Setback for Pietersen

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The England batsman is already ruled out of the Ashes following an operation to correct his Achilles problem after last month's second npower Test at Lord's but he had been admitted to hospital on Tuesday morning after developing an infection in the scar tissue.

"Kevin Pietersen will be discharged from hospital on Wednesday after experiencing a complication of the wound made during surgery on his injured right Achilles two-and-a-half weeks ago," the statement said.

"He was seen by a wound care specialist on Monday and will receive a course of antibiotics in order to exclude infection."

Pietersen and England will have to wait until next week to find out the likely repercussions of the setback, in terms of a revised recovery period.

"Medical advice is that a complication can occur post surgery and in this case resulted despite Kevin closely following specialist advice on management of the wound," the statement continued.

"He will be reassessed by the specialist later this week and will return to his planned programme of rehabilitation once the wound has fully healed."

Pietersen's injury first arose during England's tour of the Caribbean last winter - and after hobbling through matches at Cardiff and Lord's thanks to pain-killing injections, he was forced to see a specialist.

An immediate decision to operate was taken on July 22 in a bid to get the former England captain back in action for at least part of the September one-day series.