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Updated on August 31st 2022, 10:17:41 am

Top 5 Best Innings of Kevin Pietersen

Kevin Pietersen played international cricket for just 9 years. He has scored more than 12500 runs for England in just 9 years. Take a look here at his top 5 best performances.

The player we are going to talk about in this article is a trendsetter and one of the best in the last 20 years as he changed the way this sport is played by introducing new shots to the game and his knowledge about the game is staggering and if he would have played for a few more years then his numbers would have been even more astonishing. We are talking about none other than Kevin Pietersen from England and it’s surprising that it took so long for his turn to come but better late than never.


Kevin Pietersen played international cricket for just 9 years but in those 9 years he created such an other he is talked about today whtb respect and reverence. He played 104 Test Matches and he got 8181 runs at a very good average of 47.28 and he has 23 Test hundreds and 3 double Hundreds to his name. In the 136 ODIs he played he scored 4440 runs at an average of 40.73 with 9 hundreds in ODIs. He has scored more than 12500 runs for England in just 9 years. Let’s take a look at his Top 5 Best Performances.


158 vs Australia (2005)


This was the first test hundred for Kevin Pietersen and very few batters have hit a more brutal first test hundred than him and this came in the second innings of the test match when England were in pressure. Kevin Pietersen came at number 5 and just went after the bowling of Australia and he got runs everywhere and he scored 158 runs from only 187 balls and he hit 15 Fours and 7 sixes in that innings meaning a total of 96 runs in boundaries. His strike rate was a very impressive 84.49 and the whole world had seen a new superstar In the making.


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226 vs West Indies (2007)


This was the first double hundred in test cricket for Kevin Pietersen and he continued his habit of playing attacking test cricket and the West Indies bowlers had no answers for him. England were batting first in this test match and Kevin Pietersen came at number 4 to bat and showed no mercy as he kept hitting fours and sixes all around the ground and in just 262 balls he made 224 runs with the help of 24 fours and 2 sixes meaning 108 runs in boundaries. His strike rate was again very good at 86.26 and as a result of this innings England won this match by an innings and 283 runs.


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227 vs Australia (2010)


This was one of the best overseas Innings by an England batter in some time as Kevin Pietersen got a double hundred at Adelaide and the fans there had to show respect to the greatness of this man. England were replying to Australia and KP came out to bat at number 4 and tore into the great bowling lineup and hit a lot of fours and in 308 balls he got 227 runs while hitting a mammoth 33 fours and 1 six meaning a total of 138 runs in boundaries. He was striking at 73.60 which is a bit low for him but way more than any other batter. And England won this match by an innings and 71 runs.


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108* vs South Africa (2005)


This is the first ODI hundred in the career of Kevin Pietersen and it came in a tied match which means nobody lost and this was a special innings where he showed that he could play test and ODI cricket in the same way. KP came in at number 5 to bat and he from ball 1 just attacked the bowling and sent the ball to all parts of the ground and in just 96 balls hit 108* with the help of 6 fours and 2 sixes meaning 36 runs in boundaries. He ran a lot of ones and twos in thys innings and his strike rate was an amazing 112.50 in this match. It was a statement innings yet again from the great.


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130 vs Pakistan (2012)


The fifth performance in this list is his highest ODI score as well and it came in 2012 vs Pakistan in a run chase and in this innings he showed that he can build an innings from the start and take his team to the finish line. England were chasing 238 Runs to win and KP came out to open and in 153 balls that he faced he hit 130 amazing runs and he hit 12 fours and 2 sixes in this match winning innings of his and his strike rate was 84.97 and he scored more than half the runs and England won this match by 4 wickets.


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