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Kevin Pietersen stats

Data through 15 March 2018Last updated 15 March 2018

Coverage: matches in the Cricsheet data from 28 November 2004 to 15 March 2018. Older matches, and matches against Afghanistan, are not included, so totals can be lower than official career figures.

Kevin Pietersen played 101 Tests, 125 ODIs, 37 T20Is for England in the data, between 2004 and 2018. The most runs came in Tests: 8,079 at an average of 48.38 and a strike rate of 61.8, with a highest score of 227. Against Pakistan in T20Is, Kevin Pietersen averaged 69.60 over 8 innings.

International matches

263

Tests 101 · ODIs 125 · T20Is 37

International runs

13,457

32 hundreds

T20 league & domestic matches

133

3,728 runs

Best batting average (Test)

48.38

175 innings

Highest score

227

Test

Teams played for

England 2004–2014 · 262Melbourne Stars 2014–2018 · 31Quetta Gladiators 2016–2018 · 27Delhi Capitals 2012–2014 · 19Surrey 2014–2017 · 19Royal Challengers Bengaluru 2009–2010 · 13St Lucia Kings 2014–2015 · 12Dolphins 2015–2016 · 11Rising Pune Supergiant 2016 · 4ICC World XI 2005 · 1

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Kevin Pietersen batting record by format

Batting by format
Format	M	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Test	101	175	8	8,079	227	48.38	13,082	61.8	23	35	9	977	79
ODI	125	118	15	4,202	130	40.80	4,897	85.8	9	23	7	401	71
T20I	37	36	5	1,176	79	37.94	831	141.5	0	7	1	119	32
T20 (leagues & domestic)	133	129	18	3,728	103*	33.59	2,741	136.0	2	24	9	311	154
First-class	3	5	2	114	53*	38.00	205	55.6	0	1	0	12	0

Runs per year

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Kevin Pietersen: runs per calendar year (all formats in the data)
Year	Runs
2004	104
2005	1,300
2006	1,849
2007	2,112
2008	1,761
2009	1,180
2010	1,556
2011	1,455
2012	1,751
2013	1,014
2014	625
2015	943
2016	703
2017	575
2018	371

Year-by-year batting (37 rows)

Batting by calendar year and format
Year	Format	Inns	Runs	Avg	SR	HS	100	50
2004	ODI	3	104	104.00	83.9	77	0	1
2005	ODI	12	648	72.00	101.4	116	3	3
2005	T20I	1	34	34.00	188.9	34	0	0
2005	Test	12	618	56.18	71.0	158	2	3
2006	ODI	15	535	41.15	87.7	90	0	4
2006	T20I	2	17	8.50	100.0	17	0	0
2006	Test	24	1297	56.39	65.5	158	4	6
2007	ODI	24	881	44.05	78.7	104	2	7
2007	T20I	8	224	28.00	157.7	79	0	1
2007	Test	21	1007	50.35	61.0	226	4	1
2008	ODI	18	658	43.87	85.1	111	2	3
2008	T20I	3	88	44.00	131.3	43	0	0
2008	Test	20	1015	50.75	59.7	152	5	1
2009	ODI	7	132	18.86	79.0	48	0	0
2009	T20 (leagues & domestic)	6	93	15.50	109.4	37	0	0
2009	T20I	6	195	32.50	143.4	58	0	1
2009	Test	17	760	47.50	58.3	102	1	5
2010	ODI	8	136	17.00	72.3	33	0	0
2010	T20 (leagues & domestic)	7	236	59.00	150.3	66	0	2
2010	T20I	8	353	70.60	134.2	73	0	3
2010	Test	22	831	41.55	62.2	227	1	5
2011	ODI	18	571	31.72	89.6	78	0	3
2011	T20I	5	153	30.60	150.0	53	0	1
2011	Test	11	731	73.10	64.1	202	2	4
2012	ODI	4	281	93.67	84.4	130	2	0
2012	T20 (leagues & domestic)	8	305	61.00	147.3	103	1	1
2012	T20I	3	112	56.00	130.2	62	0	1
2012	Test	25	1053	43.88	65.1	186	3	4
2013	ODI	9	256	28.44	83.7	76	0	2
2013	Test	21	758	36.10	51.7	113	1	6
2014	T20 (leagues & domestic)	27	616	25.67	117.3	66	0	2
2014	Test	2	9	4.50	47.4	6	0	0
2015	First-class	5	114	38.00	55.6	53	0	1
2015	T20 (leagues & domestic)	23	829	41.45	141.0	100	1	6
2016	T20 (leagues & domestic)	24	703	35.15	142.3	81	0	6
2017	T20 (leagues & domestic)	19	575	33.82	136.6	88	0	5
2018	T20 (leagues & domestic)	15	371	24.73	140.5	74	0	2

