Pietersen willing to play T20 World Cup

Earlier he had announced his retirement from limited overs internationals.The South Africa-born batsman was man of the tournament when England won the World Twenty20 in the Caribbean two years ago.But he quit all limited overs internationals last week when he was told by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) the terms of his England central contract would not allow him his wish of abandoning 50-over one-day matches while still playing Twenty20 fixtures for his adopted country.Ive said Ill play the T20 World Cup, Pietersen explained. If they (England) want me to play the T20 World Cup, Ill play the T20 World Cup.But contracts are contracts. Theyd have to change the rules to make that happen.Pietersen, who also plays in the lucrative Indian Premier League (IPL), was adamant it was no longer possible for him to perform to his best in all three international formats in what is an increasingly congested programmeId had enough of the schedule. I cant carry on doing everything. I play every single form of cricket that there is.Apart from (India captain) MS Dhoni, Ive played the most days of international cricket over the past seven years.There comes a time when some form of the game has to be taken out of my schedule. One-day cricket was it.If the schedules werent like that, or I played for another country where you had months and months occasionally to rest and recuperate, or if I had the opportunities to be rested (things might be different), but you dont get those opportunities when you play for England.The 31-year-old Pietersen insisted: I cant play at my peak -- I cant keep on playing every single game and enjoying every single game -- when I have to play every single form of cricket, or when I have to train every single day.You fall out of love with it. And I want to play cricket until Im 35.Pietersen was speaking after making a fluent 78 in Englands total of 221 for five in reply to the West Indies first innings 426 on the fourth day of the third Test at Edgbaston here on Sunday.This match is now set to be Pietersens last on England duty until the Test series against his native South Africa starts at The Oval, his Surrey home ground, on July 19.He will miss the three-match one-dayers and stand-alone Twenty20 against the West Indies, as well as a separate five-match one-day series with Australia.Theres not a chance Ill have mixed feelings about missing that, he said.Ill be enjoying time off with my family, added the married father of a young son.If I wanted to play in those matches against Australia, I would have.Pietersen said he wanted to draw a line under his England one-day exit.Ive moved on and dont want to talk about it, because its done and dusted and unfair to this Test for me to create headlines talking about it.I hope this will extend my Test career. I could do with hundreds.But, the way Im batting, if I continue like that for rest of my career Ill go okay, said Pietersen, who already has an impressive 20 Test tons to his credit and averages nearly fifty in the five-day game.Meanwhile Pietersen predicted Twenty20 cricket would, eventually, erase 50-over matches from the international calendar.I see T20 taking over from 50 over. Its fun, its exciting -- people come and watch it.