Everything about Kevin Pietersen totally explained
Kevin Peter Pietersen MBE (born
27 June 1980 in
Pietermaritzburg,
Natal,
South Africa) is an English
cricketer. He is an attacking right-handed
batsman and occasional
off spin bowler who plays for
Hampshire County Cricket Club and is a member of both the
England Test match and
One Day International teams.
He made his
first-class debut for
Natal in 1997 before
moving to England after voicing his displeasure at the
racial quota system in place in South Africa, and in order to further his opportunities for playing at international level. Being born of an English mother gave Pietersen eligibility to play for England, and after serving a qualifying period of four years playing at
county level, he was called up almost immediately into the national side. He made his international debut in the One-day International match against
Zimbabwe in 2004, and his Test match debut in the
2005 Ashes series against
Australia the following year.
Pietersen quickly became the fastest batsman to reach both 1000 and 2000 runs in One-day International cricket, and currently has the highest average of any England player to have played more than 20 innings of one-day cricket. He also has the second-highest run total from his first 25 Tests, behind only the Australian
Donald Bradman. He became only the third English batsman to top the ICC One-day International rankings, doing so in March 2007.
Early and personal life
Born of an
English mother and an
Afrikaner father, Penny and Jannie, he learned valuable lessons from this "fantastic" approach to parenting, and said: "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."In his autobiography he refers to himself and his brothers getting the cane both at home and at school, although this was still not uncommon in South Africa in the 1990s. Bryan is currently playing club and second XI cricket in England.
Pietersen attended
Maritzburg College,
Pietermaritzburg, and made his
first-class cricket debut for
Natal's B team in 1997, aged 17, where he was regarded predominantly as an
off spin bowler and a hard-hitting lower-order batsman. 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. This first spell away from home didn't leave him with fond memories for England, in particular "those horrible Black Country accents", living in a single room above a squash court, and working in the club bar. England test captain
Michael Vaughan counters this, saying, "KP isn't 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's insecure." He has been noted for his unusual haircuts, with his peroxide blond dyed streak of hair along the middle of his head during the
2005 Ashes series being described as a "dead skunk" look. During the
2006–07 Ashes tour, the Australian team, noted for their efforts to dominate opponents psychologically, dubbed him "The Ego", or "FIGJAM" (Fuck I'm Good, Just Ask Me). Other
nicknames include
KP,
Kelves and
Kapes. but he's now married to
Liberty X singer
Jessica Taylor. The couple married on
29 December 2007 at the Manor House Hotel in Wiltshire, with former England team-mate
Darren Gough acting as best man.
Domestic career
He impressed members of
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 from 57 balls, hitting four sixes. Hussain then recommended that Pietersen secure a contract with an English county side.
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 were required to have at least four non-white players. Pietersen's view was that players should be judged on merit, and described it as "heartbreaking" when he was left out of the side, although he later reflected "it turned out it was the best thing that could have happened". Pietersen has since firmly criticised the quota system, which he feels forced him out of the country of his birth. He has also criticised
Graeme Smith, who became captain of the South African side in 2003, calling him "an absolute muppet, childish and strange" and that his behaviour "leaves a lot to be desired". Smith opposed this, saying, "I'm patriotic about my country, and that's why I don't like Kevin Pietersen. The only reason that Kevin and I've never had a relationship is because he slated South Africa". His outspoken views published in his autobiography,
Crossing the Boundary, in September 2006, and in an interview for South African magazine
GQ, led to unsuccessful calls for an
ICC investigation regarding bringing the game into disrepute. In his first season he made 1,275 runs with an impressive
batting average of 57.95, including 218 not out 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. These performances led to praise in the
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack: "If he can maintain his first season's form, the name of Pietersen should be pencilled in for future Test squads." 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.
In 2003, Pietersen scored 1,546
first-class runs, and 764 runs in
limited overs cricket. He 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, and making 131 in a one-day match against India A in
Bangalore.
After Nottinghamshire were relegated in 2003, Pietersen requested a release from his contract, saying "I haven't been happy for a while....The pitch at
Trent Bridge has been one of my problems... I could have done so much better if the wicket had been good." This led to a public row with club captain
Jason Gallian, where Gallian allegedly threw Pietersen's kit off the
Trent Bridge balcony and broke his bat:
During the game I told the captain that I wasn't happy and that I wanted to leave. After the game we spoke in the dressing room and then I went to have dinner. I got a call saying the captain had trashed my equipment. I was told the captain had said, 'if he doesn't want to play for Notts he can f*** off.' I've not spoken to Gallian since, nor have I received an apology.
