England batsman Kevin Pietersen will remember his friend Jon Cole Edwards as he begins his 100th Test match. <img alt="Kevin Pietersen" src="http://images.mid-day.com/2013/nov/Kevin-Pietersen_3.jpg" style="width: 500px; height: 389px;" /> Kevin Pietersen South Africa-born Pietersen joined up with the England squad in Australia a few days late last month after attending the funeral of his childhood friend Edwards, who died following a long battle with cancer. It has been tough on Pietersen, whose century of Tests will take on a special poignancy when he takes the field for the first match of the Ashes in Brisbane. &ldquo;I lost my best mate who I grew up with as a kid and losing him has really hurt me over the last month or so,&rdquo; said Pietersen. &ldquo;It has been bad. I got to say goodbye to him 18 hours before he passed away and left us. He left his wife and twins behind. I will be thinking about him if I get a big one here. I&rsquo;ve been speaking with his mum and yesterday she said, &lsquo;Jon will be watching&rsquo;.&rdquo;

Kevin Pietersen speaks about the hurt of losing of his lifelong friend Jon Cole-Edwardes, who played club cricket.

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