The England batsman has been ruled out of the Cricket World Cup with a hernia which needs immediate attention, he said on Twitter on Monday.
England batsman Kevin Pietersen has been ruled out of the Cricket World Cup with a hernia which needs immediate attention, he said on Twitter on Monday.
Here are some facts about Pietersen:
* Age 30, born June 27, 1980, Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa. Right-hand batsman, occasional off-spinner.
* Cricketing career:
-- He qualified to play for England in September 2004 because of his English-born mother. Selected for one-day tour of Zimbabwe where he scored 104 runs in three innings. Scored three centuries in a subsequent ODI series in South Africa.
-- He scored two half-centuries on his test debut against Australia in Lord's in 2005. His knock of 158 in final match at The Oval helped to secure the draw which gave England the Ashes.
-- Sparked controversy by switch-hitting Scott Styris for two sixes in first one-day international against New Zealand in 2008.
-- Named England test and one-day captain in August 2008 after Michael Vaughan and Paul Collingwood resigned from their respective jobs.
-- His stint as captain was short-lived as in January 2009 Pietersen resigned after a fall-out with then coach Peter Moores. Pietersen slammed Moores in a report to the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) after a tour of India in late 2008 and the ECB reacted by sacking both captain and coach, saying there was an "irretrievable breakdown" in the relationship between the two men.
-- Pietersen has been opening for England in the 2011 World Cup but has struggled to make a big impact in the four games he played before being ruled out with hernia.
* Some controversy:
-- The 30-year-old batsman was fined in September 2010 after posting a Twitter message announcing that he had been dropped for the one-day series at home to Pakistan. The message contained an expletive.
-- The former England captain apologised publicly, insisting on Surrey TV that his comments "had not been for the public domain".
-- The ECB said Pietersen had been dropped so that he could regain some form with county side Surrey after a run of disappointing scores.
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