Pietersen faces wait over T20 squad

17 Aug 2012, 8:33 am   -   Source: AAP
England batsman Kevin Pietersen faces a wait to learn if he will be part of their World T20 squad. (AAP)

England batsman Kevin Pietersen faces a wait to learn if he will be part of their World T20 squad. (AAP)

The ICC have granted an extension for naming of squads for this year's World T20, meaning England's Kevin Pietersen must wait to discover his fate.

England batsman Kevin Pietersen has several extra days in which to discover if he will be a member of the defending champions' World Twenty20 squad.

The International Cricket Council (ICC) had originally made this Saturday their deadline for all teams to announce their final 15-man squads for the tournament in Sri Lanka starting next month.

However, the global governing body said on Thursday they had put this back until Friday, August 24, at the behest of several countries, with England now due to announce their squad on Tuesday.

An England spokeswoman said they had not asked specifically for an extension in order to reach agreement with Pietersen, dropped for the ongoing third Test at Lord's against his native South Africa after admitting sending "provocative texts" to Proteas players.

She said the reason was that England did not want a squad announcement deflecting attention away from a Test the hosts must win to prevent South Africa dethroning them as the world's top-ranked side in the five-day game.

Pietersen was England's man of the tournament when they won the World Twenty20 in the Caribbean two years ago - the first time they'd lifted a major piece of ICC silverware.

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