Pietersen was made to honour the last year of his contract at Nottinghamshire, but "didn't enjoy it at all". In October 2004, he joined
Hampshire under the captaincy of
Shane Warne.
After becoming a regular in the international side, Pietersen rarely gets an opportunity to play domestic cricket. Having an England "central contract" means that Pietersen is only released to play for Hampshire at the discretion of the national coach. After being left out of the national side to face
Bangladesh in May 2005, Pietersen had several good innings in the four-day county championship, including two centuries. He only played twice for the county in 2006, and has played once so far in 2007, with an unbeaten 66 against
Ireland.
International career
Success in South Africa
The tour of
Zimbabwe caused several players to voice their concerns about the
Robert Mugabe regime, the security issues in the country and the standard of the
Zimbabwean side.
Steve Harmison was the first to boycott the tour for "political and sporting reasons", and all-rounder
Andrew Flintoff was reported to be considering taking a moral stand himself. The England Chairman of Selectors
David Graveney denied that the selectors would leave out players unhappy with touring Zimbabwe and would put their absences down to injury. Flintoff was, however, "rested" and Pietersen rushed into the squad "at the earliest opportunity". In the five match ODI series, Pietersen batted in three innings which included a score of 77 not out; he finished the series with an average of 104.00 as England won the series 4–0.
Pietersen was upset not to be initially in the squad to tour
South Africa. With Flintoff withdrawing due to injury, Pietersen was recalled to the squad, and cemented his 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. Throughout the tour, Pietersen was subjected to a barrage of abuse from the South African crowd, who regarded him somewhat like a
traitor.
Pietersen scored a 96-ball 108 not out in the
tied second
ODI at
Bloemfontein, after which the crowd turned their backs on him as he returned to the pavilion. This score set his ODI average at an incredible record 234.00. He made 75 at
Cape Town, 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, 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 couldn't 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. 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.
Mixed success in Ashes build-up
Despite press speculation, Pietersen wasn't picked for the
Tests against
Bangladesh—his early season form being dogged by a foot injury—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.
In the triangular ODI series against Australia and Bangladesh, Pietersen didn't get to bat in the first match at
The Oval as England won by 10 wickets, but scored 91 off 65 balls in the match in
Bristol against Australia. In the remainder of the triangular series, Pietersen scored quickly, although without other half-centuries. He finished the seven-match series with a total of 278 runs at an average of 46.33.
Pietersen's performances sparked speculation over whether he'd be brought into the Test side for
The Ashes later in the summer. 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.
Later in July, Pietersen played in all three matches of the (ODI) NatWest Challenge against Australia. In the final match he was the top scorer for England with 74 runs, however he was forced off the field in the third over of Australia's reply with a groin injury.
2005 Ashes triumph
Speculation over when Pietersen would play for the Test team was ended in July with the announcement by the England chairman of selectors,
David Graveney, that Pietersen had been selected ahead of Thorpe. He made his debut in the first Ashes Test at
Lord's, becoming the 626 player to play for the national side. 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. 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.
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. Under pressure to post a large score in the final Test at
The Oval, Pietersen didn't contribute significantly in the first innings with 14. In the second innings, Pietersen was dropped twice before reaching double figures, but went on to score his maiden Test century with 158, drawing the match and securing the series for England. His innings included seven sixes, a record for an English player in an Ashes innings. Pietersen was named
Man of the Match for his efforts, and finished the series as top scorer, with 473 runs over the five Tests, an average of 52.55. However, he'd 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. Pietersen was given an
ECB "central contract" to reflect his place in the national side.
Less rewarding winter tour
Pietersen had a less successful time in the three Test matches against
Pakistan, which England lost 2–0. He made little impact in the first and third Tests, his highest score being 34. He fared better in the second, however, making his second Test century in the first innings. 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. The quick-scoring innings in the second ODI was to be Pietersen's last on the tour. A 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.
