He’s probably the last person you’d call if you had a leaky pipe but England cricketer Kevin Pietersen has proven that he can be a dab hand with the plumbing.

The pro, who is known for his talent and skills with a bat and ball on the green, attempted to bend some copper piping and do some plumbing before being shown how it was done by teenage trainees.

South African-born Kevin was visiting the Barnardo’s charity skills centre in Stepney to meet youngsters who had been "rescued from the dole", according to the East London Advertiser.

They were demonstrating the skills being taught to them when Kevin took over and tried his own bit of plumbing, and while he may be good at fixing the leaky toilet at the home he shares with wife Jessica Taylor from Liberty X – I don’t think I’d be calling him out to do my plumbing!

It doesn’t look like Kevin will have much time for plumbing after it was announced this week that he will be returning to the England cricket team after suffering an Achilles injury in the summer.

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