"To play one day cricket, or not to play international cricket" ponders Kevin Pietersen. He sits motionless, cross legged on the sodden Oval outfield, threading a daisy chain.
The emotion is almost too much for him: it has been a huge day. England's victory, his own 158, Steven Finn's 8-28 and the tears of the South Africans, mourning Mark Boucher's sudden and unexpected retirement.
Pietersen feels a pair of eyes looking down upon him. He looks up to Graeme Smith, smiling smugly on the Oval balcony. He knows what he has to do. He stands up, and makes his way slowly towards Andy Flower's office, thinking only about how to persuade the England coach to take him back.
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