Monday 8 December 2014 15:20, UK
Kevin Pietersen has not given up hope of playing Test cricket for England again.
Pietersen says he wants to play in another Ashes series to gain revenge for England’s humiliating 5-0 defeat in Australia.
Pietersen was sacked by England in the wake of that tour and a book, released in October, which contained attacks on the national cricket board and several of his former team-mates, has made reconciliation unlikely.
Pietersen is currently in Australia to play for the Melbourne Stars in the Big Bash Twenty20 league.
Pietersen said: "I know there are a lot of changes that are going to be happening in England in the next three or four months, so who knows?
"I know I still have four or five years left. Whether I just want to play T20, though, is another thing.
"The next six months, with the changes happening in England, it could be interesting.
"I have 8,300 runs, I'd love to get 10,000 test runs," the 34-year-old said.
"I'd love to beat Australia again... last time, we got hammered. That doesn't sit well. I'm not a player who likes being hammered, I'm a player who plays to win."
Pietersen's last Test was the 281-run defeat in Sydney in January and he has largely been restricted to playing Twenty20 matches since then.
While that has done little for his hopes of playing red ball cricket for England again, it has allowed him to recuperate from the knee problem that dogged him throughout his last trip to Australia.
"I should have had a microfracture (surgery) before the double Ashes last year," he added.
"But I was flying around this country getting injected by every single doctor to try to get myself through.
"Having not played Test cricket since January, my body has felt a hell of a lot better. I'm feeling good, ready to go.”
