Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Kua whakapuaki a Kevin Pietersen i tana mahere ki te tīmata i tana wa ki Surrey ki Oxford MCCU i The Parks. Ko Pietersen, e tumanako ana ki te akiaki i te hokinga mai o Ingarangi na roto i te taumaha o nga oma i te LV = County Championship, i hainatia he kirimana hou me Surrey i te marama kua hipa. I whakawhiwhia te 34-tau-tau ki te tumanako hou mo te hokinga mai ki te Cricket Test, i muri i tana peera i te tau kua hipa, i te wa i kii mai ai te tiamana o Ingarangi me Wales Cricket Board a Colin Graves i roto i tetahi uiui whakawhitiwhitinga e taea ana. I whakairihia e Kevin Pietersen tenei whakaahua ki runga i a Twitter me te tuhi 'Kaore he mea pai mai i te hikoi tere ki te rakau! #faceplant' Kei te whakarite a Pietersen ki te takaro ki Oxford MCCU i The Parks i a ia e whakarite ana mo te wa hou me Surrey. Na reira, ko te kaitakaro rekoata ka whakaatu i tana tukinga toa tuatahi mai i te tau 2013, ki a Glamorgan i te Paenga-whāwhā 19. Engari i mua i tērā, e hiahia ana ia kia puta hoki ia ki a Oxford i roto i tētahi tukinga e toru rā e tīmata ana i te 12 o Aperira. I te whakautu ki tētahi pātai i runga i te persicope.tv, ka mea a Pietersen: 'Ki taku whakaaro ka tākaro au ki Oxford, kia whiwhi ai au i ētahi atu i roto i oku waewae.' Kei te hoki a Pietersen ki te kapa Surrey mō tana putanga tuatahi ki te whakataetae mai i te tau 2013. Ko Pietersen (matau) i te mahi mō Surrey i tētahi Natwest T20 Blast semi-final i Edgbaston i te tau kua hipa.
I hainatia e Kevin Pietersen tētahi kirimana hou ki Surrey i te marama o mua. Kua whakapumautia e ia ka tākaro ia ki Oxford MCCU i te mutunga o tēnei marama. Kei te tumanako tonu a Pietersen ki te wikitoria i te hokinga mai o Ingarangi.