2004 having left Nottinghamshire at the end of three
colourful years. He burst into Notts' team with a run of big scores
in 2001, earning an England academy place along the way, but then
threatened to leave after reportedly falling out with his
team-mates. However, he completed his three-year contract before
moving on to the Rose Bowl. He has struck up a good friendship with
his Hampshire captain, Shane Warne, and was selected in the England
squad to face Australia in the first Test of the 2005 Ashes, at
Lord's. Warne nicknamed Pietersen "600," in the hope the young
Englishman would become his 600th Test wicket - something Pietersen
will be keen to avoid, in his own inimitable style
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