Kevin Pietersen retirement
Pietersen became the fastest batsman to reach both 1,000 and 2,000 runs in One Day International cricket, [12] [13] and the quickest in terms of time to 5,000 Test runs. [14] He has the highest average of any England player to have played more than 20 innings of one-day cricket. [15] He has the second-highest run total from his first 25 Tests, behind only the Australian Donald Bradman , [16] and was the fastest player, in terms of days, to reach 4,000 Test runs. [17] He became only the third English batsman to top the ICC One Day International rankings, doing so in March 2007. [18] In July 2008, after a century against South Africa, The Times called him "the most complete batsman in cricket". [19] In 2012 The Guardian called him "England's greatest modern batsman he is the owner of switch HIT,