Kevin Pietersen

...he said. 'There's less margin for error when you are moving your feet well.' But he also recognises that, despite England's Kevin Pietersen-inspired win in the final Test in Sri Lanka, the batting unit will have to 'pull our socks up' in India later this year....

...rightly lead this market. Chris Gayle has belted 44 maximums in the tournament to date. The next most prolific six-hitters are Kevin Pietersen and Cameron White with a mere 20 apiece. With Pietersen back in England, Sehwag (19) will lead Delhi's onslaught,...

...far less prone to injury, sports an outside chance of topping the wicket-taking charts for the visitors. Bairstow and Kevin Pietersen, in the meantime, are the recipients of "gut instinct" and "old chutzpah" in resounding support of England's impending dominance...

...pointed out. That Tahir is a threat to even the strongest batting line-ups is borne out by comments made by England star Kevin Pietersen in late 2010 when they played together in the Dolphins team. “He is in a different league. He spins the ball both ways...

...10 wickets in the match England have churned out hundreds at Lord's in recent years; since 2006 they have hit 24 with Kevin Pietersen scoring five, while Alastair Cook and Matt Prior have three apiece This is the first Test for new MCC chief executive Derek...

...on so I'll be giving the top order a miss and siding with someone in the middle order for England top batsman honours. Kevin Pietersen would be an obvious choice but I actually prefer the chances of Ian Bell, who has been in fine county form and has a habit...

...helpful conditions, but his departure lifted the pressure on the home side who went on to post 474 for eight on the back of Kevin Pietersen's unbeaten double-century. Praveen Kumar took five, but MS Dhoni was forced to remove his pads and bowl medium-pacers...

...to rival the IPL. Ask Somerset how easy that will be, given their experiences with Chris Gayle and Faf Du Plessis. Kevin Pietersen, recently back from the tournament, says why wouldn't anybody want to play the IPL when it involves the best players in the world....

...On the other side of the coin, England boasts four batsmen inside the top 20 Alastair Cook (sixth), Jonathan Trott (14th), Kevin Pietersen (17th) and Ian Bell (19th) while Matt Prior and captain Andrew Strauss are just outside the top 20 in 24th and 28th...

...which has a few echoes, before the 2005 series against Australia. The selectors had to weigh the merits of the brash young Kevin Pietersen, or the vastly experienced old pro, Graham Thorpe? The right choice seems obvious now, but it was not clear-cut at the...