KP is not an IPL loudmouth

Kevin Pietersen's comments on England's lack of enthusiasm in the IPL is perhaps wrongly mistaken as "jealousy". In the Guardian, Vic Marks writes that Pietersen is missing some of his team-mates in the IPL, but despite Pietersen's protestations there is no particular reason why the English public should take too much notice of the IPL over here. But nor should they be too snooty about it.

The IPL is the place to be. It has become an irresistible magnet and an incentive for any young batsman to learn to play a few shots. For the modern cricketer it is the equivalent of Laurence Olivier appearing in Friends: the audience is massive, so too the remuneration even if this is not the ideal stage on which to display a true maestro's talents.