Pietersen denies ODI retirement reports

Kevin Pietersen has insisted he does not wants to give up one-dayers despite reports suggesting he did © Getty Images Enlarge

Kevin Pietersen has denied reports that he could quit one-day cricket after this month's World Cup.

The Daily Mail said, on Friday, Pietersen wants to retire from one-dayers because he wants to spend more time with his family but Pietersen wrote on Twitter: "Just to set the record straight ... I have NO intention of retiring from ODI's after the World Cup!!"

Pietersen, 30, has played 110 one-dayers so far, and has been in poor form in the format over the past two years. He has managed only one half-century in that time, and his average has tumbled from around 50 to 41.37.

He has been a vocal critic of England's hectic schedule. England fly out to Bangladesh on Saturday for the World Cup, just four days after returning from a three-month tour of Australia. "Our schedule is ridiculous going into this World Cup. It has been for England teams for a very long time, and that's probably why England have not done well in World Cups," he had said towards the end of the one-day series against Australia, which England lost 6-1.