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Kevin Pietersen
Source: [1], 28 May 2007

Kevin Peter Pietersen MBE (born 27 June 1980 in Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa) is an English cricketer. He made his first-class debut for Natal in 1997, before moving to England to further his opportunities for playing at international level, and voicing his displeasure at the racial quota system in place.[1] Having an English mother made Pietersen eligible to play for England, and after serving a qualifying period of four years, he was called up almost immediately into the national side. He made his international debut in the One-day International (ODI) match against Zimbabwe in 2004,[2] and his Test match debut in the 2005 Ashes series against Australia the following year.[3] He is an attacking right-handed batsman and occasional off-spin bowler who plays for Hampshire County Cricket Club, and is an important member of the England Test and ODI teams.

Excellent initial performances led to Pietersen becoming the fastest batsman to reach 1000 and 2000 runs in One-day International cricket,[4][5] and he holds the highest average of any England player to have played more than 20 innings of one-day cricket. He has the second-highest run total from his first 25 tests, behind only the great Don Bradman.[6] This successful start to his international career has seen him rise rapidly to third in the ICC rankings of Test batsmen, and first in the One-day International batsmen rankings.[7]

Early and personal life

Born of an English mother and a South African father, Pietersen attended Maritzburg College in Pietermaritzburg.[1][8] His childhood, growing up with three brothers, was strict and well-disciplined, and Pietersen learned valuable lessons from this "fantastic" approach to parenting, saying: "Discipline is good. It taught me that I didn't always have to have what I wanted; that what I needed was different from what I wanted."[9]

Pietersen made his first-class cricket debut for Natal's B team in 1997, aged 17, and was regarded predominantly as an off-spinner and a hard-hitting lower-order batsman.[10] After two seasons, he moved to England for a five-month spell as the overseas player for club side Cannock CC, and helped them win the Birmingham and District Premier League in 2000.[11] His first spell away from home did not leave him with fond memories for the country, hating "those horrible Black Country accents", living in a single room above a squash court, and working in the club bar.[9] However, he returned to newly-renamed KwaZulu Natal side a better cricketer, a lack of opportunities to bowl having improved his batting. He impressed members of the Nasser Hussain's England side when playing for KwaZulu Natal in 1999; he took four top-order wickets and, despite batting at number nine, scored 61 not out off 57 balls, hitting four sixes.[12] Hussain recommended that Pietersen secure a contract with an English county side.[13]

Despite the praise from the England side, Pietersen was dropped from the Natal first team. Pietersen felt that this was due to the country's racial quota system, in which provincial sides had to include a certain number of non-white players.[1][14] Pietersen felt players should be judged on merit, and described it as "heartbreaking" when he was left out the side, although he later reflected "it turned out it was the best thing that could have happened."[15] These feelings led to Pietersen leaving South Africa, and he signed a contract to play for Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club. Pietersen has since become a firm critic of the quota system, and of South African captain Graeme Smith.[16][17]

Pietersen is widely portrayed in the media as having a self-assured personality, described by Geoffrey Boycott as being "cocky and confident".[18] England captain Michael Vaughan counters this, saying, "KP is not a confident person. He obviously has great belief in his ability but that's not quite the same thing...And I know KP wants to be loved. I try to text him and talk to him as often as I can because I know he is insecure."[19] He is noted for his unusual haircuts, wth his peroxide blond dyed streak of hair along the middle of his head being described as a "dead skunk" look.[20] During the 2006–07 Ashes tour, the Australian team dubbed him "The Ego", or "FIGJAM" (Fuck I'm Good, Just Ask Me).[21]

In 2005, Pietersen was rumoured to be dating model Caprice Bourret and she accompanied him to the ICC awards in October of that year,[22] but he is now engaged to Liberty X singer Jessica Taylor.[23] The couple plan to marry in autumn 2007, with former England teamate Darren Gough acting as best man.[24]

