England's Kevin Pietersen plays a hook shot during the first day of the fourth Ashes cricket test against Australia at the Melbourne cricket ground December 26, 2013. REUTERS/David Gray
LONDON, (Reuters) - Kevin Pietersen has been released from the majority of his Indian Premier League contract with Sunrisers Hyderabad so that he can play domestic country cricket in an attempt to earn an England recall.
The 34-year-old, who won 104 test and 136 one-day caps, was sacked in February 2014 after England's 5-0 Ashes whitewash in Australia but incoming England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) chairman Colin Graves suggested this month he could be recalled if he "scores a lot of runs" for a county.
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