'It's not a hotel room if you can't hear the Backstreet Boys'

It was far from the best week for James Taylor, but he's remained admirably upbeat.

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He's even planning a music career.

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Maybe he could get into coaching. It's a tough gig, but it's good to pass on your expertise to your less experienced charges.

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No longer an international cricketer, Kevin Pietersen's starting to get a feel for what life's like for the rest of us.

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But where do people stand on Danny Morrison? Morrison spurns cliché in favour of... well, we suppose you could say he has his own thing going on.

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And what about his tweeting?

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It's cut from the same cloth. Chances are if you like one, you'll like the other.

Who else? What's new with Morrison's sometime colleague in the commentary box, Shane Warne?

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American Pie? Still? Give it a rest, Shane. IT'S BEEN 17 YEARS!

Or maybe we're wrong and it really is still 1999.

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Well, we suppose it was a famously good year for partying.

Speaking of parties, it's the IPL. Adam Zampa's arrived. He's perhaps not one of the bigger names, so can he make a memorable entrance?

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Yes.

The youth of today, eh? You wouldn't catch Brad Hogg doing something like that.

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Oh.

Somewhere in the world there is always a cricketer complaining about air travel. Martin Guptill tries to pass it off as excitement, but the hashtag has an obvious subtext.

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Then there's Moeen Ali.

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Actually, that one seems a perfectly valid complaint.

Unlike Steven Finn's rail travel gripe.

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Let's finish with the now traditional in-flight selfies. We're still not quite certain why this has become a "thing" - but it clearly has.

Ishant Sharma's getting in on the action.

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And so is Kevin Pietersen.

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With the IPL underway, we can probably expect plenty more of this. But don't worry. We'll keep you up to speed with all the latest developments. Tell your family, tell your friends - all their blank-faced-cricketer-sitting-in-aeroplane-seat needs will be met if they consult this vital fortnightly column.