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England's Kevin Pietersen has been reprimanded for showing dissent at the umpire after being given out lbw during his side's six-wicket win over India...

Kevin Pietersen was recalled on Tuesday to England’s limited-overs squad for the trip to India next month. England have five one-day matches against the...

Kevin Pietersen scored the highest number of runs while team-mate Stuart Broad claimed the highest number of wickets in the four-Test series between India...

Kevin Pietersen was the big name missing from the England squad announced on Friday for the upcoming five-match one-day international series against India. The first-choice...

Kevin Pietersen's commanding unbeaten double century left England well on top against India at the close of the second day of the first Test...

India's Yuvraj Singh said Wednesday he was keen to renew his rivalry with Kevin Pietersen on the upcoming tour of England after being called...

Kevin Pietersen missed out on his first Test century in Britain for nearly three years after helping England gain a first innings lead in...

Kevin Pietersen is being backed to enter a “purple patch” after looking much closer to his best in an innings of 72 during the...

England coach Andy Flower is “very excited” by what he is seeing from Kevin Pietersen despite the gifted batsman’s latest failure against left-arm spin....

England captain Andrew Strauss insisted there were no cracks in his relationship with Kevin Pietersen after he suggested the batsman wanted “desperately to be...

Kevin Pietersen insisted Tuesday he was fully prepared for England’s home series against Sri Lanka, saying “the bug is back”. Pietersen’s commitment was questioned...

Former captain Kevin Pietersen said Tuesday that England's decision to opt for three skippers was "fascinating" but added "no-one knows whether it's going to...

England team director AndyFlower urged Kevin Pietersen on Saturday to put aside any disappointment at missing out on the captaincy and focus instead on...

CHENNAI - England star Kevin Pietersen said he was "absolutely devastated" that his long-standing hernia problem had ended his World Cup and shattered his lucrative Indian Premier League plans. "Sad to leave India.. Love the people & the ospitality. Alvida doston (Goodbye friends)," he wrote on his Twitter account on Monday. "I fly home tonight. Out of the WC & IPL.. Absolutely devastated." The 30-year-old will undergo a hernia operation which he had hoped to postpone until after the

MUMBAI - England's most dangerous batsman Kevin Pietersen is struggling with a hernia which needs an operation after the World Cup, another blow to their faltering campaign in the tournament. The England Cricket Board (ECB) stressed that Pietersen, 30, will soldier on in the sub-continent but a medical report has shown that his condition is worsening. "As the symptoms have been getting worse... the appropriate course of action is for Kevin to undergo a routine operation upon his

BANGALORE - Sachin Tendulkar and Kevin Pietersen are poised for a heavyweight World Cup clash of superstars on Sunday when India and England go head-to-head. Tendulkar is the world's leading scorer in both Test (14,692 runs) and one-day (17,657) cricket, while Pietersen is relishing his new role at the top of the order. "He (Tendulkar) has been one of the mammoths of world cricket over the last two decades," said England captain Andrew Strauss.
"The fact he's been able to do it

SYDNEY - England's Kevin Pietersen believes the rebellion that led to him losing the captaincy two years ago had been vindicated by the Ashes triumph in Australia.
Pietersen said the captain-and-coach partnership of Andrew Strauss and Andy Flower that replaced Pietersen and Peter Moores in early 2009 had played a key role in producing that triumph.
"You know what? I have never said this before - I lost the captaincy, I got rid of the captaincy for the good of English