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    Former England captain Kevin Pietersen calls time on cricket career

    Former England captain Kevin Pietersen calls time on cricket career

    By Rodney Dsouza
    Mar 18, 2018
    04:21 pm

    What's the story

    Former England cricketer Kevin Pietersen brought down the curtains on his glorious cricketing career with a series of messages on social media.

    The 37-year-old, who was a part of the 2018 Pakistan Super League, decided not to travel with the Quetta Gladiators to Lahore for the playoffs.

    Here are some interesting facts about his record-breaking cricket career.

    Twitter Post

    Pietersen announces retirement from cricket

    Just been told that I scored 30000+ runs which included 152 fifty’s 68 hundreds in my professional career.

    Time to move on! pic.twitter.com/zMSIa3FK6K

    — Kevin Pietersen (@KP24) March 17, 2018

    Glorious career

    Pietersen's Test career in numbers

    Kevin was one of the finest cricketers to have represented the England Test Team.

    He played 104 Tests for the Three Lions since making his debut against Australia at Lord's in 2005.

    Pietersen scored 8,181 runs at an average of 47.28.

    In his career, the right-handed batsman scored 23 centuries and 35 fifties for England.

    Data

    Pietersen had a successful career with England

    Pietersen represented England in 136 ODIs, scoring 4,440 runs at an average of 40.73. He slammed 9 hundreds and 25 fifties. The T20 specialist played 37 T20Is scoring 1,176 runs at an amazing average of 37.93.

    T20 ace

    Pietersen became a T20 specialist after exile

    Pietersen has been globetrotting, playing across T20 leagues after his unceremonious exit from the England national team.

    He was sacked from the England national side in 2014 after he was told that captain Alastair Cook could not trust and rely on him.

    In his career, Pietersen has played 200 T20s scoring 5,695 runs at an average on 33.89.

    South Africa's loss

    Pietersen switched his nationality

    Pietersen was born in South Africa to an English mother and a South African father in 1980.

    He made his first-class debut as a teen in 1997 for KwaZulu-Natal and then moved to England in 2000.

    Since he played cricket for four seasons of county cricket, he eventually qualified to play for the England national team.

    Clearly, South Africa's loss became England's gain!

    Data

    Pietersen destroyed South Africa in the 2005 series

    He made his England debut against Zimbabwe in an ODI and earned himself a spot for the tour of South Africa, his home nation. He destroyed South Africa with 3 centuries and a fifty in a 7 match ODI series, averaging 151.33.

    Ashes glory

    KP's Test debut series was a memorable one

    KP made his Test debut for England in the Ashes series against Australia at the Lord's in 2005.

    In his debut match, he scored back-to-back fifties.

    He scored his first ton in the final Test of the series. KP was the leading run-scorer in the series, which helped England reclaim the Ashes for the first times in close to two decades.

    Fastest to 1000 runs

    Only player to win the ICC double awards

    KP equalled the record held by Vivian Richards, by becoming the fastest player to reach 1,000 ODI runs.

    Both of them needed just 21 innings.

    In 2005, his heroics were recognised by the ICC and he won both ODI Player of the Year and Emerging Player of the Year awards.

    He is still the only cricketer to achieve the double.

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