Injury threatens Pietersen

Nottinghamshire batsman Kevin Pietersen is likely to miss the rest of the English season after fracturing a shin bone.

Pietersen, 22, has been in dominant form prior to the injury, scoring 639 runs in a 10-day spell, with four consecutive centuries and a career-best 254 not out.

Notts' cricket manager Mick Newell says it is "very unlikely" that Pietersen will play again this summer.

"Kevin picked up the injury diving on the square when he was fielding against Glamorgan at Colwyn Bay on Monday," Newell said. "Initially we thought the injury was muscular, but he went for an x-ray at the local hospital and they discovered a fracture in his left fibula."