Kevin Pietersen hit 66 and Luke Wright 45 for Melbourne Stars but it was in vain as Tim Ludeman’s 44-ball 92 not out led Adelaide Strikers to an emphatic win in the first game of this winter’s Big Bash League. Pietersen, making his Big Bash bow, and Wright, among eight England players past and present …
By Rob Barnett Surrey go into a second straight Finals Day with two of Twenty20’s most devastating batsmen, Kevin Pietersen and Jason Roy, in their ranks, making skipper Gary Wilson hopeful his side go one better than last year. Roy played for Surrey on 2013 Finals Day but Pietersen was unavailable to a team led …
Kevin Pietersen tuned up for the start of the Ashes with a quickfire half-century as England piled into the Australia Invitational XI’s bowlers at the Sydney Cricket Ground. Only Michael Carberry missed out against a second-string attack which became increasingly vulnerable on a very good batting surface as England raced to 302 for five in …