Cricketer Kevin Pietersen soaks up the Salt Rock sun

Former England international cricketer and Pietermaritzburg-born Kevin Pietersen has landed on South African soil after announcing the end of his England cricket career, and his first stop has been Salt Rock for a boys trip with his son.

The 37-year-old former England batsman took to Twitter and Instagram to share the start of his South African holiday, by posting special photos with both his son and father.

https://twitter.com/KP24/status/902106912019423232

Pietersen will continue to play T20 cricket overseas as well as continue his involvement in wildlife conservation programmes around the country.

Pietersen became the fastest batsman to reach both 1,000 and 2,000 runs in One Day International cricket and has the second-highest run total from his first 25 Tests, behind only Sir Don Bradman of Australia, and was the fastest player, in terms of days, to reach 4,000, 5,000 and 7,000 Test runs.

He became only the third English batsman to top the ICC One Day International rankings, doing so in March 2007.

In July 2008, after a century against South Africa, The Times called him “the most complete batsman in cricket” and in 2012 The Guardian called him “England’s greatest modern batsman”.

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