Kevin Pietersen is a retired English cricketer and former captain of the England cricket team. He has scored centuries (100 or more runs in a single innings) in Test and One Day International (ODI) matches, on twenty-three and nine occasions respectively. As of 1 January 2013, Pietersen has played 104 Tests and 136 ODIs for England, scoring 8,181 and 4,440 runs respectively and is the first batsman to reach 5,000 or more runs in Test cricket in under five years. His performances in the 2005 Ashes series led to Pietersen being named one of five Wisden Cricketers of the Year for 2006 and being appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2006 New Year Honours.

Pietersen made his Test debut against Australia in July 2005, when he was called into the team to replace Graham Thorpe for the first Test of the 2005 Ashes series. He made his first century during the fifth Test of the series at The Oval; his 158 in the third innings enabled England to draw the match and win the series 2–1. His career best score of 227 also came against Australia in the second Test of the 2010–11 Ashes series at the Adelaide Oval. Pietersen has scored centuries against all Test cricket playing nations, with the exception of Bangladesh and Zimbabwe. He is most successful against India, against whom he has scored six centuries. He is joint twenty-third among all-time Test century makers, and second in the equivalent list for England.

Pietersen made his ODI debut in 2004 against Zimbabwe at the Harare Sports Club. His first century was against South Africa at Goodyear Park, Bloemfontein in February 2005. His highest ODI score is 130 against Pakistan in February 2012 at the DSC Cricket Stadium, Dubai. Pietersen played 37 Twenty20 International (T20I) matches since his debut in 2005, without scoring a century. His highest score in the format was 79 against Zimbabwe, in September 2007.

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+ Key Symbol Meaning * Remained not out Man of the match Balls Balls faced Pos. Position in the batting order Inn. The innings of the match Test The number of the Test match played in that series S/R Strike rate during the innings H/A/N Venue was at home (England), away or neutral Date Date the match was held, or the starting date of match for Test matches Lost The match was lost by England. Won The match was won by England. Drawn The match was drawn. Tied The match was tied.

Test centuries +List of Test centuries scored by Kevin Pietersen No. Score Against Pos. Inn. Test Venue H/A/N Date Result Ref 1   5 3 5/5 The Oval, London Home Drawn 2 5 2 2/3 Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad Away Drawn 3 4 1 1/3 Lord's, London Home Drawn 4   4 2 2/3 Edgbaston, Birmingham Home Won 5 4 1 3/4 Headingley, Leeds Home Won 6 5 1 2/5 Adelaide Oval, Adelaide Away Lost 7 4 1 1/4 Lord's, London Home Drawn 8   4 1 2/3 Headingley, Leeds Home Won 9   4 3 1/3 Lord's, London Home Drawn 10 4 4 3/3 The Oval, London Home Drawn 11 4 1 3/3 McLean Park, Napier Away Won 12 4 1 3/3 Trent Bridge, Nottingham Home Won 13 4 1 1/4 Lord's, London Home Drawn 14   4 1 4/4 The Oval, London Home Won 15   4 3 2/2 Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali Away Drawn 16 4 3 5/5 Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain Away Drawn 17   4 2 2/5 Adelaide Oval, Adelaide Away Won 18   4 1 1/4 Lord's, London Home Won 19 4 1 4/4 The Oval, London Home Won 20 4 2 2/2 P Sara Oval, Colombo Away Won 21 4 2 2/3 Headingley, Leeds Home Drawn 22   4 2 2/4 Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai Away Won 23 5 2 3/5 Old Trafford, Manchester Home Drawn

ODI centuries +List of ODI centuries scored by Kevin Pietersen No. Score Against Pos. Inn. S/R Venue H/A/N Date Result Ref 1   5 1 Goodyear Park, Bloemfontein Away Tied 2 5 2 Buffalo Park, East London Away Lost 3   5 1 SuperSport Park, Centurion Away Lost 4 4 1 Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, Antigua Neutral Lost 5   4 2 Kensington Oval, Bridgetown Away Won 6   3 1 Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street Home Won 7   3 1 Barabati Stadium, Cuttack Away Lost 8   2 2 DSC Cricket Stadium, Dubai Neutral Won 9   2 2 DSC Cricket Stadium, Dubai Neutral Won

Notes

A.  Pietersen is joint twenty-third in all-time Test century makers along with Hashim Amla, Justin Langer, Javed Miandad and Virender Sehwag.

References

External links Player Profile: Kevin Pietersen from Cricinfo Player Profile: Kevin Pietersen from CricketArchive