The game we all love, however
This is the fifth part of the Kevin Pietersen’s autobiography. Just before the T20 World Cup in 2009, England ended up playing more than 10 Tests with a handful of ODIs. Kevin was terribly tired. Anyway, during the World Cup, England qualified for the semi-finals but KP had to leave the tour for just a …
This is the fourth chapter in the Pietersen autobiography series. Pietersen and Rahul Dravid. KP is all praise for IPL as the chapter starts. He developed a lot of friendships in the IPL. Someone whom he didn’t liked earlier, has now become a good friend. He insists that just for the friendships, he would play …
This is the next chapter in the continuation of Kevin Pietersen’s autobiography. Pietersen and the IPL. In this chapter, Pietersen talks about the IPL and the aversion of English cricket towards it. KP as we all know, love this country. KP spoke to Strauss about IPL. Strauss agreed that he, Pietersen, can play in the …
The first couple of parts Kevin Pietersen’s autobiography can be read here and here. This is the next chapter of his autobiography. Pietersen and his early life. Kevin Pietersen, in this chapter reminisces about his England career while preparing to leave for India to participate in the Indian Premier League. He gets nostalgic thinking about …
The first part Kevin Pietersen and the meeting can be read from the link given at the end. This is the next chapter of his autobiography. Kevin Pietersen captaincy and Moores After the drubbing at the hands of Australia in 2012, KP left Australia a day earlier than the rest of the team. This irked …
Pietersen starts with a disclaimer. He says he is not someone who can be trampled upon. In February 2014, Pietersen went to the ECB to meet the then 3 powerful people in the English game, captain Alastair Cook, Managing Director Paul Downton and James Whitaker, the Chairman of Selectors. England had just concluded a disastrous …
England have chosen to sack their white-ball coach, Mathew Mott. It wasn’t surprising at all given the performance of the team over the last couple of years under Mott and Buttler. What was unexpected however was the retention of Jos Buttler as the captain. From the heady days of the ODI World Cup win followed …
Well, there was a series between England and West Indies. Not that many paid much attention to the series. As expected, England won the series 3-0. It is actually a big improvement for England against this particular opponent. For some reason, England and Pakistan are the only teams that still lose games to West Indies. …
Before proceeding to read this blog, please read part one of the England series against India. In this blog, I will dissect the opinion of England’s former cricketers, some of whom were really savage on their team. It was an incredible performance on the part of the Indians who missed several key personnel in the …
The English were overwhelming in their opinion about the series in India. They will lose and some even said heavily. In the end, it did come true. England lost the series heavily. 1-4 defeat, with the sole victory on the back of an unbelievable Ollie Pope innings, that they must have lost as well. The …