England superstar Kevin Pietersen put the Australian bowlers to the sword with a career-best 227 in the second Test of the 2010-11 Ashes at the Adelaide Oval
@@liamdunphy7496 cook has 4000 more runs in 57 more matches than him. Till 2013 cook pitersen were equally good but after that England lost their best batsman.
He uses that bat like some kind of random stick or sword....one of all time best cricketers..... my favorite. He could have broken lot many records....
The most dangerous n talented batsman of England wasted by ECB. I still remember his knocks in 2012 test series vs we Indians. Single handedly he had won matches.
I am an Englishman and a club cricketer... I'd be happy to see him play for SA and smash England all over the park just to see the ECB bureaucrats idiots faces.
Cricket Australia have a better professional relationship with Kevin Pietersen than the ECB ever had in his entire career. Look...they even do interview style videos with KP during the big bash, upload his innings, and etc... ☺ Like if you agree!
Maybe it's easier to have a good relationship with him when you don't have to manage him for years. KP was a wonderful batsman but he's had bad relationships with a number of teams that he's played with for longer periods so there's undoubtedly a pattern there. It's all well and good for IPL or BBL teams to live with him for a month at a time but for years and particularly touring is a different matter. I'm not necessarily placing all the blame on KP's shoulders but those who don't blame him at all simply aren't looking at the evidence.
As great as he was, he was a bit of a kid and backstabber. ECB bent over backwards for him... if the Aussies have a supposed better relationship, it wouldn’t be for long if they had to work with him.
Kp stats in International Cricket Test Matches -104 Runs -8,1181 Avg - 47.28 100s - 23 50s - 35 Hs-227 In ODIs Matches -136 Runs-4,440 Avg-40.73 100s-9 50s-25 Hs-130 He is an Underrated legend 💔 Love You Kp❤️
@@utsavraj224 he averaged 40 in odi which is too basic, even unknown players have above 45 average...trot averaged 48 and 50+ in odi and tests, and in tests every great players have 50+ average, younis khan averaged 52+ and there are hundreds of batsmen.
What I have observed watching him play is "whenever he comes down the track to a spinner he 1st makes sure that he doesn't get stumped and then plays his shots" Beautiful
One player who didn’t play to his full potential.. he’s one England batsmen who belongs to the league of Tendulkar, Lara, Kallis and Kohli .. stand and deliver .. he swept harbhajan and kumble out of the park when other batsmen struggled to even defend.. mishandled by board or lack of personal discipline.. this man had a lot of unfinished business before he was dropped out of squad .. ridiculous.. even his IPL participation wasn’t full throttle.. we missed a showman.. 😔
Every now and then I come back to this and think of how unfortunate it is that I was born too late to be an English fan in this era. What a spectacle this would've been, an absolute marvel of a player. Go England.
An absolute delight to watch on one of his very many good days. Impossible to bowl to at a time like that, you can bowl it where you like and he will hit it where he likes.
Kevin Pietersen, another top class batsman from South Africa playing for England. Should have played for South Africa. I do understand why he left South Africa and could never understand why South Africa did not select him. But good for England and he played some wonderful games. Shame this was his best test score. I am an Aussie and I watched and enjoyed his innings, top class. And he was great in the BBL in Australia. Loved it when he was miked up and listening to his banter, most of it gold. Hope he comes back and commentates in Australia again.
Players like Pietersen come along once in 20 odd years and England threw him out. The English cricket snobs don't like a maverick like Botham, Pietersen and the likes, but it's the public that suffer because they don't get to see them play.
It's not just cricket. In rugby and football the selectors have always avoided the geniuses and instead pick the consistent 7 out of 10 player. I assume because they are easier to manage.
If only we had one every 20 years. Nobody has matched his level for England, past or present. Had he been treated better, people would be putting him in conversations with the likes of Lara and Tendulkar.
This Adelaide oval gives the classic look and one of my favourite cricket grounds around the world where one could see the red roofs on one side of the ground with no roofed areas all around the ground i.e open areas for the spectators to sit and enjoy the test or ODIs especially the CUB series through 90s. It was a treat to watch matches on this ground even on the television sets. The revamped Adelaide oval is great looking too but the old look gave a much more relaxing look to this wonderful cricket ground i feel.