Domestic Career

In 2000, Nottinghamshire coach Clive Rice, who had seen Pietersen play in 1997 in South Africa at a schools week, heard that Pietersen was playing club cricket in Birmingham and offered him a three-year contract to play for the county.[10] He made an immediate impression in County Cricket: his maiden first-class century came on his debut against Loughborough UCCE.[25] In his first season he made 1,275 runs with an impressive batting average of 57.95,[26] including an unbeaten 218 in an unbroken sixth-wicket stand of 352 with John Morris at Derby in July, after having been out lbw for a duck in the first innings.[27] These performances led to Wisden Cricketers' Almanack saying "If he can maintain his first season's form, the name of Pietersen should be pencilled in for future Test squads."[26] This form did indeed continue into the following year: he made another unbeaten double-century, against Middlesex, again taking part in a large partnership of 316 for the fourth wicket with Darren Bicknell.[28] This period proved to be a purple patch for the batsman, scoring four consecutive centuries (254 not out, 122, 147 and 116) in one week in August.[29]

In 2003, he scored 1,546 first-class runs, and 764 runs in limited overs cricket.[25][30]

Pietersen was selected for the 2003–04 ECB National Academy tour of India, and had a successful tour scoring 523 runs including three centuries in his six first-class innings to record an average of 104.60,[31] and making 131 in a one-day match against India A in Bangalore.[32]

After Nottinghamshire were relegated in 2003, Pietersen had a public row with club captain Jason Gallian, where Gallian allegedly threw Pietersen's kit off the Trent Bridge balcony and broke his bat. Despite asking for a release, Pietersen was made to honour the last year of his contract at Nottinghamshire, but says he "didn't enjoy it at all".[33][34] In October 2004, he joined Hampshire under the captaincy of Shane Warne.[35]

Pietersen warming up in the nets at Lord's in September 2005.

International career

Success in South Africa

Main articles: English cricket team in Zimbabwe in 2004-05 and English cricket team in South Africa in 2004-05

Pietersen was selected for the full England one-day side to tour Zimbabwe and South Africa in 2004–05.[36] He played in the last three of the four one-day games in Zimbabwe, scoring 27 not out, and unbeaten 77, and a duck as England won the series 4–0.

Pietersen was subjected to a barrage of abuse from the South African crowd, who regarded him somewhat like a traitor.[8] Pietersen said:

I knew I was going to cop a lot of stick but it will be like water off a duck's back...I expected stick at the start of the innings, and I'm sure it will carry on through the whole series. But I just sat back and laughed at the opposition, with their swearing and 'traitor' remarks... some of them can hardly speak English. My affiliation is with England. In fact, I'm starting to speak too much like [team–mate] Darren Gough... In fact, I'm going to get one of Gough's tattoos with three lions and my number underneath...No one can say I'm not English.[37]

When Andrew Flintoff withdrawing from the squad due to injury, Pietersen was looked at as a big-hitting replacement for the all-rounder, and claimed a place in the first team with 97 off 84 balls in the warm-up match against South Africa A, in the face of a hostile crowd.[38]

Pietersen scored a 96-ball 108 not out in the tied second ODI at Bloemfontein, after which the crowd deliberately turned their backs on him as he returned to the pavilion.[39] This score set his ODI average at an incredible record 234.0.[40][41] He made 75 at Cape Town,[42] then at East London Pietersen made an unbeaten 100 from only 69 balls, the fastest century by an England player in a one-day match,[43] although England still lost by eight runs. In the final game at Centurion Park, Pietersen came to the wicket at 32/3 and scored 116, but again could not prevent a defeat. Pietersen ended the series, which England lost 4–1, with 454 runs in five innings, and the Player of the Series award.[44][45] By the end of the series, the South African crowds had generally replaced hostility with respect for Pietersen, his final century being awarded a standing ovation.[46]

Mixed success in Ashes build-up

Main articles: Bangladeshi cricket team in England in 2005 and Australian cricket team in England in 2005

Despite press speculation, Pietersen was not picked for the Tests against Bangladesh, with his early season form being dogged by a foot injury,[47][48] but with his county form improving, he was selected for the Twenty20 match against Australia at Southampton, making 34 from 18 balls and taking three catches as England won by 100 runs.[49]

