article_snippet: Kevin Pietersen has become optimistic Kevin Pietersen England career could yet be revived and reports on Tuesday claimed that the 34-year-old had held conversations with intermediaries acting for the ECBthe ECB. '
article_snippet: Reports suggested that England outcast Kevin Pietersen had contacted the ECB the ECB over a return .
article_snippet: Kevin Pietersen has not ruled out an England return after comments made by incoming chairman Colin Graves .
article_snippet: the ECB the ECB released a statement later that day to clarify incoming chairman Colin Graves comments which said 'nothing had changed' regarding Pietersen's England future.
article_snippet: Pietersen was axed by England following the 2014 Ashes whitewash .
article_snippet: Pietersen alluded to a recent relaxation in ECB policy to allow players to be available for the entire Indian Premier League as a positive step and that Pietersen suspected it was the start of a progressive period under Graves.
article_snippet: Pietersen posted on Twitter: 'Quick the ECB doesn't decide who gets to play in IPL/Big Bash.
highlights_snippet: Reports claimed Kevin Pietersen contacted the ECB over England return .
  