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Kevin Pieterson cricket career started actually from South Africa. Later, he moved to England, as he was not in favour of South Africa's quota policy (that states blacks to be included in the national team). While, playing for England cricket team, KP was considered as one of the finest England cricket players. Kevin Pieterson cricket career got a huge boost in August 2008, when he was made England cricket captain for Tests and ODIs. However, his stint as England cricket captain was not quite successful, as he resigned from the post of England cricket captain after a short stint of 5 months. He remained England cricket captain for just 3 Test matches and 9 ODIs. Under his captaincy, England cricket team won 4 ODIs against South Africa and lost the remaining 5 to India. Also, England cricket team won only 1 Test match out of the three played under his captaincy.
Some of the highlights of Kevin Pieterson cricket career were as follows:
• ICC Emerging Player of the Year - 2005
• ICC One Day Player of the Year – 2005
• Awarded the MBE on 31st Dec 2005
• Wisden Cricketer of the Year 2006.
After seeing a brief history about Kevin Pieterson cricket career in this section and on the biography section of our site, one can conclude that the first three years of Kevin Pieterson cricket career, i.e. 2005, 2006 and 2007 were the most successful year of Kevin Pieterson cricket career. Since 2008, Pietersen has not been in best of the forms, but as they say, 'Form is temporary, Class is permanent', we are also hopeful about the revival of Kevin Pieterson cricket career.
England cricket team: Some facts about England cricket team are as follows:
Test status: 1877
First Test match: 15-19 March 1877 against Australia
Current England cricket captain – Test Cricket and ODI: Andrew Strauss
Current England cricket captain – T20: Paul Collingwood
Coach of England cricket team: Andy Flower
Official Test and ODI Ranking: 5th (Test) and 5th (ODI)
England cricket players: If you want to know about some of the finest England cricket players, then this is the right place. England has produced some fine cricketers in last 123 years of Test cricket. Legendary England cricket players like Sir W.G. Grace, Douglas Jardine, Mike Brearley, Tony Greig, Geoffrey Boycott, Ian Botham, David Gower, Bob Willis, Ray Illingworth, Angus Frazer, Alec Stewart, Steve Harmison, Phil Tufnell, Graham Gooch, Neil Fairbrother, Chris Lewis, Mike Atherton, Nasser Hussain, Michael Vaughan, Andrew Flintoff and Kevin Pietersen have represented England in past 123 years.
| Career statistics |
Details |
Test |
ODIs |
First Class |
List A |
Matches |
60 |
98 |
146 |
209 |
Runs scored |
5,074 |
3,220 |
11,453 |
6,665 |
Batting average |
49.26 |
44.10 |
50.45 |
42.18 |
100s/50s |
16/18 |
7/20 |
38/47 |
12/41 |
Top score |
226 |
116 |
254* |
147 |
Balls bowled |
837 |
274 |
5,641 |
2,258 |
Wickets |
4 |
6 |
61 |
40 |
Bowling average |
141.50 |
41.00 |
53.72 |
49.52 |
5 wickets in innings |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
10 wickets in match |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Best bowling |
1/0 |
2/22 |
4/31 |
3/14 |
Catches |
33 |
32 |
113 |
76 |
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