In the triangular series against Australia and Bangladesh, Pietersen did not get to bat in the first ODI at The Oval as England won by 10 wickets, but scored 91 off 65 balls in the match in Bristol against Australia.[50] Pietersen's performances sparked intense press speculation and comments from former England captains calling for him to be brought into the Test side for The Ashes later in the summer.[citation needed] A BBC poll of 10 respected cricketers resulted in a minor preference for playing Pietersen and Ian Bell in the middle order, with Graham Thorpe missing out.[51] In the rest of the triangular series, Pietersen wasn't needed to bat against Bangladesh at Trent Bridge, and then scored 19 off 28 balls, 23 off 26 and six off 10 in the matches at Riverside against Australia, Headingley against Bangladesh, and in the tied final against Australia. Pietersen played in all three matches of the NatWest Challenge against Australia, scoring 15 off 23 and 74 off 84 in the first and third matches, while not being needed to bat in the second. He was forced off the field in the third over of Australia's run-chase in the third match with a groin problem.[52]

2005 Ashes triumph

Main article: 2005 Ashes series

Speculation over Pietersen's place in the England Test team was ended in July with the announcement by the England chairman of selectors, David Graveney, that Pietersen had been selected ahead of Graham Thorpe.[53] In the first Ashes Test at Lord's, Pietersen scored 57 and 64 not out as England collapsed to a heavy defeat, becoming only the fourth player to top score in both innings on debut for England, the eighth England player to score a half-century in each innings on his debut, and the third cricketer to do so at Lord's.[54] In the second Test at Edgbaston he scored 71 in the first innings and 20 in the second, with England narrowly winning by 2 runs.[55] In the drawn third Test, Pietersen struggled with 21 and 0, then scored 45 and 23 in the fourth as England went 2-1 up.[56][57] Under pressure to post a large score in the final Test at The Oval on 12 September, Pietersen did not contribute significantly in the first innings with 14. In the second innings, however, Pietersen scored his maiden Test century with 158, despite being dropped twice before reaching double figures, thus securing the match and the series for England.[25][58] His innings included seven sixes, a record for an English player in an Ashes innings.[59] Pietersen was named man of the match for his efforts,[60] and finished the series as top scorer, with 473 runs over the five Tests, an average of 52.55.[61] However, he had a less successful series in the field, dropping six catches in the five Tests, a point he made wryly when questioned about the Australians dropping him three times on the final day.[62]

Pietersen received further recognition for his performances in 2005. Along with the rest of the England team, he was decorated in the 2006 New Year Honours list, being awarded the MBE for his role in the successful Ashes series.[63] He was recognised in the cricketing world by being named as one of the 5 Wisden Cricketers of the Year,[64] and both the ICC One-day Player of the year and the ICC Emerging Player of the year.[65] Pietersen was given an ECB "central contract" to reflect his place in the national side.[66]

A less rewarding winter tour

Main articles: English cricket team in Pakistan in 2005-06 and English cricket team in India in 2005-06

Pietersen had a less successful time in the three-test series against Pakistan, which England lost 2–0. He made little impact in the first and third Tests, scoring 5 and 19, and 34 and 1.[67][68] He fared better in the second, however, making his second Test century in the first innings.[69] He was also performing well in the one-day series with two explosive innings of 56 from 39 balls to help England win the first ODI, and 28 from 27 balls in the second.[70][71] The quick scoring innings in the second ODI was to be Pietersen's last on the tour. A "stress lesion" rib injury sustained in the first ODI proved too painful throughout the second, and Pietersen returned to England to recover fully for the tour of India.[72]

In March 2006, Pietersen scored half-centuries in the first two Tests against India, as England drew and lost. His 87 in the second innings of the first test came during England's acceleration period, helping push the required target over 300.[73] England then declared overnight, and India successfully batted out the final day to secure a draw. This half-century was followed by another in the first innings of the second test. The second innings was not so good, being adjudged "caught-behind" of a Harbhajan Singh delivery after 13 balls. The unhappy Pietersen was later fined 30% of his match fee for shaking his head and showing signs of dissent.[74] "Replays demonstrated that the ball that had dismissed him had brushed his forearm, not his glove, before ballooning up into the hands of Rahul Dravid at slip. But umpire Darrel Hair gave him out for 4 as England collapsed on the fourth afternoon."[74] Pietersen posted scores of 39 and 7 in the final test, a match England won comfortably after a dismal 100 all out in India's second visit to the crease.[75]

In the one-day series, which England lost 5–1, he was top scorer for England in four out of the five matches he played, and had the highest average of any player with 58.20.[76] His 71 in the second ODI took him past 1,000 ODI runs, equalling Viv Richards' record of 21 innings to reach this total.[77]

Sri Lanka and Pakistan in England, 2006

Main articles: Sri Lankan cricket team in England in 2006 and Pakistani cricket team in England in 2006
Kevin Pietersen bowls off-spin in the Adelaide Oval nets in November 2006.

