Cricket: Pietersen ponders one-day return

“I’ve said before that, if the schedule was right, I would love to play for another three or four years."

LONDON: Kevin Pietersen’s retirement from One-Day Internationals could yet prove to be a brief interlude after he said he would like to play on in all forms of the game. Pietersen, speaking after warming-up for next week’s Test against South Africa with a superb unbeaten 234 for Surrey against county champions Lancashire, added he had held talks with the England and Wales Cricket Board about ending his limited-overs retirement. “I’ve said before that, if the schedule was right, if they could sort my schedule out, I would love to play for another three or four years in all forms of cricket,” said Pietersen. “But the schedule at the moment is a nightmare. I hope something can be sorted out.”

Published in The Express Tribune, July 15^th, 2012.