Cricket: The Ashes Fifth Test, the Oval, England V Australia: Ashes Glory Led by Heroic Pietersen
Daily Post › September 13, 2005
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KEVIN PIETERSEN emerged as a hero of his adopted nation after scoring a maiden Test century which guided England to an historic Ashes victory and sparked party celebrations at The Oval and beyond.
Two months after polarising opinion about the value of his selection ahead of veteran Graham Thorpe, Pietersen unified a cricket-mad population by providing almost single-handed defiance to Australia and end England's wait for the Ashes.See the full content of this document
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Cricket: The Ashes Fifth Test, the Oval, England V Australia: Ashes Glory Led by Heroic Pietersen
Since Mike Gatting's side won the urn in 1986-7 notable figures like Nasser Hussain, Alec Stewart, Darren Gough, Michael Atherton and Angus Fraser have tried and failed to break Australia's dominance during eight successive series.
Some of the...See the full content of this document
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