Pietersen has Ashes win in his sights

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Pietersen, 28, was named man of the match for the six-wicket victory in a dead rubber at the end of the npower series against South Africa at the Brit Oval.

"If we play like we played this week we will beat Australia," Pietersen said, on a day England dropped one place to fifth in the official Test rankings. "But it is going to take a lot to do it."

He added: "The structure, the players we've got, the type of attack we have now, the way we have gone about the game every single day, the emotions the guys showed, it is certainly not far away from a perfect start and the way I want to play the cricket in the future.

"I have done a lot of thinking over the last few days. You do find yourself thinking about the game more and different scenarios.

"I have certainly done some thinking about Australia next year, a lot more than I would have when I was a player

"Because you want to get the structure right, so guys can play in certain positions, feel comfortable, know their role and deliver.

"It will be important over the next nine months to learn their roles and then deliver.

"My main driving force for this team is to be, every single day, up for the challenge of improving, having no comfort zones and testing the guys out to perform every single day.

"One area we will need to improve on is our batting, that is an area of concern and something we need to do."