The Guardian (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago
• Batsman downplays return to city of his birth • I am happy in Birmingham, says Trott It was a little over 90F when Jonathan Trott appeared beside the cobalt blue of his hotel poolside in his home town of Cape Town today. But England's latest South African cricket hero had thoughts only for his Harborne home in Birmingham. While Table Mountain shimmered and the Kirstenbosch Gardens beckoned...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
The Proteas have tried to inspire antagonism, but are England too nice to sledge? It must be frustrating for Graeme Smith and Mickey Arthur. Their normal whipping boy, Kevin Pietersen, is keeping an uncharacteristically low profile on this England tour. Perhaps he has matured; perhaps his missus is about to launch her solo career; either way, KP has deemed it fit to renounce his normal belligerence,...
jimmymycrushie (Free subscription) | 11/15/2009
Life as a cricketer isn't as wonderful and glamorous as it sounds. Yes, they enjoy playing cricket. Yes, they have a lot of fans. So what's better than being paid so much for something you love to do? May be a normal life. It's very tempting to become an International Star but don't be fooled by this adulation. Travelling around the world isn't as good as it sounds. And being the WAG of a cricketer...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
• Kieswetter pledges future to his adoptive country • Wicketkeeper tipped to play Test cricket with England Craig Kieswetter, Somerset's dynamic wicketkeeper batsman, has pledged his future to England following reports that South Africa were keen to reclaim the Johannesburg-born player. Kieswetter, 21, who has a Scottish mother and a British passport, was hastily added to England's Performance...
Edinburgh Evening News (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
KEVIN PIETERSEN is willing to wait his turn amid suggestions he will have to fight for his place in the England cricket team, but for now is simply excited by his return to t
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
England's top batsman has linked up with his team-mates and is raring to go after four months on the sidelines As years go this one could not have gone much worse for Kevin Pietersen but being the eternal optimist that he is, he fully expects it to end with a bang. Forced to resign the captaincy at the turn of the year because he said he could no longer work with the then head coach, Peter Moores,...
BBC News (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
Kevin Pietersen declares himself physically and mentally refreshed after joining up with the rest of the England squad in South Africa.
Cricinfo (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
Kevin Pietersen will resist the temptation to rush back into action after he joined up with his England team-mates in Johannesburg
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
• Batsman enjoys first outdoor net since July • Pietersen to sit out two-match Twenty20 series Kevin Pietersen is thrilled to be back in England colours after today joining up with the rest of his team-mates in Johannesburg. The Natal-born Hampshire batsman belatedly arrived for the two-and-a-half-month tour to South Africa, having spent more than three months on the sidelines recuperating...
Cricinfo (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
Kevin Pietersen is finally returning to the England squad but according to team-mate Graeme Swann is not guaranteed a starting place in the team
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
• Key batsman should return to action next week • Graeme Swann says the team is playing with freedom England begin their international programme in South Africa here with one interested viewer turning on his television 250 miles away in Johannesburg. While Kevin Pietersen settles into his hotel in the Johannesburg suburb of Sandton, England will be taking the field in Bloemfontein against...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
• Bowler's routine tumble could have serious consequences • Kevin Pietersen arrives to join tour party on Tuesday England's happy startstart to their tour of South Africa was shattered today when Stuart Broad arrived in Kimberley with his right arm in a sling. What had appeared to be little more than a routine tumble in the field yesterday in the opening warm-up match in Bloemfontein has...
Cricinfo (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
AB de Villiers has moved to douse speculation of a hostile homecoming for Kevin Pietersen and Jonathan Trott
Liverpool Daily Post.co.uk (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
The England captain touched down with his team-mates in Bloemfontein on Sunday, but the middle-order batsman was a notable absentee at the start of the two and half month tour.
Cricinfo (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
The England captain has said he cannot wait for star batsman Kevin Pietersen to join the squad in South Africa before the ODI series begins
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