Thought we could have a thread to ruminate on general cricket ongoings before the English summer tests kick in (featuring The Ashes!!! again).

Pretty much everyone except Andrew Strauss thinks that scoring 350* means Pietersen might just be a good option against Australia. Even if it was against Leicestershire, who haven't exactly got the strongest attack.

County championship is ongoing. Yorkshire's drinks carriers don't appear to have forgotten how to play cricket, and indeed, some are saying Bairstow showed an extra turn of pace running between the wickets that can only have been gained from a sharp dash out with an isotonic drink in Barbados.

IPL is underway, imagine people are hitting a few sixes over there.

AOB?