Colin Graves to decide if Kevin Pietersen has place in his future vision

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Kevin Pietersen’s name is likely to be on the agenda when incoming England and Wales Cricket Board chairman, Colin Graves, and the chief executive, Tom Harrison, meet at Lord’s on Tuesday to continue discussions over their grand plan for the future of English cricket.

On Sunday morning, in the aftermath of England’s nine-wicket pummelling by Sri Lanka, Graves appeared to hint on national radio that runs from Pietersen in county cricket could force a rethink by the selectors. Since then the exiled batsman has been expressing his excitement at the prospect of an international return. He told Sky Sports that afternoon he would seek out talks with the new hierarchy, and continued his wave of optimism on Monday when he took to Twitter to write: “Incredibly humbling how supportive you’ve all been since the news broke from Mr Colin Graves. Gonna try work this out for sure!”

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