Tag: Pietersen

Pakistan is a ‘proud’ cricketing nation, says Pietersen

Former England batting star Kevin Pietersen believes Pakistan cricket team will make a statement when their tour starts on Thursday with the first Test...

Gayle, Pietersen send well wishes to PM Nawaz for surgery

West Indies opener Chris Gayle and England batsman Kevin Pietersen wished Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif a speedy recovery after his open heart surgery. In...

Calf injury ends Pietersen’s IPL stint

  Former England batsman Kevin Pietersen will miss the remainder of the Indian Premier League (IPL) season due to a calf injury, the flamboyant stroke-maker...

Pietersen to Shehzad: ‘Leave the helicopter shots to MS and I’

Explosive English batsman Kevin Pietersen has advised Pakistan’s Ahmed Shehzad to banish the ‘helicopter shot’ after the 23-year-old announced his comeback to the national...

England explore Pietersen cover options

England must explore contingency plans to cover for Kevin Pietersen in case his sore calf rules him out of their bid to clinch the...

England omit Pietersen for New Zealand series

Kevin Pietersen has been omitted from England’s one-day squads for their tour of New Zealand next year as England’s selectors have accepted that he...

Pietersen ‘will get new England contract’

Kevin Pietersen will be offered a new England contract, says head coach Andy Flower. Pietersen currently has a four-month deal with the England and...

Pietersen, Trott do the recovery act

Run-making was a laborious exercise; but watching that exercise was no less irksome for those who turned up at the Vidarbha Cricket Association (VCA)...

Pietersen rested for India T20 matches, but returns for ODIs

Kevin Pietersen has been rested for England's two Twenty20 matches against India in December but will return to the one-day squad in January. Batsman Pietersen,...

Pietersen, Plessis prove why Test cricket is best

The riveting Test matches which have just taken place in Mumbai and Adelaide showed exactly why Test cricket is still the very best form...

Pietersen and Cook set up solid platform

In England, it has become customary to look at Kevin Pietersen and see only a problem. In India, the talk is of his star...

Pietersen and Compton star as England dominate

Kevin Pietersen topped the bill, among England's wall-to-wall run-makers, with a comeback century against a modest Haryana attack at the Sardar Patel Stadium B...

England pick Pietersen for India tour opener

Controversial batsman Kevin Pietersen gets an early chance to re-establish himself for England after he was picked for the opening match of the Indian...

Pietersen returns for England Tests in India

Kevin Pietersen will return to the England fold for the upcoming tour of India, the ECB announced Thursday, following his exile from the squad...

Pietersen text row claim ‘absolute rubbish’

South Africa have rubbished claims their players provoked the text message row that led to England axing batsman Kevin Pietersen. Pietersen was dropped for the...

England’s Wright earns Pietersen kudos

Luke Wright's match-winning 99 not out off 55 balls for England against Afghanistan in the World Twenty20 was warmly greeted by axed team-mate Kevin...

Pietersen hopes to join England in New Zealand

Axed England batsman Kevin Pietersen hopes to be playing again for England by the time the tour of New Zealand starts in February next...