When I was a kid I used to hate him whenever he batted against India. ECB friggin didn't deserve KP the way they treated him at the end after Ashes 2013-14. KP could've had 10000+ runs in Tests. What a legend of the game. ❤😢
Great to watch, arguably the most exciting batsman of the last 15 years, certainly test match. Can be argued he changed the game, at least a major contributor to the more aggressive game today. 15 years ago you just didn’t reverse sweep sixes.
England cricket board ruined a player like this calibre, what an immense talent, if he would have played for India , he would be worshipped like sachin .....he is in the leagues of sachin , Lara , ponting.....a star ⭐
@@Eleventhearlofmars kp better than butler,bairstow or Roy.All teams former players r best.Current players r good but not enough to compare legends like pieterson.
Saptarshi Roy I’m not getting into silly arguments about past and present because they cannot be proved by anyone because Buttler Roy or Bairstow ain’t going to play on that exact pitch.
Sad to say, English county cricket is dead in the water, not even Sky Sports will go near it, the sad and slow demise of what was once an entertaining sport here in UK has completely run out of money. Getting rid of Pietersen says it all.
importedmusic shame really. I'm Irish and I've just began to find an interest in cricket. If it were on sky I'd watch it, but there's very little of it.
I grew up watching it on terrestrial tv in the 90s. Test matches..one dayers.. county one dayers. England were poor back then but i still watched a lot during the holidays. Shame sky has been allowed to milk the game for short term profit and englands latest world cup win wasn't even on normal tv.
This is the first I have seen in this series. Is it new? Either way its great to see Cric AUS showing more than just successful AUS performances. Other channels could take note.
The powers that be in English cricket didn't handle Pietersen well and he was made a scapegoat for England's disastrous Ashes tour of 2013-2014. He could and should have played for several more years. A very special talent indeed even if he did ruffle a few feathers along the way.
A Player of this class should have the aggression he had.. y r PR's there for ??ECB 's greatest loss probably... he was a master with that bat in hand.. so smooth and elegant...
What makes KP greatest batsman england has ever produced is not his stats average and records but his dominanace against any team or any bowler while he was on crease !
Underrated legend! Him and Ian bell. One of the best partnerships in english team.
Don't forget Jonathan Trott
Rohit loved Ian bell. The Shirminator.
Homie Agha cook has 4 thousand more test runs than him
@@liamdunphy7496 cook also has 4000 more runs than Viv Richards, but still he doens't come anywhere near him
@@liamdunphy7496 cook has 4000 more runs in 57 more matches than him.
Till 2013 cook pitersen were equally good but after that England lost their best batsman.
I still remember his 186, in the 2nd test vs India at Mumbai. Absolutely owned us in that series.
Probably the best English player of spin I have seen.
@@geographyhistorygeopolitic38512nd best After Cook
That 186 was one of the most brutal knock against spin , absolutely annihilation
@@dfb1976 absolutely. was in the stadium at the time. Luckily it wasn't full. He was having the time of his life.n
@@dfb1976 we lost that series because of KP and Monty.
ECB wasted probably the best batsmen they had.
Agree. Although it was technically South Africa who let him go.
Oliver Roberts it was South Africa’s ridiculous quota system that let him go
@@jack36afc18 I know. And now it looks like Marnus Labuschagne will be another great player lost to that nonsense.
Oliver Roberts really why?
@@jack36afc18 He's also South African...
He uses that bat like some kind of random stick or sword....one of all time best cricketers..... my favorite. He could have broken lot many records....
Nature & Me j
Nature & Me kohko
Right
True
Right bro
Technically perfect.
The way he used his wrists gave it extra class.
Delete he wasn’t technically perfect but had great hand eye and I agree about the wrists
Ian bell was technically perfect. Textbook batting. Solid drives, great defence as well.
South Africans had one guy who can play spin well, and he joined English team..
But he too had a weakness playing slow left arm, LBW prone
And then English choked him out
They've got Kallis and AB
Sohaan Sharma Amla was damn good too till his eyes and age started to let him down
Gabriel Adward ever heard of Amla,Ab,kallis?
The most dangerous n talented batsman of England wasted by ECB. I still remember his knocks in 2012 test series vs we Indians. Single handedly he had won matches.
Prakash fabulous knocks, but not exactly single handedly. Didn’t Monty and Shaun Udal do the damage with the ball?
