Kevin Pietersen has called time on his cricket career.
The former England batsman scored 23 hundreds in 104 Test matches, was part of four Ashes wins and was named Man of the Tournament as England won the World T20 in 2010.
Here, Press Association Sport looks back at Pietersen’s career in pictures.
Kevin Pietersen celebrates his first international century in his second appearance for England – an ODI against Zimbabwe in Harare in 2004 (Gareth Fuller/PA)
An innovative batsman, Kevin Pietersen introduced the world to the ‘switch hit’ (Gareth Copley/PA)
Under his replacement as captain Andrew Strauss, Kevin Pietersen shines as England win the Ashes in Australia for the first time in 24 years (Gareth Copley/PA)
Kevin Pietersen marked cricket’s 2,000th Test with an unbeaten 202 in the opening match of a series against India that England won 4-0 to go top of the ICC Test rankings (Anthony Devlin/PA)
Kevin Pietersen was reintegrated into the England team – and helped them win a series in India for the first time in 27 years (Anthony Devlin/PA)
After the end of his England career, Kevin Pietersen largely stuck to T20 cricket (Scott Heavey/Empics)
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