Big Kev gets dismissed

KEVIN Pietersen has said

“ciao” to cricket.

The former England batsman appeared to officially announce his retirement from the game in a series of posts on his social media accounts over Friday and Saturday.

“I loved entertaining you all!” the 37-year-old Pietersen wrote on Instagram. “Ciao, cricket! I love this game!”

The South Africa-born Pietersen has been away from the biggest stage since his England exile started in 2014 following the team’s Ashes whitewash Down Under.

A prolific scorer in all forms of the game, Pietersen has 8181 runs in 104 tests, 4440 runs in 136 ODIs and 1176 runs in 37 Twenty20 internationals.

Pietersen embarked on a nomadic T20 career after his time with England ended.