England batsman Kevin Pietersen has announced his retirement from international limited-overs cricket.
The 31-year-old made his debut in 2004 and played 127 one-day internationals and 36 Twenty20 internationals.
"I think it is the right time to step aside and let the next generation of players come through to gain experience for the World Cup in 2015," he said.
"I still wish to be considered for selection for England in Test cricket."
"His decision is not out of the blue, there have been rumours he has been thinking for a while, but the timing is surprising. ODI and T20 format cricket are linked and that is why ECB is disappointed with timing. They would have hoped he kept going until the Twenty20 World Cup in September because he would have been very much a part of their plans, but this decision rules him out of that."
South Africa-born Pietersen, who
has an English mother, has been one of the most successful England
batsmen of recent times since he qualified to play international cricket
by serving four years in the county game.
His 4,184 one-day international runs puts him sixth in
the all-time list of England batsmen, and he heads their T20 list with
1,176 runs, the only England player to pass four figures in the shortest
form of the game.
Pietersen, who was Player of the Tournament in England's ICC World Twenty20 triumph in the Caribbean in 2010, had been expected to be at the forefront of the side again during this year's tournament, which takes place in Sri Lanka from 18 September to 7 October.
Managing director of England Cricket, Hugh Morris said: "The England and Wales Cricket Board is disappointed by the timing of Kevin's decision less than four months before we defend our ICC World Twenty20 title.
"Kevin is a world class player and I would like to take this opportunity to thank him for his efforts and we look forward to his continued contributions to the Test match side.
"As the programming and planning for ODI and T20 format cricket are very closely linked we have a selection policy that means that any player making himself unavailable for either of the one-day formats, rules himself out of consideration for both formats.
"The selectors will now replace Kevin in both the ODI and the T20 squads."
Pietersen said: "For the record, were the selection criteria not in place, I would have readily played for England in the upcoming ICC World Twenty20."
The batsman's relationship with the England and Wales Cricket Board, which came under scrutiny when he resigned from the England captaincy in January 2009 following a rift with then coach Peter Moores, was tested again this month after he was fined for criticising commentator Nick Knight on Twitter.
England captain Andrew Strauss retired from one-day internationals after the 2011 World Cup to concentrate on Test cricket, while in 2009 Andrew Flintoff chose to end his Test career in the hope of prolonging his ODI future, although injury soon ended his career.
In an interview with BBC Sport late last year, England spinner Graeme Swann said that the 50-over one-day international format should be scrapped.
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