KEVIN PIETERSEN hit a defiant 10th hundred at the highest level as England saved the final Test against India at the Brit Oval yesterday.

ENGLAND coach Peter Moores has refused to blame their under-par over-rate as a reason for England’s failure to wrap up the opening npower Test before bad weather came to India’s rescue.

Police are investigating a letter allegedly written by Maoist rebels threatening to kill two of India’s top cricketers because they represent the “elite class,” a newspaper reported today.

England completed a remarkable final-Test victory at the Wankhede Stadium to share the series with India.

KEVIN PIETERSEN was caught short once again as England struggled to exert their authority on a stop-start opening day of the second Test.