KP Pietersen

Middle-order batter, England, 100 Tests, 2005-2014. Debut v Australia, 2005

42.1Adjusted average, 40th of 143 batters. Raw 45.6, so −3.5 for how hard his runs were. It could reasonably be anywhere from 34.5 to 49.9.

Where the −3.5 comes from

The bowling he faced−4.6

Home or away+0.5

The grounds+0.6

Value per innings: 50.426th
Each run worth: 1.15×
At home, adjusted: 40.8raw 49
Away, adjusted: 45.2raw 42.8

Head to head with LRPL Taylor His T20 ratings

Where his adjusted average could be. The shaded part is the 89% range; the taller the curve, the likelier.

Where he sits

37AN CookEngland42.7 38BA StokesEngland42.6 39LRPL TaylorNew Zealand42.2

40KP PietersenEngland42.1

41AD MathewsSri Lanka42.0 42BM DuckettEngland41.6 43LD ChandimalSri Lanka41.6

Every batter on one chart

Closest to him, head to head

AD MathewsSri Lanka42Head to head LRPL TaylorNew Zealand42.2Head to head BA StokesEngland42.6Head to head BM DuckettEngland41.6Head to head

Season by seasonBatting, as recorded

Year	Inns	Runs	HS	Avg	100	50	SR
2005	12	618	158	56.18	2	3	71.0
2006	24	1297	158	56.39	4	6	65.5
2007	21	1007	226	50.35	4	1	61.0
2008	20	1015	152	50.75	5	1	59.7
2009	17	760	102	47.50	1	5	58.3
2010	22	831	227	41.55	1	5	62.2
2011	11	731	202	73.10	2	4	64.1
2012	25	1053	186	43.88	3	4	65.1
2013	21	758	113	36.10	1	6	51.7
2014	2	9	6	4.50	0	0	47.4
Career	175	8079	227	48.38	23	35	61.8

Percentile rankingsvs all Test batters (2001–)

PoorAverageGreat

Value

Adjusted avg

41.8

Value / inns

50.4

Volume

Runs

8079

Average

48.38

Hundreds

Quality

Conversion

39.7

Strike rate

61.8

Consistency

Conditions

Away average

45.4

Career arc

Batting by opposition

Opp	Inns	Runs	Avg	100
Australia	48	2137	46.46	4
India	26	1535	61.40	6
West Indies	21	1124	56.20	3
Sri Lanka	19	874	51.41	3
South Africa	18	817	45.39	3
Pakistan	23	720	31.30	2
New Zealand	13	530	40.77	2
Bangladesh	7	342	68.40	0

Bowling by opposition

Opp	Wkts	Avg	Best
South Africa	5	34.60	3/52
India	2	78.50	1/25
Australia	1	158.00	1/10
Pakistan	1	75.00	1/11
New Zealand	1	49.00	1/11

Home & away

Home

53.76bat avg

40.8adjusted

63bowl avg

Away

45.4bat avg

45.2adjusted

145.33bowl avg

Neutral

11.17bat avg

—bowl avg

Batting by innings

Inns	Bat	Runs	Avg
1st	54	2841	53.60
2nd	46	2521	54.80
3rd	43	1700	41.46
4th	32	1017	37.67

Recent formLast 10 Tests

v Australia3 & 60/17Sydney Cricket Ground2014-01-03 v Australia71 & 49Melbourne Cricket Ground2013-12-26 v Australia19 & 45WACA, Perth2013-12-13 v Australia4 & 53Adelaide Oval2013-12-05 v Australia18 & 26Brisbane Cricket Ground2013-11-21 v Australia50 & 62The Oval2013-08-21 v Australia26 & 44Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street2013-08-09 v Australia113 & 8Old Trafford2013-08-01 v Australia2 & 5Lord's2013-07-18 v Australia14 & 64Trent Bridge2013-07-10

Full recordAs recorded, 2001 to now

Innings: 175
Not outs: 8
Runs: 8079
Average: 48.38
Strike rate: 61.8
Highest: 227
Hundreds: 23
Fifties: 35
Ducks: 9

Wickets: 10
Average: 88.60
Economy: 4.06
Strike rate: 131
Best: 3/52
5 wickets: 0
10 wkt match: 0
Balls: 1310