Alastair Cook retires

Alastair Cook wanted to keep door ajar for Kevin Pietersen return

Sep 6, 2018: The former England captain gave more detail of the decision that rocked his career and reveals he hasn't spoken to Pietersen since

Kevin Pietersen's MAK Pataudi Memorial Lecture

'Throw marketing clout behind Tests, don't succumb to lazy assumption that T20 rules'

Jun 12, 2018: Kevin Pietersen has urged the cricketing fraternity to focus on the revival of Test cricket, while delivering the MAK Pataudi Memorial Lecture in Bengaluru

Kevin Pietersen retires

The day I helped KP confront his spin demon

Mar 20, 2018: Mohammad Isam, ESPNcricinfo's Bangladesh correspondent and handy left-arm spinner, relives the time he was asked to be Kevin Pietersen's personal net bowler

Kevin Pietersen retires

The last Goodbye

Mar 18, 2018: Andrew Miller considers the audacious career of a cricketing genius

Kevin Pietersen retires

'Best batsman I had the pleasure to play with' - Vaughan

Mar 17, 2018: The reactions on Twitter to Kevin Pietersen's retirement

Pakistan Super League 2017-18

'Boots up! Thank you!' - Pietersen calls time on playing career

Mar 16, 2018: Batsman bows out ahead of Pakistan leg of PSL, to bring end to colourful and controversial playing career

Karachi KIngs v Quetta Gladiators, PSL 2018, Dubai

Watson's 90* propels Quetta to second place

Mar 8, 2018: After conceding 180, Karachi put up a listless batting performance to go down by 67 runs - the heaviest margin of defeat in PSL history

Islamabad United v Quetta Gladiators, PSL 2018, Sharjah

Bowlers, Pietersen dazzle in Quetta win

Feb 28, 2018: Rumaan Raees' knee injury adds to Islamabad United's woes as they slump to their second loss in three matches

Pakistan Super League 2018

Quetta's band of underdogs hungry for the title

Feb 20, 2018: They have made each of the two finals so far, driven by a strong core of domestic talent and led by Pakistan's all-format captain Sarfraz Ahmed

Big Bash League 2017-18

Pietersen smacks match-winning 46 in last BBL game

Jan 27, 2018: A Kevin Pietersen cameo in his last appearance for the Melbourne Stars left the Hobart Hurricanes' semi-final hopes in the hands of other teams

Melbourne Renegades v Melbourne Stars, BBL 2017-18, January 12, 2018

Pietersen, Coleman lift Melbourne Stars to first win

Jan 12, 2018: Renegades, however, took a blow after the loss. They're not precariously positioned at eight points with two other teams

Big Bash League 2017-18

Career is nearly "done and dusted" - Pietersen

Jan 6, 2018: Kevin Pietersen has been gradually slipping towards retirement and after suffering defeat in the Melbourne derby he announced when he would end his career

India news

Cricket's glamour weddings

Dec 11, 2017: Virat Kohli has joined a small group of cricketers who have married celebrities in other fields

The Ashes 2017-18

Signs that Cook's time is up - Pietersen

Dec 9, 2017: Kevin Pietersen has described the batting of both England and Australia as "no good", and questioned Alastair Cook's desire ahead of the third Ashes Test

Ashes 2017-18

Ashes must be a Stokes no-go zone - Pietersen

Dec 3, 2017: Andrew Strauss could face his "biggest decision", Pietersen warns, as old tensions are rekindled

Book extract

The Adelaide horror

Dec 1, 2017: England were coasting one minute, in tatters the next: a look back at how Adelaide 2006 reduced Flintoff and Co to gibbering wrecks

The briefing

Gayle's fear of females, and KP's concern for youngsters

Nov 2, 2017: It has been an odd month in cricket

The Ashes 2017-18

Team bonding vital for England in Australia - Pietersen

Oct 27, 2017: England's players must retain the freedom to make their own choices on and off the field during the Ashes, says Kevin Pietersen

Surrey v Middlesex, NatWest Blast, South Group, Kia Oval

Surrey take London derby after Pietersen panto

Jul 21, 2017: Surrey overcame London rivals Middlesex in the NatWest Blast by 15 runs in front of a full house at the Kia Oval after a run-out mishap involving Kevin Pietersen

Kevin Pietersen's English return

Kevin Pietersen feels the love on his English return

Jul 20, 2017: He coughed and spluttered, but then Kevin Pietersen was riding the wave as a capacity crowd at The Oval lapped up the start of his valedictory tour of England in the NatWest Blast