Kevin Pietersen's career in numbers

Kevin Pietersen has been told that he is no longer part of the England Cricket team's plans, bringing his 10-year international career to an end.

We took a look back at some of Pietersen's key stats since his first one-day international.

Kevin Pietersen's accumulated run total of 13,779

His highest score of 227 against Australia, at Adelaide in 2010, was made in just 308 balls.

He leaves the national team as the all-time leading run-scorer across all formats. His total of 13,797 puts him ahead of Graeme Gooch (13,190) and Alec Stewart (13,140).

Pietersen's England career

All forms (Tests, One-Day and T20)

Matches

277

Between 2004-2014
Runs

13,797

Leading English batsman
Centuries

32

England record

Source: Cricinfo

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His final total of 23 Test centuries leaves him second only to Test captain Alastair Cook.

When you include his one-day centuries, he overtakes Cook and heads the list of hundreds made for England.

England's honours board

Batsmen with the most centuries

Kevin Pietersen

Tests: 23

ODIs: 9

Alastair Cook

Tests: 25

ODIs: 5

Graeme Gooch

Tests: 20

ODIs: 8

Source: Cricinfo

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He scored 8,181 runs at an average of 47 in 104 Tests. Only six other players have played more Test matches for England.

He amassed a further 4,440 runs in 136 one-day internationals and 1,176 runs in 37 Twenty20s with his hard-hitting and improvisatory batting.

He is regarded by some as England's greatest player and by many more, who may not agree with that assessment, as the most entertaining.

Five leading run-scorers for England
		Pietersen	Stewart	Gooch	Gower	Strauss
TESTS	Appearances	104	133	118	117	100
	Runs	8,181	8,463	8,900	8,231	7,037
	Average	47.28	39.54	42.58	44.25	40.91
	Centuries	23	15	20	18	21
ODIs	Appearances	134	170	125	114	127
	Runs	4,422	4,677	4,290	3,170	4,205
	Average	41.32	31.6	36.98	30.77	35.63
	Centuries	9	4	8	7	6

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Wednesday, February 5, 2014