Biography: Kevin Pietersen

Kevin Pietersen was born on 27^th June 1980 in Pietermartizburg, Natal, South Africa. He is a South African born English cricketer. He is one of the most destructive batsmen in all forms of cricket. He was also the skipper of the England ODI and test squad but was sacked shortly after dispute with England coach Peter Moores and the coach was also sacked with him.

He made his first class debut for Natal in South Africa in 1997 before he moved to England following the racial quota in South Africa. His English Mother gave him eligibility to play for England after playing for four years in first class cricket. He was soon selected for the national cricket team of the England and soon became an important part of the team.

He made his debut in Test cricket for England in the 2005 Ashes series against Australia on 21^st July 2005. He also became only the third England batsman to be on the top of the ICC batmen rankings. He has achieved many milestones in his short carrier and is ready to take on any bowler.

Pietersen went to Maritzburg College, Pietermaritzburg and started his early cricket from their playing for Natal at an age of 17 years. His mother taught him basic values and disciplines all which had come to great use and helped him to be a dignified human being. He married singer Jessica Taylor on 29^th December 2007 and still going strong in their relationship.

Pietersen is also the member of the ICC World Cup 2011 squad and all the England fans and ECB have great hopes from this man as he has got capabilities to help his team lifting the World Cup trophy though England has never won an ODI World Cup so far. England also recently won the ICC T20 World Cup beating the ODI Champions Australia in the World Cup finals.

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Trott starred in England’s victory

Jonathan Trott, the mighty England batsman played a very delightful innings to reach to his second century in ODI cricket. England having lost three games of the series in succession had to win this game to keep the series alive and Trott did the job for them. They still have to win all the next three games to seal victory in the series which is still not such a cake walk for England.

Australia had to face defeat loss in spite of a decent batting performance from the Aussie batsmen but their bowlers didn’t keep it tight enough for the England players. The way Australia’s top seamer’s bowled was not the way the champion cricket team plays. Australia will have to stay focused with their strategies to once again lift the ICC cricket World Cup trophy.

England still have to tough road ahead to clinch the series, while Australia just needs to win one more game to seal the series which doesn’t seem to be such a tough job for them seeing their current cricket form. England would really have to work hard and all their players need to play sensibly.

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