Kevin Pietersen

Kevin Peter Pietersen, MBE born 27 June 1980 is a South African born English cricketer. He is a right handed batsman and occasional off spin bowler who formerly played for England and currently plays for Surrey as well as Twenty20 in the Indian Premier League for Delhi Daredevils , in the Caribbean Premier League for St Lucia Zouksand in the Big Bash League for Melbourne Stars.

Pietersen was born in Pietermaritzburg, Natal Province, South Africa. He made his first class debut for Natal in 1997 before moving to England, after voicing his displeasure at the racial quota system in place in South Africa.His English mother made him eligible to play for England and after serving a qualifying period of four years playing at county level, he was called up almost immediately into the national side. He made his international debut in the One Day International match against Zimbabwe in 2004.and his Test match debut in the 2005 Ashes series against Australia the following year.