Kevin Pietersen (England)

Full Name  Pietersen, Kevin Peter
Date of birth:  27/06/1980
Country  England
Role  Batsman
Batting style  Right-hand
Bowling style  Off break 

Career summary
- Test Debut: v Australia at Lord's, July 2005

- ODI Debut: v Zimbabwe at Harare, November 28 2004

- T20I Debut: v Australia at the Rose Bowl, June 13 2005

- South African-born batsman full of power and confidence.

- Qualifies for England through his mother.

- Made his name on one-day tour of South Africa, hammering three centuries despite hostile crowds in his homeland.

- His Test debut came in the first game of the memorable 2005 Ashes series, where he announced his arrival with two counter-punching half-centuries despite England's heavy defeat.

- Hammered a breathtaking 158 on the final day of the fifth Test at The Oval to ensure England regained the urn.

- Established himself as England's premier batsman in all forms of the game with his breathtaking array of strokes - including the ability to 'switch hit' and bat left-handed.

- Scored a century on his first Test appearance against South Africa - at Lord's in 2008 - and continued his ascent by being named England captain after Michael Vaughan stepped down.

- His captaincy reign got off to the ideal start: victory in the final Test against South Africa followed a 4-0 ODI series win against the same opponents.

- The honeymoon ended with a crushing defeat in the Stanford 20/20 for 20 followed by a one-day series defeat in India.

- Earned plaudits for leading England back to India for the Test series after the Mumbai terror attacks. England lost the series 1-0.

- Sensationally quit the captaincy just after that tour following a row over the role of coach Peter Moores.

Test Matches
Batting Career Span:  2005 - 2009
Matches:  49
Innings:  91
Not outs:  4
Runs:  4445
Highest Score:  226
Average:  51
50s:  14
100s:  15
Ducks:  3
Pairs:  0
Catches:  30
Stumping:  0
Bowling Innings bowled:  46
Overs:  122.3
Maidens:  9
Runs conceded:  518
Wickets:  4
5 Wicket Innings:  0
10 Wicket matches:  0
Average:  129.5 
Economy Rate:  4.24 
Best bowling in Innings:  1/0

ODI Matches
Batting Career Span:  2004 - 2009
Innings:  80
Not outs:  14
Runs:  3061
Highest Score:  116
Strike-rate:  87.36 
Average:  46
50s:  20
100s:  7
Ducks:  4
Catches:  32
Stumping:  0
Bowling Innings bowled:  15
Overs:  35
Maidens:  0
Runs conceded:  201
Wickets:  5
4 Wicket Innings:  0
Average:  40.2 
Economy Rate:  5.74 
Best bowling in Innings:  2/22

Twenty20 Matches
Batting Career Span:  - 2009
Innings:  12
Not outs:  1
Runs:  324
Highest Score:  79
Average:  29
50s:  1
100s:  0
Ducks:  0
Catches:  3
Stumping:  0