article_snippet.sent: Kevin Pietersen battered Oxford’s students for 170 off 149 deliveries in Kevin Pietersen first game of red-ball cricket for 15 months – then insisted the incoming ECB chairman Colin Graves has told Kevin Pietersen everyone has a ‘clean slate’.
article_snippet.sent: Oxford’s quest for an improbable return to international cricket began as Kevin Pietersen scriptwriter must have known it would: with sumptuous strokes, a standing ovation and much of the old bravado.
article_snippet.sent: Kevin Pietersen Oxford
article_snippet.sent: ’s only hope of playing for England again is to score lots of runs for Surrey – wind, rain or shine.
article_snippet.sent: Kevin Pietersen makes Kevin Pietersen way out to the crease following the dismissal of Rory Burns .
article_snippet.sent: Asked what Graves had said to Kevin Pietersen when the pair spoke over the phone last month, Kevin Pietersen replied:
article_snippet.sent: ‘Kevin Pietersen said Kevin Pietersen wants the best players playing for England, and everyone has a clean slate.
article_snippet.sent: Whether Kevin Pietersen’s journey will prove more futile than fruitful is another matter.
article_snippet.sent: The first aim of the new regime at the ECB has been to stop the sniping; the second may be to keep Kevin Pietersen sweet in case English cricket needs Kevin Pietersen after Kevin Pietersen retires, possibly in a mentoring capacity.
article_snippet.sent: Regardless, the evidence here – as if the evidence here were required – suggested Kevin Pietersen is deadly serious about reclaiming Kevin Pietersen place.
article_snippet.sent: Nearly 10 years on from Kevin Pietersen Ashes-clinching century at The Oval, Kevin Pietersen cannot have imagined Kevin Pietersen would need to prosper in The Parks
article_snippet.sent: Then Kevin Pietersen opened up.
article_snippet.sent: Stealing headlines and causing damage, Kevin Pietersen might never have been away.