ENGLAND’S attempt to move on from their woeful World Cup began in St Kitts yesterday, but on home shores Kevin Pietersen is still refusing to accept his place in the past.England take on a St Kitts & Nevis XI in Basseterre, the first in a pair of gentle warm-ups before the West Indies Test series, with batsman Gary Ballance calling on the side to draw a line under their dismal efforts in the 50-over showpiece.

That fixture should present a comeback for Jonathan Trott at opener, but he will be the only South Africa-born 30-something returning for action – at least for the time being.
Pietersen still harbours hopes of joining him in time for this summer’s Ashes, spurred on by an apparent olive branch from incoming England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) chairman Colin Graves, but his talent for falling out with influential figures reared its head again on Sunday.
Pietersen took exception to a radio interview by Graham Gooch – England’s record Test run-scorer and a recent batting coach – and took to Twitter to unleash his response.
Gooch had told BBC Radio Five Live England needed to win in the Caribbean to silence calls for Pietersen’s return, but elsewhere he was largely supportive of the 34-year-old, even claiming he had “wiped the floor” with his former employers in the PR stakes.
Pietersen nevertheless argued his own hopes of a recall were no less fanciful than Gooch’s reintegration after leading the 1982 rebel tour to Apartheid-era South Africa.
”Graham Gooch – you captained a rebel tour of SA, got banned & then returned to the England team. I don’t think I’ve done anything as bad!” posted Pietersen.
“He shouldn’t be commenting with his history! If anything, he should be saying there is always a way back!!!”
Pietersen had earlier told his 2.3 million followers he was considering using the new Periscope broadcast app to live-stream his first net session of the season later today.
He is back with Surrey having cancelled his Indian Premier League contract and hopes to score heavily enough to force the selectors into reconciliation.
He tweeted: “Starting to bat tomorrow … might @periscopeco it, so all of you can watch it Live & see how I get on. Should I? #comeback”
Ballance, meanwhile, argued that the West Indian trip offers a chance to leave a troubled winter of white ball cricket behind.
”It’s been tough but you have to move on,” he said.
”What’s gone is gone; you have to move on and get better from it. We’re obviously disappointed with how it went but you can’t really dwell on it too much. It’s a change of format now and we won our last three Tests so you have to take those positives into this series. We have to look at last summer and produce the same kind of cricket in this series.”
England could use 12 players in the warm-up fixture, deferring a decision on their preferred side until the first Test in Antigua.