In May 2006, Pietersen matched his highest Test score of 158 in the first Test of the summer against Sri Lanka,[78] and followed it with 142 in the second Test.[79] He passed the milestone of 1,000 Test runs in his 12th Test match, and became the first batsman since Graham Gooch in 1990 to score a century in three successive Test innings on English soil.[80] This performance moved Pietersen into the top ten of the ICC cricket ratings, as he was named the England (Test Match) Player of the Series.[81][82] On the first day of the third Test against Pakistan, Pietersen reached his fifth Test century with an overnight score of 104. Although Pietersen retired hurt shortly after reaching three figures, due to cramp, he returned to the crease the next morning and went on to top score in England's first innings total of 515 with 135 runs from 169 balls.[83]

Pietersen bowled his first delivery in Test match cricket on June 4, against Sri Lanka.[84] His first Test wicket came against Pakistan later in the summer when Kamran Akmal got a thin edge through to Geraint Jones.[85]

Pietersen's Twenty20 form didn't improve, only scoring 17 as England lost by 2 runs to Sri Lanka.[86] The match against Pakistan was no better, Pietersen being bowled by Mohammad Asif for a golden duck as Pakistan helped themselves to a five-wicket victory.[87]

England in Australia, 2006–7

Main articles: 2006-07 Ashes series and English cricket team in Australia in 2006-07

In the much anticipated Ashes series in Australia, Pietersen was widely judged to be England's best player, scoring 490 runs in five matches and averaging over 50. He started well with a defiant 92 in the first test despite England losing by 277 runs,[88] and then backed up his good form with a century in the second test in Adelaide, sharing a 310-run partnership for the fourth wicket with Paul Collingwood. When he was eventually run out, his first reaction was to "giggle" because it was the third time he had scored exactly 158 runs (at that point, his highest test score).[89] However, even Pietersen seemed disheartened by the end of the series, which England lost 5–0.[90]

The Twenty20 match didn't fare so well for Pietersen; he was run out attempting a second run on 11, as England lost the match by 77 runs.[91] For a powerful hitter, Pietersen still hasn't posted a large score in the twenty-over format, averaging only 15.50.[1] In the first One-day International of the 2006–07 Commonwealth Bank Series, on 12 January at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, Pietersen was injured when a ball bowled by Glenn McGrath hit him on the ribs. Despite continuing his innings in some discomfort, making 82, X-rays revealed a fracture and Pietersen was forced to miss the rest of the series.[92]

Success in 2007

Main articles: 2007 Cricket World Cup and West Indian cricket team in England in 2007

In the 2007 Cricket World Cup, Pietersen crafted 104 runs off 122 balls against Australia in the Super Eight stage of the tournament. It was the first instance of an Englishman scoring a World Cup century since 1996 and the first ever against Australia.[93] He made three half-centuries, scoring 60 runs from 92 balls against New Zealand,[94] 56 runs of 72 balls against Kenya,[95] and 58 runs off 80 balls against Sri Lanka.[96] His efforts in the World Cup helped him achieve the status of ICC number-one ranked batsman in the world for ODIs;[97] however, England did not reach the semi-finals. In England's final match of the World Cup against the West Indies, Pietersen made 100 off 91 balls, and effected the run-out of retiring captain Brian Lara.[98] This century took him passed 2000 ODI runs, in doing so equalling the record 51 matches set by Zaheer Abbas.[5] He finished the tournament with 444 runs, at an average of 55.5, and was described as shining in the England team "like a 100 watt bulb in a room full of candles."[99]

