BCCI's decision to appoint Rahul Dravid as India A and under-19 cricket coach is being lauded not just in the country but also far away in England where maverick batsman Kevin Pietersen has termed it an "absolutely brilliant" move.
England's Kevin Pietersen will miss rest of the Pakistan tour after failing to recover from a rib injury
England batsman Kevin Pietersen was not among 10 players awarded central contracts for the 2013 season named by the England and Wales Cricket Board on Friday.
The 25-year-old crashed into the boundary hoarding and walked off the field clutching his left elbow on Sunday
Kevin Pietersen will be welcomed back into the England team when the controversial middle-order batsman returns to the national side, Twenty20 captain Stuart Broad said on Wednesday.
England's dashing batsman Kevin Pietersen has announced his retirement from all international limited-overs cricket with immediate effect. The right-hander confirmed that he will continue to play Test cricket for England.
A blistering 94-run second wicket stand between Craig Kieswetter and Kevin Pietersen helped England decimate South Africa by 39 runs in their Group E Super Eight match and qualify for the semi-finals of the Twenty20 World Cup.
Kevin Pietersen will leave the English team the moment he is called home for the birth of his first child but as long as he is at the World T20 tournament in West Indies, the hard-hitting batsman says he will not let it distract him from the cricket.
England captain Stuart Broad may have thought travelling to Sri Lanka for the Twenty 20 World Cup would offer respite from the Kevin Pietersen saga but it dominated his first news conference.
West Indian batting legend Vivian Richards reckons Kevin Pietersen is cricket's answer to Muhammad Ali, and believes the English batsman has got the 'X-factor' to respond to his critics in the upcoming four-Test series in India.
England batsman Kevin Pietersen has a "minor" strain of his right hamstring, team coach John Wright said on Saturday.
Pakistan must concentrate on controlling England's Ashes heroes in the forthcoming cricket series, says Pakistan vice-captain Younis Khan.
Captain Andrew Strauss' 100th Test for England at Lord's this week will be overshadowed by the controversial absence of the team's most dynamic batsman Kevin Pietersen for the deciding match against South Africa.
It took four injections to make Kevin Pietersen match fit for the second Ashes Test but the maverick England batsman fears the agonising Achilles injury might eventually ruin his summer.
Hard-hitting batsman Kevin Pietersen is holding England to ransom by threatening to quit Test cricket, according to former captain Bob Willis.
Hard-hitting batsman Kevin Pietersen is holding England to ransom by threatening to quit Test cricket, according to former captain Bob Willis.
Former England captain Andrew Flintoff has said that he believes sacked batting star Kevin Pietersen has been made a scapegoat for England's Ashes whitewash after having his international career brought to an end.
The South Africa born batsman hit his first ton for Hampshire to boost his chances of Test selection
England will not be weaker as a result of leading batsman Kevin Pietersen being dropped for this week's third and final Test against South Africa at Lord's, according to team mates Graeme Swann and Tim Bresnan.
England's Kevin Pietersen has dismissed burn-out worries, saying he's happy to play cricket all year long
The Hyderabad crowd playfully taunted the visitors with chants of 'Where is the Bazball?' as England failed to match their proclaimed style.
Delhi Daredevils pacer Wayne Parnell is all praise for his skipper Kevin Pietersen, saying that the Englishman's calmness has rubbed off on his team-mates in their IPL campaign so far.
The under-par Delhi Daredevils have some good news with their injured skipper Kevin Pietersen likely to be fit in time for the team's next game in Dubai.
Kevin Pietersen's test future may be in doubt but the mercurial batsman was hailed as a "million pound asset" when named in England's provisional 30-member squad for this year's Twenty20 World Cup in Bangladesh on Wednesday.
Andrew Flintoff fears Kevin Pietersen's absence for the remaining three Tests against Australia could wreck England's chances of regaining the Ashes.
Kevin Pietersen has named India among the teams that could confirm the "horrendous and highly disturbing" culture of bullying within the English cricket outfit.
England paceman Stuart Broad has pipped former skipper Kevin Pietersen to become country's most valuable player for the 2008-09 season.
Top-order colleagues Jonathan Trott and Kevin Pietersen shared an unbeaten 63-run stand for the third wicket to keep alive England's faint winning chance in the first cricket Test against Sri Lanka on Wednesday. Chasing a 340-run victory target, England finished the third day on 111 for two wickets, still 229 runs behind what could be a record successful chase in Galle.
England batsman Kevin Pietersen has said that he is making a slow and steady recovery from the Achilles tendon surgery and is targeting a return to action during England's South Africa.
'He can bat, he can bowl, he can field. He has an X factor about him. I hope very well deep down within my heart that when he comes out on top, I'll sit back and I'll watch everyone sing his praises.'
England batsman Kevin Pietersen believes his self-confidence is often perceived as arrogance but says he can live with that public image.
England captain Alastair Cook was forced to defend the decision to allow top batsman Kevin Pietersen to play the first two Tests against New Zealand despite being hampered by a knee injury that forced him out of the series decider starting on Friday.
Former England captain Kevin Pietersen feels ICC needs to lure cricketers to longer version of the game by creating Test wages that trump what T20 leagues such as IPL and BBL offer to the players.
Sacked England batsman Kevin Pietersen regrets his fall-out with former skipper Andrew Strauss and still harbours the dream of becoming the first English player to score 10,000 Test runs.
Here is a list of players captaining Test teams despite being born in a different country.
England's star duo of Andrew Flintoff and Kevin Pietersen broke the Indian Premier League record for the highest-paid player after they were sold for US $ 1.55 million each in the players's auction for the second season held in Goa on Friday. All-rounder Flintoff was purchased by Chennai Super Kings, while England former captain Pietersen, as expected, was snapped up Vijay Mallya-owned Bangalore Royal Challengers.
England Professional Cricketers Association chief executive Sean Morris has lashed out at IPL chairman Lalit Modi for using pressure tactics on players which has led to Kevin Pietersen and Andrew Flintoff being used as "pawns and bargaining chips" in a global power struggle between India and England.
Top England batsman Kevin Pietersen has decided to quit One-Day cricket after the World Cup starting in the subcontinent next week to prolong his Test and Twenty20 career, a report said Saturday.
The Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) will discuss on Tuesday England batsman Kevin Pietersen's spectacular switch-hitting in a one-day international against New Zealand on Sunday. The right-handed Pietersen twice changed grips and switched to a left-hander's stance against Scott Styris, pulling both deliveries for six.
England captain Kevin Pietersen on Sunday expressed disappointment over the leg before decision that ended his epic 144-run knock, insisting he played it down the leg side and still got out.
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