The star player took off his cap and burst into a laughter as he tried to make sense of the unexpected drama at a routine affair.

The Ashes: Girl faints at Alastair Cook's press conference

The star player took off his cap and burst into a laughter as he tried to make sense of the unexpected drama at a routine affair.

England captain Alastair Cook was left wide-eyed and stunned after a girl fainted in the room where he was addressing a press conference here, prompting him to quip about the "impact" he would make in the ongoing Ashes series.

As he elaborated on his team's plans for the second Test against Australia here, Cook was left shocked as he witnessed a girl collapse in the press conference room of the Lord's.

The stunned England skipper uttered a swear word before calling out for medical assistance to the girl. He stood at the stage as the girl was attended to before going ahead with the remaining press conference

"Is she alright?" he asked before settling down to resume the interaction with the media.

The star player took off his cap and burst into a laughter as he tried to make sense of the unexpected drama at a routine affair.

"It's unbelievable isn't it? There you have got your piece, you are just going to write about that now, aren't you?" he said as journalists present in the room shared a laugh with him.

"I must be boring," joked the affable England skipper.

He later apologised for swearing during the press conference which was being telecast live. England lead the Ashes 1-0 after beating Australia by 14 runs.

PayPal error makes a man world's richest

PayPal 'credits' US man $92 quadrillion in error

eBay/PayPal offices in San Jose, California 19 January 2011
Online payments broker PayPal has admitted it erroneously credited a man with $92 quadrillion (£60 quadrillion).
Chris Reynolds, 56, of Pennsylvania, found the amount when he opened his monthly statement.
But the error was quickly recognised and his account had returned to zero by the time he had logged in.
"This was obviously an error and we appreciate that Mr Reynolds understands this was the case," PayPal said in a statement to the BBC.
The online money-transfer firm said it would offer to make a donation to a charity of Mr Reynolds' choice.
The $92,233,720,368,547,800 statement had been "quite a big surprise", Mr Reynolds told the Philadelphia Daily News, which first reported the story.

Australia seek Lord's revival

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