That makes the second Test against New Zealand an audition, with the batting understudy who most stumbles over his lines likely to be dropped when the distingu is back in town.
Alastair Cook is not the first England captain to be wearied by the Pietersen analysis. But the debate is understandable. History cannot be waved aside so easily.
And there seems to be tension between how many first-class matches England and Surrey would ideally like Pietersen to play before the Trent Bridge Test - three - and how much first-class cricket Pietersen wants to play, which is probably also three, except that he is counting in minutes. He has not wanted to play in the Championship since the days of the skunk hairstyle.
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