Pietersen, 28, will lead England against his native country in the fourth test against the South Africans starting at The Oval on Thursday, the England and Wales Cricket Board said.

Here is a list of players captaining Test teams despite being born in a different country:

Player	Born in	Captained	Period	Tests	Won	Lost	Drawn	Won%
Harris, Lord	Trinidad	England	1879-1884	4	2	1	1	50.00
Horan, TP	Ireland	Australia [Images]	1885	2	0	2	0	0.00
McDonnell, PS	England	Australia	1887-88	6	1	5	0	16.67
Warner, PF	Trinidad	England	1903-06	10	4	6	0	40.00
Jardine, DR	India	England	1931-34	15	9	1	5	60.00
Allen, GOB	Australia	England	1936-48	11	4	5	2	36.36
Headley, GA	Panama	West Indies [Images]	1948	1	0	0	1	0.00
Brown, FR	Peru	England	1949-51	15	5	6	4	33.33
Carr, DB	Germany [Images]	England	1952	1	0	1	0	0.00
Cowdrey, MC	India	England	1959-69	27	8	4	15	29.63
Dexter, ER	Italy [Images]	England	1961-64	30	9	7	14	30.00
Greig, AW	South Africa	England	1975-77	14	3	5	6	21.43
Lamb, AJ	South Africa	England	1990	3	0	3	0	0.00
Flower, A	South Africa	Zimbabwe	1993-2000	20	1	10	9	5.00
Hussain, N	India	England	1999-2003	45	17	15	13	37.78