My bad, I was thinking of the wrong series. Swanny, surely? And Anderson more then held up an end, keeping the run rate down.
what a legend im aussie but u gotta love the way he played good aggressive cricket.
I am an Englishman and a club cricketer... I'd be happy to see him play for SA and smash England all over the park just to see the ECB bureaucrats idiots faces.
The more I watch this guy, more I feel pity about ECB. Bad man management by the board...
Cricket Australia have a better professional relationship with Kevin Pietersen than the ECB ever had in his entire career. Look...they even do interview style videos with KP during the big bash, upload his innings, and etc... ☺ Like if you agree!
Maybe it's easier to have a good relationship with him when you don't have to manage him for years. KP was a wonderful batsman but he's had bad relationships with a number of teams that he's played with for longer periods so there's undoubtedly a pattern there. It's all well and good for IPL or BBL teams to live with him for a month at a time but for years and particularly touring is a different matter. I'm not necessarily placing all the blame on KP's shoulders but those who don't blame him at all simply aren't looking at the evidence.
KP Has the ego of a billionaire at a charity shop. He only ever played to show South Africa that he was too good for them after being dropped.
@@An_Oni_Moose_ he also has the skill to match it... Also, nothing wrong with having something to drive you!
As great as he was, he was a bit of a kid and backstabber. ECB bent over backwards for him... if the Aussies have a supposed better relationship, it wouldn’t be for long if they had to work with him.
ECB chose Broad Prior and chums over KP. Broad is a little bitch.
Kp stats in International Cricket
Test
Matches -104
Runs -8,1181
Avg - 47.28
100s - 23
50s - 35
Hs-227
In ODIs
Matches -136
Runs-4,440
Avg-40.73
100s-9
50s-25
Hs-130
He is an Underrated legend 💔
Love You Kp❤️
Very average statistics across formats.
@@ABmr.360idiot😂
@@ABmr.360 what a joke 🤣
@@utsavraj224 he averaged 40 in odi which is too basic, even unknown players have above 45 average...trot averaged 48 and 50+ in odi and tests, and in tests every great players have 50+ average, younis khan averaged 52+ and there are hundreds of batsmen.
@@ABmr.360agreed. He used to be monstrous in ODIs too. He lost his touch later in his career. But 40 is still pretty good imo.
His placement was amazing. Splitting fielders who were meters apart.
KP is old school. It feels like watching a 80s batsmen bat. Pure class!!
What I have observed watching him play is "whenever he comes down the track to a spinner he 1st makes sure that he doesn't get stumped and then plays his shots" Beautiful
2:05
The way he came forward to blast that big 6. Awesome.
10/10
Very surprising too see uploads of Aussies getting destroyed on their own channel. Fair play. 😋
KeepieUppie10 sometimes you have to appreciate a great innings regardless of the opposition
+Raas Putin exactly
which ur stupid board can't do
It's not bcci.. 😂
So much better to much then Tendulkar ha ha. Tu pienses ja ja ¿
He isnt hitting the ball. He is slapping it. Its more like kicking on the bowlers' asses. Good knock Kevin
One player who didn’t play to his full potential.. he’s one England batsmen who belongs to the league of Tendulkar, Lara, Kallis and Kohli .. stand and deliver .. he swept harbhajan and kumble out of the park when other batsmen struggled to even defend.. mishandled by board or lack of personal discipline.. this man had a lot of unfinished business before he was dropped out of squad .. ridiculous.. even his IPL participation wasn’t full throttle.. we missed a showman.. 😔
Don't bring kholi in the league of kallis, lara and sachin
Please
@@pradeepmunuswamy2449 yeah he is better
lallasaheb, In tests, Lara, kallis, sachin, dravid, sangakara, mahela, laxman, ganguly, cook, ponting, clarke were greatest of all time, battingwise..
@@PankajSharma-xr2is let him finish pankaj let him finish
he z 31. will play 6 yrs more. how can u compare with ppl who gt retired.
stupid comment
It is a tragedy that this great player is better treated by the authorities in Australia than in England.
Every now and then I come back to this and think of how unfortunate it is that I was born too late to be an English fan in this era. What a spectacle this would've been, an absolute marvel of a player. Go England.
That's arrogant.. that is arrogant. Best moment of the match.
England could have won atleast 10-15 tests just by not dropping KP. Feels bad not seeing him play anymore.
+Mark Richardson haha 😂😂😂
1:45 oh that's arrogant, that is arrogant. Best part.
