Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Kāore anō a Kevin Pietersen kia whakaaro ki te whakamātau nui a Leicestershire ki te haina i a ia mō te NatWest T20 Blast o tēnei raumati. Whai muri i te korero a te Tiamana o te Poari Kirikiti o Ingarangi me Wales a Colin Graves i te mutunga o te wiki kua hipa, kei reira tonu te tupono mo te hokinga mai ki te kirikiti a-ao mo te kaitakaro pakaru rekoata, i peia i te tau kua hipa, ko te ngana tuatahi a te kawanatanga ki te whakarite i ana ratonga i puta i te Paraire. Ko te kaiwhakahaere matua o Leicestershire a Wasim Khan i kii ki a Cricinfo kua whakapā atu ia ki nga kaitohutohu a Pietersen mo te taea o te hainatanga o te 34-tau-tau i waenga i ana mahi o mua i nga riiki rangatira o Inia me Caribbean. I tākaro a Kevin Pietersen mō Surrey i te whakataetae Twenty20 o Natwest i te tau kua hipa. I whakapumautia e te māngai o Pietersen he kōrerorero tuatahi i tū, engari i tāpiri mai he 'he wā kua pahure.' Na reira ko te mahi a Leicestershire i mua i nga korero a Graves, i roto i tana tohu i te hokinga mai o Pietersen ki te kirikiti kawanatanga - hei whakaritenga tuatahi kia whakaarohia ano mo Ingarangi - me uru ki nga whakatakotoranga katoa, kaua ko te Twenty20 anake. I kii a Wasim ki a Cricinfo: 'I whakatata atu ahau ki tana kaihoko mo tana waatea T20.' Engari i kii ia kaore e taea e ia te takaro i tetahi T20 (i Ingarangi) na te mea kua oti i a ia te CPL. Ko te kaitakaro whutupaoro o Ingarangi i kite i te tukinga 2-1 a QPR ki a Arsenal i te po o te Wenerei. I kii te kaihoko a Pietersen: 'Kare au i korero ki a Kevin mo Leicestershire - ehara i te mea kua korerohia e maatau.' Ko Pietersen, i whakakorehia e te ECB 13 marama ki muri i te hinganga o Ingarangi 2013/14 Ashes whitewash me te whakaahuatia e te kaiwhakahaere whakahaere o ana kaituku mahi a Paul Downton hei 'kore', kua whakaputaina e ia he pukapuka whaiaro e tino whakahe ana ia ki etahi o nga hoa o mua me nga kaimahi whakahaere. I takaro ia mo Surrey i te whakataetae T20 o te tau kua hipa, engari i whakakorea e raatau i te mutunga o te waa. Ko Pietersen, e tākaro ana mō Melbourne Stars, e tatari ana ki te pākihi i roto i te Big Bash League semi-final i Hānuere.
Kua whakapau kaha a Leicestershire ki te waitohu i a Kevin Pietersen mō te T20. E hiahia ana rātau kia takaro a Piertersen i waenganui i ngā herenga Karipiana me te Inia. E mea ana te māngai o te kaitakaro whutupōro o mua o Ingarangi kāore ia i kōrero ki a Pietersen mō te tono.