kevin pietersen's advisers can try to conclude negotiations for a new contract at surrey, as he seeks to reignite hopes of an england recall, after agreeing his indian premier league release pietersen was axed by england in february 2014 after their ashes whitewash defeat in australia, but is hoping for a still unlikely international return he confirmed, on his website kevinpietersencom, that he has taken another key step to that end by sealing his release from the majority of his ipl contract with the sunrisers hyderabad kevin pietersen will have nine county championship matches at the most to impress england's selectors  he's secured a released from sunrisers hyderabad to stake his claim for an england return in the ashes  pietersen said: 'my focus is now very much on the upcoming season in england, and i'm absolutely determined to score as many runs as possible' surrey de registered pietersen at the end of last season they have nonetheless long been front runners to re sign him, but had no update on tuesday to the situation as of a week ago when a spokesman said: 'we are still in discussions' pietersen's availability for all formats, as soon as possible, has appeared a starting point for his possible return to the oval   and his presence at the start of the season, rather than spending six weeks at the ipl, is therefore a key development new england and wales cricket board chairman colin graves this month revived the record breaking 34 year old batsman's hopes of a return to the fold, contrary to the public remarks by anyone else associated with the governing body but a pre requisite from graves was that pietersen must first of all find a way back into county cricket   and then, of course, start scoring runs again pietersen will miss the regular season in the ipl but could be summoned for the knockout stages  imminent surrey signing pietersen says he will 'do everything in my power to earn a recall' with england  pietersen may still be recalled by the sunrisers for just a one week period, should they qualify for the ipl knockout stages between may 19 and may 24 that, however, ought not to be an insurmountable problem for any county interested in securing his services he added: 'i've never made any secret of my overwhelming desire to once again represent england, and i'm going to do everything in my power to earn a recall to the international set up 'to once again put on that england shirt would be a privilege and an honour, but now i have to focus on performing domestically and give myself the best possible chance of meriting selection' a statement on his website spelled out pietersen's next move   without specifying surrey as his immediate destination   and that he has his heart set on an england return in time for this summer's ashes rematch, beginning in july pietersen was axed by england following their 5 0 ashes whitewash in australia last winter  pietersen in action for surrey in the natwest t20 blast last summer  pietersen started the year by playing more short form cricket for melbourne stars in the big bash  it read: 'the four time ashes winner, who is also england's highest ever run scorer in all formats, will join a domestic county with the aim of earning a place in the england squad for the upcoming ashes series' pietersen quickly made it clear at the start of this month that he was delighted to take graves at his word, that the slate will be wiped clean for all under his tenure, and he has since confirmed he has already spoken to the incoming chairman on the telephone the controversial south africa born batsman has received little encouragement yet in public remarks from other quarters   including ecb managing director paul downton and national selector james whitaker pietersen, however, has said he will 'do anything' to play for england again
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kevin pietersen is set to sign with surrey for the county championship  his advisers will try to conclude negotiations on a new contract  he will have nine games to impress england selectors before the ashes  kp has negotiated a released from sunrisers hyderabad in the ipl  but the batsman can still be called up for the indian team's finals series  pietersen was axed by england in february 2014 following ashes debacle 