51�Թ�

“The ideal would be to alert them well before embers actually start falling,” he said, “because once that happens, you know you’re already behind the eight ball.”

The 23-year-old, born in Surrey, took three wickets in eight balls in the England first innings and produced a terrifying burst on Tuesday.

As pleasing for England was the performance of Bethell, who did not panic when taking only five runs from his first eight balls.

In a match reduced to 30 balls per side because of rain at Edgbaston, Phoenix cruised to their modest target of 42 with nine wickets and eight balls to spare.

County is “behind the eight ball on that.”