Marcus Trescothick has signed with Mongoose Cricket for the 2011 season. The former-England opener will be using the innovative smaller bats to smite county bowlers to all corners of Taunton come the summer.

To celebrate this, Marcus, Mongoose and SPIN Magazine teamed up to put on a night talking cricket in London. I was lucky enough to go along and get 5 minutes to chat with ‘Banger’ before his big interview.

So, for a change of pace and between interviews with Sky Sports and the News of the World we sat down in a quiet corner of Gordon Ramsey’s pub - The Warrington – to chat about cricket bats, playing spin and preseason training.

You can see what Marcus had to say in the interview here:

If you can’t see the video, click here to watch it.