Surrey batsman Kevin Pietersen 'not on radar' for England recall - Moores

Kevin Pietersen and Peter Moores have not always seen eye-to-eye. Credit: PA

England head coach Peter Moores says batsman Kevin Pietersen is not close to getting back into the national side, ahead of the West Indies tour.

Moores will take his side for a three-Test series in the Caribbean, but South African-born Pietersen is 'not on the radar' of the international set-up.

Pietersen is desperate for an international recall, recently signing for Surrey to give him the best chance to earn selection.

"For me Kevin's not on this trip, so I don't need to focus on Kevin at all," said Moores.

"My focus is to support Alastair (Cook) as I always would and the 16 players on this tour.

"At the end of that summer (last year) we'd gone through a tough summer, and started to play the sort of attacking cricket people like, and we like.

"That's our focus at the moment.

"From my point of view Kevin isn't on the radar.

"So he can't be in my or Cooky's focus at all."