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Article: Strauss is excited by return of Pietersen; RUGBY UNION.(Sport)
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- Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
- Article date:
- November 3, 2009
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Byline: THAHIR ASMAL
ANDREW STRAUSS is excited by Kevin Pietersen's return to the England fold next week ahead of the start of their international battle with South Africa.
The England captain touched down with his team-mates in Bloemfontein on Sunday, but the middle-order batsman was a notable absentee at the start of the two and half month tour.
Pietersen has been recuperating from surgery to his right Achilles tendon - an injury that forced him to miss the last three Tests of this summer's Ashes - but will link up with his country next Monday, arriving in his native South Africa on Tuesday.
This means he will miss England's first ...