First swan now KP two amazing players who couldn't end their career as they wanted.
Kaustubh Datta what happened with swan ?
zeewoozoo1 shoulder injury stopped his career
Kaustubh Datta sad. Thanx fr the rep thou.
no it wasn't a shoulder injury, he just retired mid way through the series because he didn't want to lose 5-0
Theo Pollard haha do people still think this?
Just Think if ABD n KP played for SA together 🖤🔥🔥🔥💪💪😍👌
Saamne wale khelne hi nahi aate 😂😂
@@dhavalsolani1111 lowde kp born in Africa
Both played for DD in ipl
He looks so stylish with his elegant shots.....😍😍.... fantastic innings.
Fantastic! The way he was finding the gaps absolutely fantastic
WOW! That was one flawless innings. He looks so good playing those shots.
An absolute delight to watch on one of his very many good days. Impossible to bowl to at a time like that, you can bowl it where you like and he will hit it where he likes.
He will always in my best eleven of all time ..love u KP
When KP was on form, he was different levels to everyone else. What a player
I always consider Kevin Pietersen an underrated Batsman...He is a Legend..
Those cracking shorts.... One of the best player.... Legend
KP at his best.What a knock by him!! He thrashed the Aussies in 2010-11 Ashes series with impressive 227 runs with his own.
Kevin Pietersen, another top class batsman from South Africa playing for England. Should have played for South Africa. I do understand why he left South Africa and could never understand why South Africa did not select him. But good for England and he played some wonderful games. Shame this was his best test score. I am an Aussie and I watched and enjoyed his innings, top class. And he was great in the BBL in Australia. Loved it when he was miked up and listening to his banter, most of it gold. Hope he comes back and commentates in Australia again.
Audacious, aggressive and annihilation after KP 100! Magnificent stuff!
His personality and style of play were complementary. I will rate him the most stylish English batsman of our time, above than cook.
Pietersen played 3 tests at Adelaide and scored a 100 and a 200. What a player.
Players like Pietersen come along once in 20 odd years and England threw him out. The English cricket snobs don't like a maverick like Botham, Pietersen and the likes, but it's the public that suffer because they don't get to see them play.
GAFFA SHEN Welp now they've a new generation full of mavericks so it's fine
It's not just cricket. In rugby and football the selectors have always avoided the geniuses and instead pick the consistent 7 out of 10 player. I assume because they are easier to manage.
I mean tbf it wasn’t one incident it was repeated offences
If only we had one every 20 years. Nobody has matched his level for England, past or present. Had he been treated better, people would be putting him in conversations with the likes of Lara and Tendulkar.
@@jaywo527 Cipriani immediately stands out...
This Adelaide oval gives the classic look and one of my favourite cricket grounds around the world where one could see the red roofs on one side of the ground with no roofed areas all around the ground i.e open areas for the spectators to sit and enjoy the test or ODIs especially the CUB series through 90s. It was a treat to watch matches on this ground even on the television sets. The revamped Adelaide oval is great looking too but the old look gave a much more relaxing look to this wonderful cricket ground i feel.
Pure artist with a bat. every shots were made from full fave of bat with a perfect position to play.
some of best cricketing shots
what a player 💯
What a pleasure to watch him bat.
When I was a kid I used to hate him whenever he batted against India.
ECB friggin didn't deserve KP the way they treated him at the end after Ashes 2013-14. KP could've had 10000+ runs in Tests. What a legend of the game. ❤😢
Great to watch, arguably the most exciting batsman of the last 15 years, certainly test match. Can be argued he changed the game, at least a major contributor to the more aggressive game today. 15 years ago you just didn’t reverse sweep sixes.
KP is an inspiration for me as I am a big RSA fan being an Indian.
Brilliant batting from champion Kevin brilliant technique and temperament
It was a T20 played with white dress on when KP came..🔥🔥🔥
All time england legend batsman. His batting style and fearless cricket dominate all format of cricket. Nice to see at all moment.
Fabulous Innings by Fabulous Player luv u KP 😘
one of the most humble guy in cricket history.
Who would not like that!! Magnificent batting ,aggression at test level great too see.
Superb inning from ko,one of my all time favorite.
Man's a legend, and a partnership between him and Cook , sheer beauty🤌🏻
At his best he was a sight to see, this innings was one of his finest.
