Welcome to the latest instalment of our weekly blog offering a forum for cricket-loving folk around the world So it turns out that rumours of Ricky Ponting's retirement were exaggerated, and suggestions that Kevin Pietersen had lost it were equally premature. Ponting may have been ushered out of Australia's one-day squad but he remains determined to add to his 13,200 Test runs – and to make a …

Welcome to the latest instalment of our weekly blog offering a forum for cricket-loving folk around the world So it turns out that rumours of Ricky Ponting's retirement were exaggerated, and suggestions that Kevin Pietersen had lost it were equally premature. Ponting may have been ushered out of Australia's one-day squad but he remains determined to add to his 13,200 Test runs – and to make a …