London, May 13: England director of cricket Andrew Strauss said Tuesday that Kevin Pietersen was "not part of our plans for the summer", saying there was a "massive trust issue" between the England and Wales Cricket Board and the controversial batsman.
However, Strauss stopped short of saying there was no way back into the international set-up for fellow former England captain Pietersen, adding: "He is not banned from the side but I can give him no guarantees for the future."
Pietersen, 34, England`s leading all-time run-scorer across all formats, was sent into international exile last year following the team`s 5-0 Ashes thrashing in Australia.
But the South Africa-born batsman was given hope of an international recall when new ECB chairman Colin Graves sais there could be a way back if he score enough runs in county cricket.
Yet just hours after he made his maiden first-class triple century for Surrey on Monday, Pietersen was told there was no prospect of him being selected by England in the immediate future.
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