Time flies when you're having fun, they say, and anyone who watches me play regularly for either Leicester or Ireland knows I enjoy my cricket and try to have fun while out in the middle doing battle.
Therefore, time will pass quickly and, before you know it, I will be in Australia and New Zealand playing for Ireland in what will be my seventh World Cup and possibly my last.
The 50-over game is under the spotlight at the moment as it has returned to the County scene and it will take people a while to really get used to it and accept it again.
But in the Irish set-up we enjoy the format and it gives us batsmen a longer time to bat and get big scores.
We have some huge fixtures in the World Cup playing the likes of India, West Indies and South Africa and these are games I will relish on the big stage.
Playing in front of the world's watching eye is something we dream about .
We have some young players who will be looking to make a mark for Ireland – but even our younger players are seasoned campaigners on the international front now and it will be the experience in the squad that will see us pushing for the later stages of the competition.
Touring is part and parcel of life for an international cricketer and this winter I will travel to Australia and New Zealand just days after Leicestershire's last game.
I have spent five winters in Oz and it is a great spot and somewhere I would love to live post-career. I can only guess how many tours and places Scott Styris has been on!
December will bring potential for some rest, although knowing me, I will find some cricket somewhere in the world to go and play. In January, Ireland will tour the West Indies and take part in the Nagico 50-over competition, which was great fun this year if a bit tricky on some slow wickets in Trinidad.
It is a more sedate form of the game than T20 but the 50-over stuff needs plenty of skill, application and patience.
Key phases of the game are normally through the middle and that is where Leicestershire need to be ruthless in our RL50 campaign so we can either post big totals or else chase down targets without leaving too much for the last few overs dash.
You cant keep a good man down and Alastair Cook is a good man and a fine player. I think everyone was delighted to see him bounce back to form down in Hampshire.
A lot has been made of his captaincy and form of late and that is understandable as he is England captain and will always be in the spotlight for one thing or another, whether it be his batting or captaincy. I hope he has now got his summer going.
Away from the Test and looking to the One Day International series I feel England must be brave in their selection.
Players like Alex Hales must be given a go in my opinion – wickets down under for the World Cup are going to be good and an aggressive player like Hales can take games away from opponents in the blink of an eye. That would allow the likes of Joe Root and Ian Bell to play alongside his aggressive style and for England to get the 300-plus scores that will be needed to win out there.
To round matters off, I would like to mention Jos Buttler's encouraging start to his Test career. He could have been gone in the slips for a duck, a catch I thought was out, and he should have been stumped by MS Dhoni but some of his strokes were eye-catching and he entertained the public. That is what we are here to do so come down to a Leicester game and let me and the Foxes entertain you.
