A surge of spectators rushed across the ground at the end of the game outstripping the cordon of yellow-jacketed security officials and umpire John Holder was barged to the ground by a man trying to grab a stump as a souvenir.

Holder, still clutching his Panama hat, got to his feet and seeing his assailant now held by two security stewards appeared to aim an understandably irate boot in the direction of the trouble-maker's backside. The man was taken away by stewards.

Later Holder said: ``It was a bit of a shock. It isn't the kind of thing you want to happen. The man was trying to take the stump and I was trying to protect it. I'm all right though. I wasn't hurt.''

He refused to elaborate on the matter of retaliation. ``The matter is being dealt with by the stewards. I'm not taking any further action.''

An ECB spokesman said: ``It is an unfortunate incident and marred an otherwise good day. It is a matter our crowd management working party will consider.''

Warwickshire chief executive Dennis Amiss said: ``The 20,000 capacity crowd have been well-behaved and ejections and arrests were minimal.''

When Edgbaston staged the first Test in June, troubles in the Rea Bank stand led to more than 100 ejections on the Saturday and hundreds of complaints.

This time the public were barred from bringing alcohol into the ground, the bars were closed for several hours, only low-gravity lager was served and tickets were rationed to 10 per person to prevent groups congregating and causing trouble.

Nearly 400 stewards were on duty as well as a police contingent of 27 and Amiss said the special security team from the Test were this time asked to take a ``softer approach'' after complaints about their excessive force.

``I'm hoping that this bodes well for future big matches at Edgbaston, including the World Cup,'' said Amiss.