* England batsman agrees process for reintegration
* Pietersen signs new central contract with ECB
* Apologises again to team, fans and governing body (Adds Strauss quotes)
By Brian Murgatroyd
COLOMBO, Oct 3 (Reuters) – Batsman Kevin Pietersen has committed to playing for England in all three forms of the game until at least 2015 after making peace with the England and Wales Cricket Board in a row over “provocative” text messages.
“I am committed to completing the reintegration process we have agreed over the coming weeks and resuming my England career in all formats, hopefully until the World Cup in 2015, as long as my body allows,” he told a news conference on Wednesday.
“I’d like to take this opportunity to apologise to my team mates, all England supporters and the ECB for the situation that has arisen over the last couple of months.
“Thankfully we have drawn a line under it and can move forward,” he added in a prepared statement after signing a new central contract in the Sri Lankan capital where he has been working as a television pundit on the ICC World Twenty20.
Pietersen was dropped in August after sending messages to members of the opposing South Africa side which he conceded were provocative but denied were derogatory about former England captain Andrew Strauss, the ECB said.
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