4- vs South Africa, August 2012 - 149, match drawn
The scene of Pietersen's most outrageous extremes. In the middle, he was breathtaking as he took apart Dale Steyn and Morne Morkel to help give England fleeting hope of victory in a rain-affected match against the world's new best team.
Afterwards, he held a stunningly inept press conference in which - intent apparently on saying nothing - he did the opposite, and kick-started a crisis of man-management for England.