On his day a joy to watch. Yes probably was a hard player to manage but all the great ones have there flaws you just have to mange them
Popular English cricketer(know he is SA bt popular among who represented ECB) 😊
That flick on leg side..... You Pietersen You majestic.....
England cricket board ruined a player like this calibre, what an immense talent, if he would have played for India , he would be worshipped like sachin .....he is in the leagues of sachin , Lara , ponting.....a star ⭐
Joe root is nothing compared to kp..kp is my most favourite english player..
they do not have player still like KP
There are better players playing now like bairstow, Roy and buttler.
@@Eleventhearlofmars kp better than butler,bairstow or Roy.All teams former players r best.Current players r good but not enough to compare legends like pieterson.
@@Eleventhearlofmars ask anyone of them to score 186 on a square turning pitch at Mumbai
Saptarshi Roy I’m not getting into silly arguments about past and present because they cannot be proved by anyone because Buttler Roy or Bairstow ain’t going to play on that exact pitch.
So so beautiful to watch the Ashes..Best Series ever..
If he were an Australian , his numbers would have been one of the best EVER.
such pleasure to watch him play like that
KP was and still remains the greatest batsman who has played for England.
One of the greatest players to watch ever.
AB and KP always delight to watch 😍🥰🔥
In modern era people talk about ab virat many more but this guy is class
A real batsman wasted by Ecb
My All Time Favorite Batsman In England Cricket History Kp
KP is one of this Aussie's favourite poms. Massive respect for this bloke!
What an inning! Powerful hitting. Makes energetic while watching.....
Outstanding performance from Kevin Pietersen ❤❤❤🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
He played all 3 formats nd scored huge in every format...which was rare in english cricket back then..
Thats what made him dffnt and huge
What A batsman. Thanks for the Oval 2005 as well as this beauty.
I just love him so fearless n classy..thnxs England for him..
12 years ago now.....same amount of time since England won a test in Australia
Sad to say, English county cricket is dead in the water, not even Sky Sports will go near it, the sad and slow demise of what was once an entertaining sport here in UK has completely run out of money. Getting rid of Pietersen says it all.
blame it on irritating weather ... always rain -_-
importedmusic shame really. I'm Irish and I've just began to find an interest in cricket. If it were on sky I'd watch it, but there's very little of it.
I grew up watching it on terrestrial tv in the 90s. Test matches..one dayers.. county one dayers. England were poor back then but i still watched a lot during the holidays. Shame sky has been allowed to milk the game for short term profit and englands latest world cup win wasn't even on normal tv.
Ultimate player to watch I seriously tell sorry to ECB they are missing this beautiful batsman
What a phenomenal player... Awesome
KP,not there to be Mr nice guy,there for his fantastic talent. We need about 6 more like him now!! 😥
What an incredible player. Dominating like a king in hostile conditions. I'm an Indian but my all time favorite batsman is Kevin Pietersen.
I love u so much K"WIN" 😎😍😘
Those shots show anger . Like a sword to kill the ball. !!
This is the first I have seen in this series. Is it new? Either way its great to see Cric AUS showing more than just successful AUS performances. Other channels could take note.
Daniel Burke it was... 8 years ago
such class. such elegance.
The powers that be in English cricket didn't handle Pietersen well and he was made a scapegoat for England's disastrous Ashes tour of 2013-2014. He could and should have played for several more years. A very special talent indeed even if he did ruffle a few feathers along the way.
Day before the ashes so I'm just casually going over every ashes innings I can remember
the flashing blade of kevin pietersen
My Fav Kevin petersen😍😍😍
What a Shot Player....🙌
A Player of this class should have the aggression he had.. y r PR's there for ??ECB 's greatest loss probably... he was a master with that bat in hand.. so smooth and elegant...
One of the few players you would pay good money to watch, boy don't you miss players like this.
What a player ....KP love you from india
Lucky enough to be there! Great innings
Kevin smashed a beautiful knot 😘
What makes KP greatest batsman england has ever produced is not his stats average and records but his dominanace against any team or any bowler while he was on crease !
What style! What confidence!
My favourite batsman after sachin sir and ab de villiers.. kp was a genius.. England wasted his talent..
Fastest to 8000 test runs for 🏴
(Root couldn't)
Best batsman of England.
Kevin pietersen is ❤.
Most elegant looking batsmen