Ashes 2013: Kevin Pietersen could miss third Test because of injury
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England batting coach Graham Gooch admits the injured Kevin Pietersen may miss the third Ashes Test as well as the remainder of the second.
Pietersen had a scan on Saturday which revealed he has a left calf strain, and will not take the field as England look to go 2-0 up in the series at Lords.
Gooch said: "Kevin has got a small strain in his calf and there's a doubt over his selection for the next Test.
"James Taylor's having a good year. The selectors will look at the options."
Nottinghamshire's Taylor, 23, played two Tests against South Africa last year, scoring 48 runs in three innings.

This season he has scored 824 runs in 15 Championship innings at an average of 58, with two centuries and four fifties, and a best of 204 not out against Sussex in June.
Gooch told the BBC's Test Match Special: "They also have to look at the conditions at Old Trafford. Once you decide what the pitch is like you decide who the replacement will be.
"Spinners are flourishing in this sort of weather so I think once you decide what the pitch is going to be like you'll decide who the replacement will be if Kevin is not fit, but there are plenty of good young batsmen around."
Pietersen suffered the injury while fielding in Australia's first innings on Friday and looked uncomfortable when he went out to bat later in the day.
He made only five runs before reaching away from his body and hitting bowler Peter Siddle to point.
It is only Pietersen's second Test since recovering from a knee problem that forced him to return early from the New Zealand tour in March.
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The one thing that bugs me about the Ashes is that you get so many comments from people who don't watch cricket outside of a 4 year cycle. Did you watch the India series? KP's knock there. Ashes last series in Australia? 227. He has the 9th highest average of any England player to have played 20 tests or more. Anyone who calls for him to be dropped genuinely doesn't understand cricket.
Surprised by comments that Pieterson is surplus to requirements. Some folk on here have hugely selective memories I reckon!
We can now choose extra in-form batman or extra bowler if they choose to.
Of course stats are relevant. "You're only as good as your last performance" is nonsense. That's exactly the attitude of England in the '90s where players would be dropped after 1 or 2 bad games and England were rubbish because of it. England have become a very good team because they've trusted top class players to come good, even if they have a few bad knocks.
On a serious note i'd give Taylor a chance.
Wright / Bopara / Compton justifiable were England struggling but that's clearly not the case.
KP straight back in when fit though. Calls for him to be replaced permanently are ridiculously premature. Faith in batting line-up since 2009 has been key for England.
Also, with England's top order not firing, the margin for error is smaller than it once was and he will need to knuckle down a bit more and convert a few more starts