'I have done everything I have been asked. I keep asking myself, what more could I do?'
Pietersen said he felt he had been lured to a meeting with Strauss and ECB chief executive Tom Harrison under false pretences, having been given the impression he would be told he could still force his way back into England's plans.
Pietersen added: 'I have never hidden my determination to once again represent England and having played one of the best innings of my career earlier in the day, I must admit I was riding the crest of a wave.
'Yet it now looks clear Tom knew exactly what Strauss was going to tell me. I messaged Tom after the meeting and asked him why he got me into a hotel knowing precisely what I was going to be told and having already explicitly asked him if that was going to be the case.
'You talk about trust,' I said. He simply replied: 'I am sorry you feel that way, Kevin.'
'They have used the word trust to justify not selecting me, well, trust is a two-way thing. I couldn't believe just half an hour after I had my meeting, the result of it was on the internet and on the BBC airwaves.
'Now I certainly didn't tell anybody, so who did? They say they don't trust me but how can anybody trust them?'
'I have given up my IPL contract, at great expense, to play in county cricket. Surrey did not have any funds free to pay me so I said I would play for nothing, just a donation to charity, and it is horrendous to feel I have been led down the garden path. They knew all along this was a dead end for me.'
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