Kevin Pietersen bowling record by format

Bowling by format
Format	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Avg	Econ	SR	Mdns
Test	58	1,310	886	10	3/52	4/78	88.60	4.06	131.0	15
ODI	22	389	364	7	2/22	–	52.00	5.61	55.6	0
T20I	3	30	53	1	1/27	–	53.00	10.60	30.0	0
T20 (leagues & domestic)	15	186	235	7	2/31	–	33.57	7.58	26.6	0
First-class	1	12	8	0	–	–	–	4.00	–	0

Wickets per year

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Kevin Pietersen: wickets per calendar year (all formats in the data)
Year	Wickets
2004	0
2005	0
2006	2
2007	2
2008	5
2009	5
2010	5
2011	1
2012	5
2013	0
2014	0
2015	0
2016	0
2017	0
2018	0

Year-by-year bowling (23 rows)

Bowling by calendar year and format
Year	Format	Inns	Wkts	Avg	Econ	Best
2004	ODI	1	0	–	11.00	0/22
2006	ODI	4	1	69.00	5.75	1/4
2006	Test	12	1	201.00	4.67	1/11
2007	ODI	3	1	15.00	5.29	1/6
2007	Test	5	1	129.00	4.16	1/41
2008	ODI	5	3	29.67	5.56	2/22
2008	Test	9	2	50.50	3.67	1/0
2009	ODI	1	0	–	0.00	0/0
2009	T20 (leagues & domestic)	4	4	21.25	6.54	2/31
2009	T20I	2	1	36.00	12.00	1/27
2009	Test	6	0	–	4.12	0/5
2010	ODI	2	1	45.00	4.50	1/36
2010	T20 (leagues & domestic)	6	3	25.67	7.70	1/10
2010	Test	7	1	59.00	2.81	1/10
2011	ODI	5	1	120.00	5.95	1/43
2011	T20I	1	0	–	8.50	0/17
2011	Test	11	0	–	4.18	0/2
2012	ODI	1	0	–	4.00	0/4
2012	T20 (leagues & domestic)	3	0	–	8.83	0/16
2012	Test	7	5	29.40	4.08	3/52
2014	Test	1	0	–	4.25	0/17
2015	First-class	1	0	–	4.00	0/8
2015	T20 (leagues & domestic)	2	0	–	10.00	0/7

Kevin Pietersen against each team

vs Australia vs India vs Pakistan vs South Africa vs West Indies vs Sri Lanka vs New Zealand vs Bangladesh

