The Ashes 2013: Top 5 batsmen to watch out for

3. Kevin Pietersen

Pietersen will be coming back to Test cricket after a knee injury kept him out of the game for a while. He was on hot form before the injury enjoying his so called ‘reintegration’ process after the controversial ‘texting affair’ during the series against South Africa last year.

He scored a remarkable century in India, a knock that has been called the finest played by an English batsman in Asia, to turn around the series. He played a devastating knock scoring a ton against Yorkshire in a recent warm-up game proving his fitness and readiness for the Ashes.

He has tormented the Australians in the past and finished as the highest run scorer with 473 runs in the memorable Ashes of 2005 where he scored a century in the final Test. He ability to counter-attack from a situation when the team is down in the dumps is a rare quality that makes him an incomparable asset.