Pietersen fears end of Test cricket in a decade

October 2nd, 2009 LONDON - England batsman Kevin Pietersen has revealed that his wife was furious over a comment made by him last year, where he said that hitting 100 runs for the country was better than sex. Pietersen said that his wife, Jessica Taylor, " wasn't happy" about his comment "Centuries don't come round very often, whereas sex is on tap, isn't it?" "I said to her, 'Darling, you've just got to compare the statistics, I've got 16 Test hundreds and seven in one-day matches.

September 30th, 2009 LONDON - England Batsman Kevin Pietersen, who underwent surgery to cure a long-standing tendon problem, has refused to be ruled out of the winter tour to South Africa, despite fears over his Achilles injury. The star batsman has not featured for England since the second Ashes Test.

August 5th, 2009 LONDON - The International Cricket Council (ICC) would meet with the MCC's world cricket committee in November to discuss prospects for a world Test championship to safeguard the future of the five-day game. Both parties would look at suggestions to enhance the status of Test cricket amid fears that it is losing its primacy to the 50-over and the popular 20-over formats.

July 31st, 2009 LONDON - Injured England batsman Kevin Pietersen has described his current spell on the sidelines as the middle marker in his playing career, and said that he is just taking a break to get fully fit for the next stage. The 29 year-old, who had a surgery on his Achilles tendon, also rubbished reports of following Andrew Flintoff into Test cricket retirement and came to Edgbaston to cheer his team-mates.

July 31st, 2009 LONDON - England's injured star cricketer Kevin Piteresen has denied he would ignore central contracts and go freelance to lap up the riches of Twenty20 cricket. Pietersen, who has been ruled out of the ongoing Ashes because of achilles injury, dismissed speculation that leading cricketers, including himself, could soon take control of how and where they play their cricket.

July 25th, 2009 LONDON - The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has denied that Kevin Pietersen aggravated his achilles injury by flouting the training programme during the Indian Premier League in April. Evan Speechly, the Bangalore IPL team's assistant coach and physiotherapist, had Friday claimed that Pietersen, who has been ruled out of the rest of the ongoing Ashes Test series, had gone on a training run in Durban.

July 24th, 2009 LONDON - Kevin Pietersen is all set for a rift with England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) bosses, who want to restrict his participation in the Twenty20 format. Pietersen aims to keep playing the lucrative events across the globe but the ECB are determined to reduce his appearances due to the risk of injury.

July 22nd, 2009 LONDON - England cricket team coach Andy Flower believes the hosts can win the Ashes without Kevin Pietersen and Andrew Flintoff. Speaking after England's historic win over Australia at Lord's, Flower also revealed that an injured Pietersen had not yet ruled himself out of the series.

July 22nd, 2009 LONDON - England team director Andy Flower feels that his team could win the Ashes even without Kevin Pietersen and Andrew Flintoff even as speculation mounted over the pair's fitness for the rest of the series against Australia. Both players will be assessed by medical staff this week - Pietersen has Achilles tendon trouble, Flintoff a sore right knee - as England prepare for next week's third Test at Edgbaston.

July 20th, 2009 LONDON - The persistent problem on his Achilles tendon has made England batsman Kevin Pietersen doubtful for the third Ashes Test. The former England skipper will meet a doctor after the end of the second Test at Lord's here Monday for another injection into his problematic Achilles tendon, The Daily Telegraph reported.

July 13th, 2009 LONDON - Former Australian spin wizard Shane Warne feels that charismatic England batsman Kevin Pietersen should learn to put the team first, not himself. Pietersen has come under heavy criticism for playing reckless strokes in the first drawn Ashes Test in Cardiff that almost put England on the verge of a loss.

July 13th, 2009 LONDON - The English media lavished praise on the team's tailenders for showing resilience in snatching a draw in the first Test against Australia, and aimed their brickbats at star batsman Kevin Pietersen. The last pair of James Anderson and Monty Panesar were praised for their gritty 40-minute stay at Sophia Gardens during a 69-ball stand that took England to safety Sunday.

June 18th, 2009 LEICESTER - England will get a massive boost with the return of all-rounder Andrew Flintoff to the Test squad ahead of the Ashes series, claims Australian captain Ricky Ponting. Talismanic all-rounder Flintoff, 31, is recovering from a knee surgery.

May 30th, 2009 LONDON - After a horrendous run in the recently concluded Indian Premier League (IPL), England batsman Kevin Pietersen has admitted that he is not as good in the Twenty 20 format of the game as he is in the other two versions. "I'm not very good at Twenty20 cricket, am I?" The Mirror quoted Pietersen, as saying.

May 30th, 2009 LONDON - With just five days left for the start of the Twenty20 World Cup, Indian Premier League's (IPL) most expensive player and former England captain Kevin Pietersen admitted that he is not a good at Twenty20 cricket. In an interview to British tabloid Mirror, Pietersen said: "I'm not very good at Twenty20 cricket, am I?" Pietersen, who was bought by liquor baron Vijay Mallya's Bangalore Royal Challengers for a record $1.55 million, failed to live up to his top billing in the IPL.