Kevin Pietersen offers to coach young cricketers at UK schools

Former England batsman Kevin Pietersen

"Any school cricket coaches or after school clubs doing winter training, tweet me and I'll pick a couple next week to join you...?" Pietersen, England's all-time leading run-scorer, wrote on Twitter.

"Been off Twitter for a while, but couldn't stay off when I heard about today's announcement re drop off in cricket participation over here.

"We've got a fantastic pool of talent here in UK and thought of kids dropping out and not fulfilling potential is frightening and needs changing. We need to encourage people of all ages to take part. #ILoveCricket."

Pietersen's England career was effectively ended in February when he was axed by the ECB, but he hit the headlines last month after publishing a sulphurous autobiography.

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