Pietersen doubtful for Bangladesh series

LONDON: England batsman Kevin Pietersen is likely to miss the upcoming one-day series against Bangladesh because of a thigh injury suffered against Australia at Lord”s here on Saturday.

Pietersen, batting with a runner, was out for nought, after injuring himself while fielding as England lost the fifth and final one-dayer against Australia by 42 runs, although they still claimed a 3-2 series win over their old rivals.

England are due to name their squad for the three-match series with Bangladesh on Sunday before taking on the Tigers at Trent Bridge on Thursday.

And England captain Andrew Strauss played down the chances of Pietersen — who has now gone 16 ODI innings without a fifty — playing against Bangladesh by saying: “There”s a bit of a tear there. It”s probably unlikely he”s going to be fit but we”ll have to see.”