Cricket News sort by Kevin Peter Pietersen

With the England middle-order batsman featuring in his 100th Test at The Gabba, Brisbane, we pick his five best knocks in the five-day format over the eight-year period.

The ongoing first Ashes Test at Brisbane is Kevin Pietersen’s 100th a massive achievement in itself considering all that has happened in his career before making his international debut and even more so all that has transpired over the last eight years in his international career.

Australia found its first success against England on this tour with a massive 99-run win in the Second ODI at Old Trafford on Sunday. The comprehensive victory was set up by Skipper Michael Clarke, who scored his first ODI ton against England along with Vice-Captain George Bailey.

Fawad Ahmed, a 31-year-old leg spinner, has become the second player from Pakistan to be chosen in an Australian national squad. Ahmed, who was born in the North-West Frontier Province, left Pakistan in 2010 and had asked for refugee status in Australia claiming that he was facing threat from terrorists who were preventing him from playing and coaching cricket.

As we know the ongoing Ashes Series has seen quite a number of controversial dismissals despite the use of the URDS. All the three Tests have had their share of controversy. The latest of them being the dismissal of Kevin Pietersen in England’s second innings of the Third Test at Manchester.

So, England aren’t invincible after all. They may have retained the Ashes following the rain-marred draw at Old Trafford in Manchester, but it wasn’t a convincing one by any stretch of the imagination.

The third day of the all-important Ashes Test at Old Trafford, especially from Australia’s point of view, produced intriguing cricket

After all the hype and hoopla, The Ashes will kick off with the first Test at Nottingham on Wednesday. England will surely go into the prestigious event as favourites, not only because they are the defending champions in the tournament, having defeated the Aussies in Australia last time round

England’s star batsman Kevin Pietersen is all set to mark his international comeback on Thursday at The Oval as the hosts take on New Zealand in the Second T20I.