Kevin Pietersen on Cricket: The toughest opponents, the greatest battles, the game we love - Hardcover

In 2014, Kevin Pietersen's autobiography was one of the most talked about sporting media stories of the year, largely due to the shockwaves it sent through the cricketing establishment. Now, Kevin turns his focus to events on the pitch, offering his views on what it takes to be a successful cricketer in the modern age.

This summer's Ashes series has demonstrated just how demanding and unpredictable the game has become, and Kevin is ideally - perhaps uniquely - placed to comment on those developments. In KEVIN PIETERSEN ON CRICKET we'll see exactly how today's player approaches batting, bowling, bowling, captaincy, preparation, and many other aspects of the game itself, through the prism of the author's own experience. We'll see what it's like to face a bowler like Mitchell Johnson at his menacing best, learn how cricketers cope with the challenges presented by foreign climates and conditions, and gain a fresh understanding of how players manage the psychological side of the game.

Kevin Pietersen is one of the most important cricketers of his generation. He's played some of the most distinctive, thrilling, unbelievable innings ever seen, and destroyed the world's best bowlers under the most intense pressure.
But there is so much more to him than that. Pietersen also has an innovative and original cricket brain - who else could invent the switch-hit and the flamingo? - and an uncanny ability to explain how the game works.

Drawing on the experiences of an extraordinary career, Kevin Pietersen on Cricket takes a detailed, thematic look at the sport, breaking down the tricks, tactics and techniques of its great players. How do you cope with the emotional overload of Shoaib Akhtar bowling to you at 95mph, and how do you play him? How did Shane Warne create the theatre that got him so many wickets? How do you handle the stress of batting to win the Ashes? How does bad form feel, how does good form feel, and how does it feel to be in the zone?

Kevin Pietersen is a cricket obsessive who just happens to be a brilliant cricketer. In this book, he invites fans into the dressing room, into the middle and into his mind, providing a fascinating and unique look at what it takes to be an elite sportsperson today.