Kevin Pietersen
Kevin Pietersen
Kevin Peter Pietersen MBEis an English professional cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and occasional off spin bowler who currently plays for Surrey, as well as Melbourne Stars in the Big Bash League and Quetta Gladiators in the Pakistan Super League . He has also been signed by the Rising Pune Supergiants for the 2016 season of the Indian Premier League...
NationalitySouth African
ProfessionCricket Player
Date of Birth27 June 1980
CityPietermaritzburg, South Africa
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I have been batting well on the last two days of the tour. Getting out just 13 short of a ton is disappointing but it was need of the hour as the team needed quick runs to declare and put pressure on India.
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It's been a whirlwind, the last 12 months. I'm just thrilled to be here, and I thank all the people that have helped me in achieving this success.
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In all my life, my hands have never been perspiring as much as they did when I went up to get that award. In the whole series, even on the last day at the Oval, I was not as nervous as then.
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We will try to finish the series on a high and give our best shot.
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These days you can play almost 100 Test matches in six years.
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These are amazing scenes and it's fantastic what is happening to English cricket, ... I'm taking it all in and this is great for the game of cricket.
There's so many differences of opinion in the papers.
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Rather him than me in one of those things,
against bat tying
This the way I bat against the spinners. I don't like spinners tying me down in the middle.
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I was not feeling 100 per cent fit, yet I wanted to play considering the situation we were in. I hate missing international matches and I just wanted to go out there.
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I thought I had a pretty good go at the emerging player of the year but the one-day international player of the year really got (surprised me),
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I thought I had a pretty good go at the emerging player award. The one-day player of the year award really got me, I'd taken my blazer off and was ready to just carry on drinking.
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It is fantastic news. We need him back, and it will be good to have him facing the first ball (in the first Test against Sri Lanka) on May 11.
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Lee tried to kill me and that wasn't nice. I came through it and I gained great heart.