Surrey have confirmed they have re-signed Kevin Pietersen for the 2015 season as he looks to get himself back in the England squad.
He has signed a deal to play primarily first-class cricket and will appear in Surrey's County Championship opener against Glamorgan, from 19 April.
Pietersen wants to make sure he has no regrets: "I would kick myself for a long time if I walked away now without having a go." He said.
Four-time Ashes winner Pietersen was told he was no longer part of England's plans in February 2014 following the 5-0 whitewash by Australia down under.
But he was given hope of a recall when incoming England & Wales Cricket Board chairman Colin Graves issued a statemetn that Pietersen would be considered providing he played county cricket.
The 35 year old batsman added: "Even if this does not work out and I do not get back in the England team, I will at least end my career knowing I gave it another shot."
He is planning to meet Graves face to face in a bid to "draw a line" under the past.
Surrey's director of cricket Alec Stewart has a good relationship with Pietersen and is pleased that the batsman has re-signed with the London club. "He's a world-class player," said Stewart. "We've seen that for a long, long time now. He has ambitions to play for England.
"To do that, or even be considered, he has to score big runs and that's why we've signed him, to make sure he comes here, spends a lot of time in the middle, gets those hundreds, those double hundreds, and then after that it's down to the selectors."
The South Africa-born batsman is England's highest international run-scorer, with 13,797 runs across Tests, one-day internationals and Twenty20s. He was removed from the side last year when ECB managing director Paul Downton described him as "disengaged" and "disconnected" from the team following their disastrous 5-0 series defeat to Australia.
With the Ashes coming up this summer, Pietersen wants to be in contention for selection providing he is in good form.