Batsman Paul Collingwood was added to England's 12-man squad for the second Ashes test match against Australia starting in Birmingham on Thursday.
The Worcestershire batsman has been called for the fourth international against Sri Lanka at Old Trafford on Wednesday.
Quinton de Kock was a surprise pick for the South African summer, only because both he and director of cricket Graeme Smith have previously said the burden of captaincy across all three formats would be too much for the wicketkeeper.
Michael Vaughan scored 87 and Alastair Cook 81 to help England to 258 for five at stumps on the first day of the second Test against Sri Lanka on Sunday.
Simon Jones Shaun Udal, Ian Blackwell and Monty Panesar are ill with a stomach bug.
England's build-up to their one-day series in Sri Lanka has been hit by a stomach virus sweeping through the squad.
The Aussies won the Group B match at the Twenty20 World Cup by 8 wickets and entered the Super Eight stage.
England declared their first innings on 551-6.
Collingwood scored an unbeaten 98 over four and a half hours and Pietersen finished the day on 60.
Kevin Pietersen was unbeaten on 92 as England ended day 4 on 293 for 5 in their second innings of the first Ashes Test.
Andrew Flintoff could lead England in case a stomach bug keeps Paul Collingwood out of the fourth ODI against India.
England skipper Paul Collingwood was fined 50 per cent of his match fee after.
England crashed to an embarrassing 166-run loss to the Australian Prime Minister's XI.
Off-spinner Harbhajan Singh on Thursday became the sixth Indian and 30th in the world to take 200 wickets in one-day internationals when he removed Owais Shah of England in the third one-dayer in Kanpur.
'This modern-day recovery, matchups, data, sports science, I'm not sure. I would've said just let me be.'
"At this stage of my career... I don't think it's the right time for me yet," the batsman told reporters.
England scored 271 for 9 against Pakistan in the third ODI after Shoaib Akhtar struck with the first ball.
The England batsman said he would like to succeed Michael Vaughan as one-day captain.
England scored 400 in reply to the West Indies' 287 and then reduced the tourists to 83 for three by close on Day 4 of the fourth Test.
Three English batsmen scored centuries as England Day 2 on 553 for five, in the first Test.
Paul Collingwood hit a superb century to guide England to a nailbiting four-wicket victory over Australia in the opening tri-series final match at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Friday.
England beat New Zealand by 14 runs at the Gabba in Brisbane on Tuesday to join Australia in the tri-series one-day international finals
He will stand-in for Andrew Flintoff, who went home after the Test series to see his newborn son
England scored 242 for eight from 50 overs in the first match of the one-day tri-series against Australia at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Friday.
England's cricketers say they still have a long way to go to win the second Ashes Test against Australia.
England picked up the crucial wicket of Langer to reduce Australia to 28 for one after posting a daunting total of 551-6.
Ian Bell made 132 and Paul Collingwood scored 80 on the second day of England's tour game against South Australia.
Pakistan produced a fine bowling performance to restrict England to 248 for six despite a battling 71 from Paul Collingwood on the first day of the third Test on Tuesday.
Fast bowler James Anderson and all-rounder Paul Collingwood have been drafted into the side.
Collingwood hit an unbeaten 80 and impressed in the field as England cruised to a 152-run win in their ICC Champions Trophy match.
England's middle-order batsman says the ace Indian leggie is tough to play on any wicket.
It often happens in the game of cricket that when a cricketer is sent to the deep, he/she complains about the same citing lack of interaction with play and the long chases around the boundary as the reason.
"We still have an opportunity to win this series," all-rounder Paul Collingwood said.
Pakistan won the third and final Test against England by an innings and 100 runs to take the series 2-0.
Bell and Collingwood steered England to 121 for two at the end of day four.
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