England v Bangladesh, 2nd Test, Manchester, June 4-8, 2010

Dormant McTerrorist gets sozzled before the Big Westminster Gig? :-O

Lol, tell me about it - I left the other half to go shopping and went to watch the state opening of parliament in whitehall (beats shopping and kills time) and got stopped and searched under terrorism laws for pacing up and down the road...

Farqin big brother....

They must have heard "Caledonian sleeper", and knew they had their man ...


Maybe you'd have been better off slipping into Debenhams incognito and leaving your infernal haggis device there ...

So is anticipation rising to a fever pitch for this match?

Can't wait - apparently its going to be a bouncy pitch. Back Finn for another 10-fer

Shahadat Hossain might find some help.


Swanny and Shakib will also be in business if they can get turn and bounce.


Test cricket!

Personally, I can't wait for the Pak/Aus tests.

skully wrote:So is anticipation rising to a fever pitch for this match?

To be honest I'm far more excited about this one than I was for the first one. Their bowling might be atrocious but their batting will actually give our bowlers a decent test.

skully wrote:So is anticipation rising to a fever pitch for this match?

About as much anticipation as preparing to paint a room - with interest thereafter in watching the paint slowly dry ... ...

A small consolation is that the weather is expected to be warm and sunny for the next 72 hours, so lets hope the Bangles win the toss and have the balls to bat first and make a fist of this game - or else we're in for the 'same old, same old'.

Hehehe. So Merls, tell me about this Shazam character.

Shazam ? D'you mean the genie from 1001 Arabian Nights ... ?
Got me there skulls.

But looks like Joe Cole's signing for Arsenal might happen ...

Shahzad, dude.

Oh 'im ....!
Never 'eard of 'im mate!

Oh wait ... you mean this geezer ...
Next cab off the rank - so I gather from 'informed' sources on this forum ...
I personally think Finn is the main man ...but then I would being a Middlescum supporter!

Merlin wrote:Oh 'im ....!
Never 'eard of 'im mate!

Oh wait ... you mean this geezer ...
Next cab off the rank - so I gather from 'informed' sources on this forum ...
I personally think Finn is the main man ...but then I would being a Middlescum supporter!

Lordy, he looks like your typical bovver boy that you find down the pub chuckin' a few darts and havin' a few pints.

Does he talk with a Yorkie accent? I think I'd PMSL if he approached me in the pub and talked like Boycs.

Really? You must not frequent the same pubs I did, skull . . .

And wot pubs were they, taccy?

One's where the saloon bar was for the wimmin and the public bar for the real men wot drank real ale ... and n'er the twain mixed ...
Still have them oop in Yorkshire I'm told ... maybe Ange could enlighten us!

He does have a Yorkshire accent, it's not the same as Boycs though, there are differing Yorkie accents.

Bluddy right, me ol' flower! You tell them bluddy soft sutherners like Lord Merluck what's what..

Most of em er about as much use as a one-leggid man in an arse-kicking contest any road.

First time for everyone to get a new look at the revamped Old Trafford tomorrow.

Personally I think it looks farkin atrocious, but I love the wicket at OT so glad to see test cricket back in Manchester after a years break

Lever subtly knocking Cardiff there

He isn't the only one .............

JKLever wrote:First time for everyone to get a new look at the revamped Old Trafford tomorrow.

Personally I think it looks farkin atrocious, but I love the wicket at OT so glad to see test cricket back in Manchester after a years break

So this is an old shot then? Some new stands been built?

Indeed Skulls. Think 'red lego pieces' on top of a small stand - looks awful.

Shazhad to make debut - makes sense I guess. Not really sure he's a test player but worth a look.