Batting against each opponent (3+ innings)
Opponent	Format	Inns	Runs	Avg	SR	HS	100	50
Australia	Test	48	2137	46.46	55.9	227	4	13
India	Test	26	1535	61.40	61.5	202	6	6
West Indies	Test	21	1124	56.20	70.3	226	3	6
Sri Lanka	Test	19	874	51.41	70.0	158	3	2
South Africa	Test	18	817	45.39	67.6	152	3	2
Pakistan	Test	23	720	31.30	62.4	135	2	2
New Zealand	Test	13	530	40.77	48.4	129	2	1
Bangladesh	Test	7	342	68.40	74.3	99	0	3
India	ODI	27	1061	44.21	85.5	111	1	7
Australia	ODI	22	653	29.68	83.7	104	1	4
South Africa	ODI	14	646	64.60	100.9	116	3	2
Pakistan	ODI	10	451	56.38	88.1	130	2	1
New Zealand	ODI	11	358	35.80	73.4	110	1	2
Sri Lanka	ODI	12	336	30.55	79.2	73	0	3
West Indies	ODI	9	312	39.00	93.1	100	1	1
Zimbabwe	ODI	3	104	104.00	83.9	77	0	1
Bangladesh	ODI	5	74	14.80	62.2	23	0	0
Pakistan	T20I	8	348	69.60	133.8	73	0	4
India	T20I	4	171	42.75	152.7	53	0	1
Australia	T20I	6	139	23.17	158.0	47	0	0
South Africa	T20I	4	116	29.00	139.8	53	0	1
New Zealand	T20I	4	112	37.33	134.9	43	0	0
West Indies	T20I	5	102	20.40	125.9	31	0	0
Sri Lanka	T20I	3	100	50.00	144.9	42	0	0
Melbourne Renegades	T20 (leagues & domestic)	8	349	49.86	135.3	74	0	3
Sydney Thunder	T20 (leagues & domestic)	4	213	71.00	165.1	74	0	3
Peshawar Zalmi	T20 (leagues & domestic)	6	195	32.50	129.1	53	0	1
Mumbai Indians	T20 (leagues & domestic)	7	190	47.50	149.6	50	0	1
Punjab Kings	T20 (leagues & domestic)	5	188	47.00	140.3	66	0	2
Cape Cobras	T20 (leagues & domestic)	3	165	55.00	171.9	79	0	2
Rajasthan Royals	T20 (leagues & domestic)	6	162	27.00	123.7	62	0	1
Islamabad United	T20 (leagues & domestic)	7	150	21.43	130.4	69	0	1
Lahore Qalandars	T20 (leagues & domestic)	5	148	37.00	174.1	88	0	1
Deccan Chargers	T20 (leagues & domestic)	3	143	143.00	143.0	103	1	0
Perth Scorchers	T20 (leagues & domestic)	5	142	35.50	122.4	62	0	1
Jamaica Tallawahs	T20 (leagues & domestic)	3	132	66.00	118.9	83	0	1
Adelaide Strikers	T20 (leagues & domestic)	4	125	31.25	127.6	66	0	1
Karachi Kings	T20 (leagues & domestic)	6	113	22.60	144.9	52	0	1
Sydney Sixers	T20 (leagues & domestic)	3	102	34.00	117.2	54	0	1
Chennai Super Kings	T20 (leagues & domestic)	4	66	33.00	157.1	43	0	0
Titans	T20 (leagues & domestic)	4	61	15.25	105.2	24	0	0
Essex	T20 (leagues & domestic)	3	58	19.33	107.4	52	0	1
Hobart Hurricanes	T20 (leagues & domestic)	3	48	16.00	177.8	46	0	0
Brisbane Heat	T20 (leagues & domestic)	4	47	11.75	106.8	30	0	0
Guyana Amazon Warriors	T20 (leagues & domestic)	3	36	12.00	112.5	24	0	0

Bowling against each opponent (3+ innings)
Opponent	Format	Inns	Wkts	Avg	Econ	Best
South Africa	Test	11	5	34.60	3.89	3/52
India	Test	9	2	78.50	4.62	1/25
New Zealand	Test	4	1	49.00	4.45	1/11
Pakistan	Test	7	1	75.00	4.69	1/11
Australia	Test	9	1	158.00	4.16	1/10
Sri Lanka	Test	9	0	–	3.82	0/2
West Indies	Test	7	0	–	3.84	0/3
India	ODI	8	3	32.33	6.13	1/4
Pakistan	ODI	3	0	–	5.38	0/4
Chennai Super Kings	T20 (leagues & domestic)	3	2	28.00	8.00	1/14
Deccan Chargers	T20 (leagues & domestic)	3	2	28.50	8.14	2/31

Top grounds (batting)

Most runs by ground
Ground	Inns	Runs	Avg	HS
Lord's	36	1533	47.91	202
Kennington Oval	37	1491	43.85	175
Dubai International Cricket Stadium	27	850	35.42	130
Melbourne Cricket Ground	26	831	31.96	82
Headingley	11	722	72.20	226
Edgbaston	15	649	43.27	142
Trent Bridge	17	603	37.69	115
Adelaide Oval	10	574	57.40	227
Old Trafford	14	551	42.38	113
Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium	8	491	70.14	144

Top grounds (bowling)

Most wickets by ground
Ground	Inns	Wkts	Avg	Econ
Headingley	7	6	25.00	5.20
Newlands	3	2	27.00	4.91
Lord's	10	2	55.00	3.73
Keenan Stadium	1	1	4.00	4.00
Seddon Park	1	1	11.00	3.67
St George's Park	1	1	14.00	4.67
Maharani Usharaje Trust Cricket Ground	1	1	20.00	4.00
Narendra Modi Stadium	1	1	25.00	3.12
SuperSport Park	1	1	27.00	13.50
M Chinnaswamy Stadium	2	1	27.00	13.50

Batting and bowling by phase (limited overs)

