ASHES 2009 LIVE: England v Australia - day two of the second Test from Lord's

Leading from the front: Strauss on his way to a commanding 161 runs yesterday

Andrew Strauss registered his 18th Test century and reached 5,000 Test runs but England slid from 196-0 to 364-6 on a an enthralling opening day of the second Ashes Test at Lord's. England have it all to do again today as they attempt to post a big total and put the Australians under pressure. Keep up-to-date with the latest details on day two.

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Kevin Pieterson Profile

Full name: Kevin Peter Pietersen

Born: June 27, 1980, Pietermaritzburg, Natal

Current: age 29 years 19 days

Major teams: England, Hampshire, ICC World XI, KwaZulu-Natal, Natal, Nottinghamshire, Royal Challengers Bangalore

Nickname: KP, Kelves, Kapes, Kev

Batting style: Right-hand bat

Bowling style: Right-arm offbreak

Height: 6 ft 4 in

Education: Maritzburg College, University of SA

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct	St
Tests	53	95	4	4571	226	50.23	7261	62.95	16	15	528	48	31	0
ODIs	92	82	15	3127	116	46.67	3577	87.41	7	20	290	58	32	0
T20Is	19	19	1	529	79	29.38	361	146.53	0	2	58	12	7	0
First-class	139	231	16	10950	254*	50.93			38	44			111	0
List A	200	181	32	6562	147	44.04			12	41			74	0
Twenty20	39	39	1	977	79	25.71	702	139.17	0	4	102	27	12	0

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
Tests	53	31	735	518	4	1/0	1/11	129.50	4.22	183.7	0	0	0
ODIs	92	15	214	201	5	2/22	2/22	40.20	5.63	42.8	0	0	0
T20Is	19	1	6	9	0	-	-	-	9.00	-	0	0	0
First-class	139		5539	3229	61	4/31		52.93	3.49	90.8		0	0
List A	200		2174	1920	39	3/14	3/14	49.23	5.29	55.7	0	0	0
Twenty20	39	14	234	290	13	3/33	3/33	22.30	7.43	18.0	0	0	0

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