Pietersen hits century but English lose series

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

India will not be too disappointed with their failure to force victory at the Oval, as the draw gives them a 1-0 series win, their third on English soil and first since 1986.

Pietersen famously struck his maiden three-figure score in Tests on the same ground in the Ashes-clinching victory two years ago — and this time, he secured another draw with a 159-ball effort.