T20 phases: overs 1–6, 7–15, 16–20. ODI phases: overs 1–10, 11–40, 41–50.
Format	Phase	Runs	Balls	SR	Outs	Bowl balls	Wkts	Econ
T20	Powerplay	1554	1189	130.7	31	18	1	6.67
T20	Middle	2800	2060	135.9	83	162	5	7.85
T20	Death	550	323	170.3	28	36	2	9.33
ODI	Powerplay	699	899	77.8	15	–	–	–
ODI	Middle	2854	3515	81.2	75	341	6	5.44
ODI	Death	649	483	134.4	13	48	1	6.88

How Kevin Pietersen was dismissed

Caught243 (59%)
Bowled72 (17%)
Lbw55 (13%)
Run out18 (4%)
Caught and bowled17 (4%)
Stumped9 (2%)
Hit wicket1 (0%)

How Kevin Pietersen took wickets

Caught15
Stumped3
Lbw3
Bowled3
Caught and bowled1

Last 20 innings

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Kevin Pietersen: runs in the last 20 innings
Innings	Runs
25 Feb 2017	41
28 Feb 2017	40
19 Jul 2017	52
21 Jul 2017	4
20 Dec 2017	10
2 Jan 2018	30
6 Jan 2018	40
9 Jan 2018	5
12 Jan 2018	74
16 Jan 2018	9
20 Jan 2018	12
27 Jan 2018	46
23 Feb 2018	6
28 Feb 2018	48
1 Mar 2018	5
7 Mar 2018	5
8 Mar 2018	52
10 Mar 2018	21
14 Mar 2018	11
15 Mar 2018	7

Most recent batting innings in the data
Date	Format	Against	Score	Balls	How out	Ground
15 Mar 2018	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Islamabad United	7	6	caught	Sharjah Cricket Stadium
14 Mar 2018	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Lahore Qalandars	11	8	bowled	Sharjah Cricket Stadium
10 Mar 2018	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Peshawar Zalmi	21	13	caught	Dubai International Cricket Stadium
8 Mar 2018	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Karachi Kings	52	34	caught	Dubai International Cricket Stadium
7 Mar 2018	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Multan Sultans	5	10	lbw	Dubai International Cricket Stadium
1 Mar 2018	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Peshawar Zalmi	5	6	caught	Sharjah Cricket Stadium
28 Feb 2018	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Islamabad United	48	34	caught	Sharjah Cricket Stadium
23 Feb 2018	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Karachi Kings	6	4	caught	Dubai International Cricket Stadium
27 Jan 2018	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Hobart Hurricanes	46	23	caught and bowled	Melbourne Cricket Ground
20 Jan 2018	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Sydney Thunder	12	11	caught	Melbourne Cricket Ground
16 Jan 2018	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Sydney Sixers	9	8	caught	Melbourne Cricket Ground
12 Jan 2018	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Melbourne Renegades	74	46	caught	Docklands Stadium
9 Jan 2018	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Adelaide Strikers	5	6	bowled	Adelaide Oval
6 Jan 2018	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Melbourne Renegades	40	30	caught	Melbourne Cricket Ground
2 Jan 2018	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Brisbane Heat	30	25	caught	Melbourne Cricket Ground
20 Dec 2017	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Brisbane Heat	10	9	caught	The Gabba
21 Jul 2017	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Middlesex	4	9	caught	Kennington Oval
19 Jul 2017	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Essex	52	35	caught	Kennington Oval
28 Feb 2017	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Peshawar Zalmi	40	22	caught	Sharjah Cricket Stadium
25 Feb 2017	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Peshawar Zalmi	41	43	caught	Dubai International Cricket Stadium

Batter vs bowler matchups

Bowlers Kevin Pietersen faced most

Frequently asked questions

How many runs has Kevin Pietersen scored in Tests?

8,079 runs in 175 innings (101 matches) at an average of 48.38 and a strike rate of 61.8, in the data from 2005 to 2014.

How many runs has Kevin Pietersen scored in ODIs?

4,202 runs in 118 innings (125 matches) at an average of 40.80 and a strike rate of 85.8, in the data from 2004 to 2013.

How many runs has Kevin Pietersen scored in T20Is?

1,176 runs in 36 innings (37 matches) at an average of 37.94 and a strike rate of 141.5, in the data from 2005 to 2013.

What is Kevin Pietersen's highest score?

227 in Tests, the highest score in the data.

How many centuries has Kevin Pietersen scored?

34 hundreds in the data: 23 in Tests, 9 in ODIs, 2 in T20 leagues.

Source: computed by CricketWise from Cricsheet ball-by-ball data (ODC-BY). Career totals cover only matches in the Cricsheet data. Definitions: methodology.