A Profile of Kevin Pietersen
Name: Kevin Peter Pietersen
Major Teams: Natal, KwaZulu-Natal, Nottinghamshire, Hampshire, England
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Off Break
Born: 27th June 1980, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
Height: 6ft 4in
Weight: 14st 9lbs
Nickname: KP, Kelv, Kapes
Parents: Jannie and Penny
Marital Status: Married
Education: Maritzburg College, University of South Africa
Qualifications: 3 A levels
Career highlights to date: "Being selected to play for England and being made captain"
Cricket moments to forget: "Breaking my leg against Glamorgan in August 2002"
Cricket superstitions: "I always put my left hand pad on first"
Cricketers particularly admired: Shaun Pollock, Errol Stewart
Young Players to look out for: James Hildreth, Rich Logan
Other sports played: Golf, swimming ["represented my state in 1992-93"], running
Other sports followed: Formula One [Ferrari], rugby [Natal Sharks], running
Relaxations; "Spending time with family and travelling abroad".
Extras:
2001 - Maiden first class hundred [165*] v Middlesex at Lords
2001 - Youngest Notts player to score a double hundred in a first class match [218* v Derbyshire at Derby 2001]
2001 - Scored 1275 runs in first season for first class cricket
2002 - Scored 254* v Middlesex at Trent Bridge, highest post war score by a Notts player, and in the process sharing arecord partnership of any wicket between Notts and Middlesex of 316 with Darren Bicknell
2003 - Scored 221 v Warwickshire at Edgbaston to equal Joe Hardstaff Jr's record score by a Notts batsman in matches v Warwickshire
2003 - First batsman to hit a ball over the pavilion at Riverside v Durham in the NCL
2003 - Voted "Player of the Tournament" in the Samsung Super Skills tournament
2004 - 4 centuries for England A
2004 - Signed with Hampshire on a 3 year deal
2004 - Picked by England for tour to Zimbabwe
2004 - 77 not out versus Zimbabwe and Man of the Match Award
2005 - Selected for England ODI series in South Africa, scored 3 hundreds and Man of the Series Award
2005 - Won Man of the Match Award in England's inaugural Twenty20 match against Australia.
2005 - Won Man of the Match Award for thrilling 91 not out as England defeat Australia by 3 wickets in ODI at Bristol.
2005 - Selected for 1st Ashes Test at Lords. Plays pivotal role in series, culminating in match saving 158 at the Oval as England win the Ashes.
2006 - Scores 158 in only his second Test at Lords in 1st Test v Sri Lanka
2006 - Scores 142 in second Test v Sri Lanka at Edgbaston. His third century in successive Test innings in England propels him into the World Top 10 rankings for the first time.
2007 - Scores his second Lords Test hundred in the 1st Test v West Indies and follows this up with career best Test score to date of 226 in the 2nd Test at Headingley, winning Man of the Match award in the process. Only Sir Donald Bradman has scored more Test runs in his first 25 Tests.
2008 - Made England's Test and ODI captain.
