Pietersen turns 43: A look at numbers of England's all-time great batsman

Englands Kevin Pietersen one of the most destructive batters of the modern era turned 43 on TuesdayHaving made his international debut in 2004 at the age of 24 Pietersen dominated the next decade in Englands batting lineup and made a name for himself as a hardhitting batterPietersen played 104 Tests for England in which he scored 8181 runs at an average of 4728 He scored 23 centuries and 35 halfcenturies in 181 innings with the best score of 227He is the sixthhighest scorer for England in Test cricket with the top scorer being Alastair Cook 12472 runsPietersen played 136 ODIs for England scoring 4440 runs at an average of 4073 He has scored nine centuries and 25 fifties in the format with the best score of 130Also Read Ashes 2023 Seamer Josh Tongue replaces Moeen Ali in England squad for second TestIn ODIs he is the fourthfastest to 1000 runs in 21 innings and secondfastest to 2000 runs 45 inningsHe is the seventhhighest scorer for England in ODIs The highest scorer for England in ODIs is the 2019 World Cup winning skipper Eoin Morgan 6957 runsThe 43yearold also represented England in 37 T20Is scoring 1176 runs at an average of 3793 with seven halfcenturies and best score of 79He is also the part of the English side that won the ICC T20 World Cup in 2010 their first major world title win in cricket Pietersen was in stunning form throughout the tournament finishing as second highest runscorer with 248 runs in six matches at an average of 6200 with two halfcenturies He was given the Player of the Tournament awardOverall in 277 international matches Pietersen scored 13797 runs at an average of 4407 with 32 centuries and 67 halfcenturies with the best score of 227Behind Cook 15737 runs and Joe Root 18268 he is the thirdhighest runscorer for EnglandPietersen was honoured with both the ICC ODI Player of the Year and Emerging Player of the Year awards in 2005 and was also one of the five Wisden Cricketers of the Year 2006He also played in the Indian Premier League IPL representing teams like Royal Challengers Bangalore Delhi Capitals and nowdefunct Rising Pune Supergiant In 36 matches he scored 1001 runs at an average of 3707 He scored one century and four halfcenturies Pietersen scored at a strike rate of 13472This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever