'I might have crumbled with 20,000'

Alex Hales admitted he felt compelled to give a fan a partial refund on the cost of his ticket for the third day at Edgbaston after Alexis Fuller sent the opener his bank details.

After just 81 overs had been bowled during Friday's play, Fuller tweeted a group of England players asking if they would give 10% of the ticket price back. Hales replied, said he would, then found Fuller took up the offer.

"I saw the tweet and it made me chuckle and bit," Hales said. "He had a point as well. I didn't think I'd get a response but when he did it I thought I better go through with it. But it was all in good spirits."

He did, though admit the consequences could have been troublesome. "I might have crumbled with 20,000 more tweets but it was in good spirits, a bit of fun."

And, on a more serious point, Hales suggested that England were conscious of maintaining a good over-rate - which should be 15 overs per hour. "I think it's something we will be conscious of as a squad going forward. It can be tough with DRS and umpires and other stops that are inevitable but as a team we will look to get better with the over-rate.