West Midlands police cordoned off the area behind the Edgbaston pavilion for 45 minutes around lunchtime because of a "short security alert". Sniffer dogs were used to search the area, and one website claimed Warwickshire had received "coded threats purporting to be from a suicide bomber". But the rumour remained unsubstantiated and neither dressing room was evacuated as a police statement confirmed: "Officers at the scene investigated and found [the alert] to be nothing of concern."

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