Having scored a century in the first test against the West Indies at Lord's,[100] Pietersen posted his highest score of 226 in the second test at Headingley, surpassing his previous best of 158 which he had achieved three times.[101] With this score, Pietersen moved ahead of Everton Weekes and Viv Richards to be the batsman with the second-highest run-total out of his first 25 tests (behind Don Bradman).[6] It is also the highest test score for England since Graham Gooch scored 333 against India in 1990.[102] This man-of-the-match winning innings subjected the West Indies to their largest defeat, an innings and 283 runs. Pietersen said, "I believe the recipe for success is hard work. I've been criticised for throwing my wicket away, and I tried to make it count here."[103]

Achievements

Test matches

Records:

  • Fastest batsman to reach 1000 runs (joint with Viv Richards).[4]
  • Batsman with second highest run-total from first 25 Tests (behind Don Bradman).[6]
  • Fourth Englishman to top score in both innings of debut Test.[54]

Man of the match awards:

Date Opponent Ground Record/Scorecards
8 September–12 September 2005 Australia The Oval, Kennington Batting: 158
25 May–28 May 2006 Sri Lanka Edgbaston, Birmingham Batting: 142
25 May–28 May 2007 West Indies Headingley Stadium, Leeds Batting: 226

Career performance:

Statistics correct as of 2007-05-28.
Source: Cricketarchive. 		Batting[104] Bowling[105]
Opposition Matches Runs Average High Score 100 / 50 Runs Wickets Average Best (Inns)
Australia 10 963 53.50 158 2 / 6 115 0 - -
India 3 216 36.00 87 0 / 2 - - - -
Pakistan 7 548 42.15 135 2 / 1 64 1 64.00 1/11
Sri Lanka 3 360 72.00 158 2 / 0 12 0 - -
West Indies 2 361 120.33 226 2 / 0 - - - -
Overall 25 2448 54.40 226 8 / 9 201 1 201.00 1/11
Pietersen's Test match batting career, showing runs scored (red bars) and the average of the last ten innings (blue line).

One-day Internationals

Records:

  • Fastest batsman to reach 1000 and 2000 runs.[4][5]
  • Fastest century by an England player (69 balls) (v SA, 2005).[43]

Man of the match awards:

Date Opponent Ground Record/Scorecards
1 December 2004 Zimbabwe Harare Sports Club, Harare Batting: 77*
2 February 2005 South Africa Goodyear Park, Bloemfontein Batting: 108*
13 February 2005 South Africa Centurion Park, Centurion Batting: 116
19 June 2005 Australia County Ground, Bristol Batting: 91 not out
21 April 2007 West Indies Kensington Oval, Bridgetown Batting: 100

Career performance:

Statistics correct as of 2007-05-24.
Source: Cricketarchive. 		Batting[106] Bowling[107]
Opposition Matches Runs Average High Score 100 / 50 Runs Wickets Average Best
Australia 12 410 45.55 104 1 / 3 - - - -
Bangladesh 4 33 16.15 23 0 / 0 - - - -
Canada 1 5 5.00 5 0 / 0 - - - -
India 6 318 53.00 77 0 / 3 4 1 4.00 1/4
Ireland 1 48 48.00 48 0 / 0 - - - -
Kenya 1 56 - 56* 0 / 1 - - - -
New Zealand 1 60 60.00 60 0 / 1 2 0 - -
Pakistan 7 198 33.00 56 0 / 1 39 0 - -
South Africa 8 457 114.25 116 3 / 1 - - - -
Sri Lanka 4 147 36.75 73 0 / 2 26 0 - -
West Indies 2 190 190.00 100 1 / 1 - - - -
Zimbabwe 4 104 104.00 77* 0 / 1 22 0 - -
Overall[108] 51 2026 56.27 116 5 / 14 93 1 93.00 1/4

Twenty20 Internationals

Career performance:

Statistics correct as of 2007-05-28.
Source: Cricketarchive. 		Batting[109] Bowling
Opposition Matches Runs Average High Score 100 / 50 Runs Wickets Average Best
Australia 2 45 22.50 34 0 / 0 - - - -
Pakistan 1 0 0 0 0 / 0 - - - -
Sri Lanka 1 17 17.00 17 0 / 0 - - - -
Overall 4 62 15.50 34 0 / 0 - - - -

Cricket awards

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Bibliography

  • Pietersen, Kevin (2006). Crossing the Boundary: The Early Years in my Cricketing Life. Ebury Press. ISBN 0091912059.
Preceded by Emerging Player of the Year
2005 		Succeeded by
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