Oval pitch invader arrested after Jonny Bairstow altercation

Daniel Jarvis has been held by police "on suspicion of assault" following an incident during day two of the fourth Test between England and India

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Serial pitch invader Daniel Jarvis has been arrested and held by police on suspicion of assault following an incident involving England's Jonny Bairstow during day two of the LV=Insurance fourth Test against India at The Kia Oval.

The attention-seeking prankster, who made unwanted appearances earlier in the series at Lord's and Headingley, bumped into Bairstow after bowling a ball at Ollie Pope before an angry exchange with the Yorkshireman.

Stewards eventually led Jarvis, who has 123,000 subscribers to his YouTube channel, from the field before he was formally arrested.

A Metropolitan Police statement read: "A man has been arrested on suspicion of assault following an incident at the Oval Cricket Ground on Friday, September 3. He remains in custody at a south London police station."

Despite this being the third occasion the same man has gained easy access to the outfield, an accompanying ECB statement insisted venues are in communication regarding security.

"Any pitch invasion is completely unacceptable," a spokesperson stated.

"The ECB and our host venues do not tolerate any such behaviour which risks the safety of players, officials and staff.

^{Jarvis has appeared at Lord's and Headingley}

"The ECB works closely with all our venues to share information and enhance their security operation."

Pope and Bairstow appeared unperturbed by the disturbance, putting on 89 for the sixth wicket on an otherwise intriguing second day of a key Test match.

Nevertheless, the former expressed his disappointment that Jarvis was able to infiltrate the field of play for the third time in as many weeks.

"Jarvo has made a few appearances this series," he said. "I don't know how he has got on the pitch again, to be honest. I just try and stay in my own little bubble and don't let it affect me and block it out.

"We don't really talk about it, to be honest. It stops the play for five minutes every time he comes on so there is nothing really to be gained from it.

"You've got to try and block it out. The art of batting is switching on and off. I try and switch off a bit between balls but as soon I am there in my stance, whatever happens between balls I try and get in a good place for that next delivery and stay as present as I can.

"Obviously it does disrupt you for five minutes or so but you try and block it out."

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