KP drops himself - by Twitter

London - Kevin Pietersen has announced via Twitter that he has been dropped from England's squad for the Twenty20 and one-day internationals against Pakistan, and has hit out at the decision.

"Done for rest of summer!! Man of the World Cup T20 and dropped from the T20 side too. Its a fuck up!!," Pietersen posted on his account, before deleting it minutes later, but not before it had been picked up by several users and circulated around the internet.

According to the Cricinfo website, Pietersen has struggled for form since returning from the World Twenty20 in the Caribbean in May where he helped England to the title, and has managed just one half-century all summer, a scratchy 80 in the second Test against Pakistan at Edgbaston.