In March 2006, Pietersen played in the three Tests against
India, which England drew 1–1. His 87 in the second innings of the first match came during England's acceleration period, helping push the required target over 300. 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 wasn't so good, facing just 13 balls before being given out
caught behind off a
Harbhajan Singh delivery. The unhappy Pietersen was later fined 30 percent of his match fee for shaking his head and showing signs of dissent. "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
Darrell Hair gave him out for 4 as England collapsed on the fourth afternoon."
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. His 71 in the second ODI took him past 1,000 ODI runs, equalling
Viv Richards' record of 21 innings to reach this total.
Sri Lanka and Pakistan in England, 2006
In May 2006, Pietersen matched his highest Test score of 158 in the first match against
Sri Lanka, and followed it with 142 in the second Test. This took him passed the milestone of 1,000 Test runs, in his 12th Test match, and he became the first batsman since
Graham Gooch in 1990 to score a century in three successive Test innings on English soil. 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.
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.
Pietersen bowled his first delivery in Test match cricket on
June 4, against Sri Lanka. His first Test wicket came against
Pakistan later in the summer when
Kamran Akmal got a thin edge through to
Geraint Jones.
Later in June, Pietersen scored 17 in the
Twenty20 International as England lost by 2 runs to Sri Lanka. The twenty
over 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.
England in Australia, 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, 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'd scored exactly 158 runs (at that point, his highest Test score). However, even Pietersen seemed disheartened by the end of the series, which England lost 5–0.
In the Twenty20 match, Pietersen was run out on 11, as England lost the match by 77 runs. For a powerful hitter, Pietersen hasn't posted a large score in the specialised twenty-over format, averaging 15.50.
Career 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 World Cup century by an Englishman since 1996, and the first ever against Australia. He made three half-centuries, scoring 60 runs from 92 balls against
New Zealand, 56 runs from 72 balls against
Kenya, and 58 runs from 80 balls against
Sri Lanka. His efforts in the World Cup helped him achieve the status of
ICC number-one ranked batsman in the world for ODIs; however, England didn't reach the semi-finals. In England's final match of the World Cup against the
West Indies, Pietersen made 100 from 91 balls, and effected the run-out of retiring captain
Brian Lara. This century took him past 2000 ODI runs, in doing so equalling the record 51 matches set by
Zaheer Abbas.
Having scored a century in the first Test against the West Indies at
Lord's, Pietersen posted his highest score of 226 in the second Test at
Headingley, surpassing his previous best of 158 which he'd achieved three times. 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). This innings subjected the West Indies to an innings and 283 runs defeat, their largest against any team. Pietersen, the Man of the Match, 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".
In the third Test at
Old Trafford, scoring 68 in the second innings, Pietersen lost his wicket in a bizarre dismissal when West Indian all-rounder
Dwayne Bravo delivered a
bouncer which knocked Pietersen's helmet off his head and onto his stumps. He is only the fourth batsman in Test cricket to be dismissed "
hit wicket" as a result of headgear falling onto the stumps. This score took him past the 8500 first-class runs mark, and 2,500 runs in Test cricket.
In contrast, Pietersen's batting was poor in the following single innings matches; he scored a total of 77 runs in five matches (two Twenty20 and three ODI), recording a second-ball duck in the final ODI. He subsequently fell to second in the official One-day International batting rankings, behind
Ricky Ponting. Pietersen himself has commented that his lack of recent form is a result of "fatigue", and has reiterated his calls for a less "hectic" match schedule.
Pietersen found some form in the first Test against
India, with a knock of 134 in the second innings to set up a potential England victory. Pietersen described this as his best century, in very testing conditions. After two low scores in the second Test, Pietersen scored his 10th Test Century in the third and final Test at the Oval, helping England to draw the game with 101.
Pietersen was also picked for and played in the Twenty20 Championship in South Africa. In England's first game against Zimbabwe on
September 13, Pietersen hit 79 runs off 37 balls, his highest Twenty20 score, including four sixes and seven fours in an English total of 188-9. England won the match by 50 runs, however this was to be Pietersen's largest contribution in the competition. He scored another 99 runs over four more matches, ending the series with an average of 35.60. He also scored the most England fours (17) and jointly held the record for the most England sixes (6) with
Owais Shah. He also held the highest strike rate of any England batsman.
