Tag: Pietersen
Australian sledgers can’t top Warne: Pietersen
MELBOURNE: England's Kevin Pietersen Wednesday said Australia's current team could not out-sledge Test greats Shane Warne and Glenn McGrath, dismissing a sharp rise in verbal clashes during the Ashes series.
Pietersen said he had faced some "pretty big verbal contests" during England's last tour of Australia, when the legendary bowlers were still playing, but had seen nothing unusual in this year's Tests. Both teams have acknowledged raised temperatures during the home team's
Pietersen said he had faced some "pretty big verbal contests" during England's last tour of Australia, when the legendary bowlers were still playing, but had seen nothing unusual in this year's Tests. Both teams have acknowledged raised temperatures during the home team's
Pietersen caught by Aussie speed trap
SYDNEY: England batsman Kevin Pietersen was fined Thursday after being caught speeding in a bright yellow Lamborghini sports car in southern Australia during a break between Tests in the Ashes series.
Fresh from England's crushing victory over Australia in the second Test, Pietersen was returning from the picturesque Great Ocean Road when he was caught doing 121 kilometres (75 miles) per hour in a 100kph zone, reports said.
Police said a 30-year-old man driving a yellow
Fresh from England's crushing victory over Australia in the second Test, Pietersen was returning from the picturesque Great Ocean Road when he was caught doing 121 kilometres (75 miles) per hour in a 100kph zone, reports said.
Police said a 30-year-old man driving a yellow
England on top as Pietersen hits double ton
ADELAIDE - Kevin Pietersen relished the big stage of an Ashes Test to bat England into an impregnable position with a imperious double-century at the Adelaide Oval on Sunday.
The third day belonged solely to the man they call the "walking ego" as he dominated a beleaguered Australian bowling attack to remain unconquered on 213 when rain called a halt to play after tea. Pietersen brought up his 17th Test hundred and his third against Australia in his 14th Ashes Test to bring the
The third day belonged solely to the man they call the "walking ego" as he dominated a beleaguered Australian bowling attack to remain unconquered on 213 when rain called a halt to play after tea. Pietersen brought up his 17th Test hundred and his third against Australia in his 14th Ashes Test to bring the
Defiant Pietersen hits back at critics
LONDON: Kevin Pietersen insists he will use the forthcoming Ashes showdown with Australia to prove he is still one of the world's best batsmen. Pietersen has suffered a miserable run of form over the last 12 months and was dropped from England's one-day international squad which faced Pakistan in September.
The flamboyant batsman knows that many experts, including former Australia coach John Buchanan, believe he is no longer the force he once was. But Pietersen, 30, is adamant
The flamboyant batsman knows that many experts, including former Australia coach John Buchanan, believe he is no longer the force he once was. But Pietersen, 30, is adamant
Pietersen denies saying his career was “on the way down”
England batsman Kevin Pietersen dismissed a newspaper report quoting him as saying he was "on the way down" as a cricketer, saying his words had been taken out of context.
"I was only talking about my age, nothing else," Pietersen, 30, told Reuters on Friday before playing a game for the KwaZulu-Natal Dolphins.
Pietersen, who has not scored a test century since March 2009, had been quoted as saying on the website of Britain's Daily Mirror (www.mirror.co.uk): "I have probably
"I was only talking about my age, nothing else," Pietersen, 30, told Reuters on Friday before playing a game for the KwaZulu-Natal Dolphins.
Pietersen, who has not scored a test century since March 2009, had been quoted as saying on the website of Britain's Daily Mirror (www.mirror.co.uk): "I have probably
