article_snippet.sent: The controversial record-breaking batsman has been surplus to requirements since being sacked 14 months ago after Alastair Cook's team were whitewashed 5-0 in Australia, but has taken heart from incoming ECB chairman Colin Graves' hints that there may be a way back after all.
article_snippet.sent: The former England star is hoping to win back
article_snippet.sent: The former England star Test place with a return to red ball cricket .
article_snippet.sent: Whether at 37 he will be a part of the Blast again, after coming out of retirement and so nearly helping Lancashire to win the tournament last summer, is another matter. '
highlights_snippet.sent: Kevin Pietersen wants to make a sensational return to the England side this year .
  