Sri Lanka 2007
Pietersen travelled to
Sri Lanka with England's ODI squad in September 2007. He scored 50 in England's warm up game against the Sri Lankan Cricket XI, however followed this with scores of one, twelve, and eight. He then found form with 63 not out from 75 deliveries to clinch a historic series win for England, the first in the country since the 1980s. He went on to score 28 in the final match which was a consolatory victory for Sri Lanka. In the first test that followed in November, he was the only batsman not to make double figures in a drawn warm up game against the Board President's XI, being caught for four. In the second warm up match against the Sri Lanka Board XI, Pietersen was again out for a low score in the first innings, surviving just three balls and scoring one run. In the second, however, England snatched a "surprise" win, with Pietersen finding form and hitting 59, the highest score of England's innings.
During the test series, however, Pietersen suffered a period of fluctuating form. Scoring 31 and 18 in the first test, he managed only a single in the first innings of the second. While he regained his touch for the second innings, with a match saving 45 not out, he hit one and 30 in the final test, passing 3,000 test career runs but averaging only 25.2 across the series, failing to score a half century in a series for the first time in his career, and having the second lowest average of all the recognised batsmen. He equalled the Test cricket record for passing 3000 runs within 3 years of playing for his country, with the distinction that he reached this total 6 months earlier than the other two players to achieve this.
New Zealand 2008
Pietersen averaged 33 in the five match ODI series in early 2008, a high score of 50 and 165 runs overall failing to save England from a 3-1 defeat. The series was preceded by two warm up matches, where Pietersen scored 48, and 10, and two Twenty20 internationals where he scored 43, and three, each match resulting in an England win. England then played a series of warm up matches before the three test series began, where Pietersen would face New Zealand for the first time in his test career. Pietersen, however, didn't play in the first warm up match for the test series, as England featured both wicket keepers
Tim Ambrose and
Phil Mustard in their batting lineup. Pietersen had a quiet first two test matches, however, making little impression with the bat and losing his over-fifty average. However, in the first innings of the 3rd test at Napier on 22nd March he rescued England from a potentially disastrous first innings total with his eleventh test century, hitting 129. He struggled in the first test matches subsequent home series against New Zealand, scoring in the single figures for the first match. In the second, he scored 26 in the first innings, then ran himself out on 42 having looked well set.
Achievements
Awards
Pietersen gained several awards for his performances in the 2005 season. He was named both the
ICC ODI Player of the Year and Emerging Player of the Year in 2005, and was one of the five
Wisden Cricketers of the Year (alongside team mates
Simon Jones and
Matthew Hoggard) for his role in the successful
Ashes series against Australia. 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. He also played for the
ICC World XI in the
ICC Super Series 2005 against Australia.
Test match performance
Test debut: vs
Australia,
Lord's,
July 21,
2005.
Test Centuries
| Kevin Pietersen's Test Centuries |
| |
Runs |
Match |
Against |
City/Country |
Venue |
Year |
| [1] |
158 |
5 |
Australia |
London, England |
The Oval |
2005 |
| [2] |
100 |
7 |
Pakistan |
Faisalabad, Pakistan |
Iqbal Stadium |
2005 |
| [3] |
158 |
12 |
Sri Lanka |
London, England |
Lord's |
2006 |
| [4] |
142 |
13 |
Sri Lanka |
Birmingham, England |
Edgbaston |
2006 |
| [5] |
135 |
17 |
Pakistan |
Headingley, England |
Headingley Carnegie Stadium |
2006 |
| [6] |
158 |
20 |
Australia |
Adelaide, Australia |
Adelaide Oval |
2006 |
| [7] |
109 |
24 |
West Indies |
London, England |
Lord's |
2007 |
| [8] |
226 |
25 |
West Indies |
Headingley, England |
Headingley Carnegie Stadium |
2007 |
| [9] |
134 |
28 |
India |
London, England |
Lord's |
2007 |
| [10] |
101 |
30 |
India |
London, England |
The Oval |
2007 |
| [11] |
129 |
36 |
New Zealand |
Napier, New Zealand |
McLean Park |
2008 |
» Man of the match awards:
One-day International performance
ODI debut: vs
Zimbabwe,
Harare -
Nov 28 2004
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West Indies
|| 5
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Zimbabwe
|| 4
|| 104
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» Man of the match awards:
Twenty20 International performance
Twenty20 debut: vs
Australia,
Rose Bowl,
June 13 2005.
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|| 17.00
|| 17
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|| 62
|| 15.50
|| 34
|| 0 / 0
|| -
|| -
|| -
|| -
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