SOME may say the England cricket side could do with a bit more venom in their attack.

And such a quality was in danger of being provided today, although not quite in the achieving sense.

A Test warm-up match in Bangladesh had to be temporarily abandoned when a deadly snake was found slithering in the grass.

Usually our fielders only have to worry about that nasty hard thing that comes hurtling out of the sky.

This time they truly had something to fear, in the shape of a killer cobra.

Updated: 11:10 Friday, October 17, 2003