English summer: protocols, a 30-man squad and maybe even some cricket | Vic Marks

Preparations are under way for England’s behind-closed-doors Tests, with Ashley Giles seemingly covering all contingenciesThe advent of 30 names – not an official squad, as Ashley Giles has been keen to emphasise, but a large cluster of cricketers who have been summoned to train at county grounds around the country – will be about the most uplifting moment of the season so far. Until now most of the conversations have focused on whether we will see any cricket this summer. But