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An English call-up is definitely still an option. I am in a great frame of mind now."

One of the major fallouts during Pietersen's England career came during the 2012 series against South Africa when he sent derogatory texts about then captain Andrew Strauss to Graeme Smith.

The batsman was left out for the final Test of that series before returning in India, where he helped England win the series, before relations between him and the ECB took another turn for worse.

Pietersen left his home country in 2004 to play for England. He scored 8,181 runs in his 104-Test career, notching up 23 hundreds at an average of 47.28.