article_snippet: Kevin Pietersen has paved the way for a summer of potential embarrassment for the ECB after agreeing to rejoin Surrey in an improbable bid to regain Kevin Pietersen Test place.
article_snippet: Kevin Pietersen will be available for the county across all three formats but will focus on the LV= County Championship as Kevin Pietersen attempts to force Kevin Pietersen way back into the England team following Kevin Pietersen sacking a year ago.
article_snippet: Confirmation of Kevin Pietersen Surrey return is expected on Thursday.
article_snippet: Another remarkable news cycle for the English game began with Kevin Pietersen telling Test Match Special listeners Kevin Pietersen would do ‘anything’ to play international cricket again.
article_snippet: Kevin Pietersen will return to Surrey in the summer to play in the LV= County Championship .
article_snippet: Going into a summer in which England desperately need to reconnect with their fans and regain the Ashes, the ECB fear Kevin Pietersen will act as a non-stop, hard-to-silence distraction.
article_snippet: Pietersen has hinted Pietersen could change Pietersen IPL contract in a bid to push for an England place .
article_snippet: ’s controversial sacking — have repeatedly insisted Pietersen will never play for England again, a fate that appeared to have been sealed by the publication in October of Pietersen score-settling autobiography.
article_snippet: But Pietersen, desperate to add Pietersen England-record tally of 13,797 runs and 32 centuries, seized on a stray comment made this month by new ECB chairman Colin Graves, who said the ‘first thing Pietersen has to do if Pietersen wants to get back is start playing county cricket’.
article_snippet: But, emboldened by what Pietersen regarded as the first stage of a peace offering, Pietersen took every opportunity to state Pietersen desire to play for England once more.
article_snippet: After playing for the Big Bash League's Melbourne Stars, Pietersen has signed with the Sunrisers Hyderabad .
article_snippet: Surrey were initially wary of resuming ties with a cricketer who turns 35 in June but Pietersen has often been at Pietersen best when Pietersen has had a point to prove.
article_snippet: As long as Whitaker, Downton, coach Peter Moores and Cook remain in situ, it is inconceivable that Pietersen can resume Pietersen international career.
article_snippet: But assuming Pietersen manages to extricate Pietersen from Pietersen £200,000 IPL deal with Sunrisers Hyderabad, as well as a contract with St Lucia Zouks in the Caribbean Premier League, that means Pietersen could be available for most, if not all, of the county season.
article_snippet: Kumar Sangakkara appeared to confirm Pietersen's return to Surrey the county season after Sri Lanka bowed out of the World Cup with a convincing defeat by South Africa .
article_snippet: The call from Kumar Sangakkara many fans on social media for Pietersen’s return would grow — especially if England fail to put a disastrous the World Cup behind them as them embark on an absurd programme of 17 Tests in 10 months.
article_snippet: On Wednesday Pietersen told TMS:
article_snippet: Pietersen best hope is the sacking of all the men who object to Pietersen — and for that to happen England would need to perform terribly in the Ashes.
article_snippet: In other words, the only plausible scenario that can rescue Pietersen is one Pietersen cannot be seen to hope for.
article_snippet: Not for the first time, English cricket and Kevin Pietersen find English cricket and Kevin Pietersen engaged in a tense
article_snippet: Pietersen has not played for England since the the Ashes tour of 2013-14 after which Pietersen was dropped .
highlights_snippet: Kevin Pietersen will line up for Surrey in the LV= County Championship .
  
highlights_snippet: The move could impact Kevin Pietersen contract with the IPL's Sunrisers Hyderabad .
  
highlights_snippet: Kevin Pietersen will play alongside Sri Lanka World Cup star Kumar Sangakkara .
  
highlights_snippet: Kevin Pietersen is working as a pundit for the BBC's Test Match Special .