Kevin Pietersen has claimed that the actions of the England and Wales Cricket Board throughout his comeback bid were "deceitful" after the door was closed once again.
New director of cricket Andrew Strauss confirmed on Tuesday that he and ECB chief executive Tom Harrison had informed Pietersen that he was not being considered for selection a few hours after he scored his first triple-hundred for Surrey at The Oval.
Pietersen had turned down the opportunity to play a full part in the Indian Premier League after being told by incoming chairman Colin Graves that he would not be ignored should he score runs in the County Championship, and he admits that the questions of trust between the two parties had left him frustrated.
"I just find it incredibly deceitful what has happened to me," Pietersen wrote in The Telegraph. "I am angry and hurt but right now there is nothing I can do about it.
"Was I lied to by the chairman? Only he can answer that. Tom Harrison and Andrew Strauss have said today that all three of them are united in this decision, so I don't know what to think.
"They have used the word trust to justify not selecting me, well, trust is a two-way thing. I couldn't believe just half an hour after I had my meeting, the result of it was on the internet and on the BBC airwaves. Now I certainly didn't tell anybody, so who did? They say they don't trust me but how can anybody trust them?"
Pietersen also confirmed that Sunrisers Hyderabad had used their option to call him up for the remainder of the IPL and he is set to leave for India on Friday.
Callum Mulvihill
