No bull from 'china' Pietersen, life is sweet and sour

Kevin Pietersen understands better than anyone that Australia provides the greatest of all opportunities to seal both his cricketing reputation and growing celebrity, writes Donald McRae in The Guardian

"It's September 12 today," said Pietersen as he passed the magazine to Jessica, who had stretched out on the hotel bed. "Exactly this time last year, at 10 past three, I was still at the crease, batting with George Clooney [Pietersen's nickname for the greying if not so dashing Ashley Giles]. It was everything I dreamed of as a kid, china."