By Dan Rankin
June 20 2013

Kevin Pietersen will retun to England duty on June 27th, in the second T20 match with New Zealand at the Oval. He has been announced in the squad that will take on the Kiwi's in the two match series, as part of his recovery from the knee problem that forced him to miss the Champions Trophy.

With eyes firmly on the Ashes summer, none of the test squad set to feature, aside from KP, in the opening bout with Australia, will play in the Twenty games.

That means that Stuart Broad, captain of the T20 side, will sit out, with Eoin Morgan taking charge.

Yorkshire's Gary Balance has earned a call up, following good performances for the England lions.

Tim Southee will be missing for the visitors, alongside former skipper Daniel Vettori.

Pietersen though will only feature in the second match, as he is also set to feature for his county, Surrey in a four day game against Yorkshire, as England go about making sure he has fully recovered from the setback that also saw him return home early from the tour to New Zealand in March.

England Twenty20 squad: Eoin Morgan (Middlesex, capt), Gary Ballance (Yorkshire), Ravi Bopara (Essex), Danny Briggs (Hampshire), Jos Buttler (Somerset), Jade Dernbach (Surrey), Alex Hales (Nottinghamshire), Michael Lumb (Nottinghamshire), Kevin Pietersen (Surrey), Boyd Rankin (Warwickshire), Ben Stokes (Durham), James Tredwell (Kent), Chris Woakes (Warwickshire), Luke Wright (Sussex).

Pietersen to Play in Twenty20 Match

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