Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Kua whakamoemiti te kaiwhakahaere o te kirikiti o Surrey, a Alec Stewart, ki te ahua 'nui' o Kevin Pietersen, engari i whakaae he iti noa iho te tupono o te kaitakaro ki te hoki mai ki Ingarangi. Kua hoki mai a Pietersen ki Surrey ki te tākaro i te LV = County Championship Division Two i roto i te tono kia wikitoria i tētahi whakamātautau mo te Ashes i tēnei raumati. Ko te 34-tau te pakeke i peia e te Poari Kirikiti o Ingarangi me Wales i muri i te 2013-14 Ashes whitewash, engari i whakaatu a Stewart kaore ia i raru i tana whanonga. Kua whakamoemititia a Kevin Pietersen mō tōna 'tino tino pai' e te rangatira o Surrey a Alec Stewart. I tohaina e Pietersen tetahi whakaahua o ia e whakanui ana i te wikitoria o Ahitereiria i te Ipu o te Ao me James Faulkner. Kāore te kaiwhakahaere kirikiti o Surrey a Stewart (matau) e kite i tētahi ara hoki mō Pietersen ki Ingarangi. 'He pai tonu tana mahi ki a mātau. Mēnā he tangata kino ia, kāore i mau i a mātou,' i kī ia ki BBC Radio 5 Live. 'I nga wa katoa i a ia ki a matou he tino pai ia. Kua āwhina ia i ngā taitamariki, kua eke ia ki ngā kupenga, kua whakatakoto ia i ngā whare haumanu, ā, kua whakamātauria e ia tōna ngakau. Na ko te tūmanako, ā, kāore he take e kore ai ahau e whakapono, ka rite tonu ia i tēnei wā, mēnā kāore i te nui ake te mahi pakeke me te tino hiahia ki te tohu i ngā whiwhinga.' I whakaae a Stewart, ahakoa, ko nga tumanako a Pietersen ki te purei mo Ingarangi ano ka ngaro pea. I whakaekehia a Pietersen e Ingarangi whai muri i te whakahē a Ahitereiria i te Ashes o te tau kua hipa. E whakaae ana te rangatira o Te Whakamātautau a Alastair Cook (matau) he iti noa iho te hokinga mai o Ingarangi mo te kaitakaro Surrey. Ko te kaiwhakahaere whakahaere o te ECB a Paul Downton kua kaha ki tana aromatawai kaore a Pietersen e hoki mai - pera ano me te kaitono a motu a James Whitaker me te kaiako a Peter Moores, i te mea ko te rangatira o te Whakamatau a Alastair Cook i whakatau ko te tumanako "he tino kore". 'Ki te wikitoria a Ingarangi, he haerenga pai ta ratou ki West Indies e tumanakohia ana e matou, katahi ka whara, ka ngaro te ahua nui ranei mo te waatea,' i kii atu a Stewart. Engari ko te mea anake ka taea e Kevin, koina hoki tana i korero mai ai ki a mātau, ka eke ia ki te kaute, ka noho ki muri, ka kite i te mea ka tupu.
Kua hono atu a Kevin Pietersen ki a Surrey i roto i te tono kia riro i a Ingarangi te hokinga mai mo Ashes. I whakakorehia a Batsman e te ECB whai muri i te 2013-14 Ashes whitewash. Kua whakamoemiti te kaiwhakahaere o te kirikiti a Alec Stewart ki tana'tuakiri tino pai'engari e whakaae ana he iti noa iho te tupono ka whakahokia mai ia.