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Aug 18, 2012 kevin pietersens notorious text messages to members of the south africa team included an afrikaans term of abuse aimed at england captain andrew strauss. When kevin pietersen was dropped from the english cricket team at the beginning of 2014, fans were left scratching their heads. Kevin pietersen declares england squad horrendous ben stokes ban kills englands ashes chances steve waugh. Former england batsman kevin pietersen says he will not be entering this years indian premier. Feb 01, 2018 former england captain kevin pietersen sat down with cricket network and named his top 5 batsmen from his playing days. English board, and in particularly the two coaches in peter moores and andy flower.
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