Kevin Peter Pietersen
A tall right hand batsman born in the Natal who later moved to England because of the problem he faced from the racial quota to get into the South African team. He started his County stint with Nottinghamshire and later moved on to Hampshire. He was regarded as very flamboyant and a dangerous batsman who could strike the ball really cleanly and could win the match for his team from any situation. An example of this is the innings mentioned below
He made his ODI debut against Zimbabwe in 2004 and scored 104 runs at an average of 104.00 in his maiden series against the same team. He scored his maiden ODI hundred against his Country of Birth (South Africa) at Bloemfontein the very same year. He went on to score 454 runs in that series at an average of 97. Though he could not win the series for his team as England lost the series 4-1 but Pietersen received the man of the series award for his unbelievable scoring throughout the series.
From the start of his career he was regarded as a great batsman with lot of talent and potential to become the best ever player to have played for England.
Had it been not for the controversies throughout his career he would've been the highest run scorer for England. Because of poor relations and lack of trust from the selectors and the rest of the board he had to finally step down from all forms of the game for England. At a point he considered playing for South Africa but it was too little too late considering his age. He left English team as 3rd highest run getter in ODI for England (6th currently) and scored 3rd highest number of centuries for England (currently joint 3rd with Jos Buttler and Jason Roy).
Matches- 134
Runs- 4422
Average- 41.32
Highest score- 130 v/s Pakistan, Dubai 2012
50s/100s- 25/9
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