Matt Prior and Stuart Broad have come to a suicidal man's aid in Sydney. Picture: Gregg Porteous Source: News Limited
ENGLAND cricketers Matt Prior and Stuart Broad have been credited with helping prevent a suicidal man from jumping off a bridge in Sydney.
Prior is said to have pulled the man - who was saying he wanted to drown - away from the edge of the Pyrmont Bridge in Darling Harbour in the early hours of Wednesday morning.
Prior and Broad, who had been attending a Barmy Army charity event nearby, talked to the man for nearly an hour before police arrived, the London Daily Telegraph reported.
"We just did what anybody would do in that situation," Prior told the newspaper. "We were trying to help a bloke who was struggling and in a bad way. I look back and I'm just glad we left the bar when we did and we were there for him."
The man was believed to be from Cheltenham, England, but did not recognise the players. He had thrown his passport and wallet in the water.
The Telegraph said the players initially believed the man was standing on the bridge's railing as part of a dare, but upon realising the seriousness of the incident they went to the man's aid.
Prior approached the man with caution because he was behaving erratically and started a conversation.
'A tough situation' ... Stuart Broad (centre) said he was "very proud" of England teammate Matt Prior (left) after he went to the aid of the man. Source: AFP
The England team's security officer Terry Minish also helped in preventing the man from leaping into the water.
"Walking back to the hotel we spotted a young man on the edge of the bridge about to jump," said Minish.
"He was saying he just wanted to drown. Matt helped to pull him down off the edge of the bridge and sat with him until the police arrived. It all happened very quickly and we acted on impulse. It is what you do in these situations."
Broad tweeted of his pride at Prior's actions.
"@MattPrior13 is a best friend of mine and I'm very proud of him. It was a tough situation but so glad he was there."
After the man made a motion to jump, Prior and Minish and wrestled him to the floor on the safety of the bridge.
The England cricket team were staying at Paragon Hotel in Circular Key but enjoyed their end of tour party at Bungalow 8 in Darling Harbour.
A spokesman for Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club said: "Stuart and Matt are both very calm and level-headed characters so it's no surprise that they were able to act appropriately in this situation.
"They'll probably never know the significance of their actions but they can be proud to have intervened and taken the time to wait for the authorities to arrive."
The incident occurred after Prior and Broad had helped raise 8000 pounds ($14,700) for the Broad Appeal, in aid of Motor Neurone Disease, along with teammates Ben Stokes, Joe Root and Gary Ballance.
Prior has now returned to England but Broad is staying for the three Twenty20 matches against Australia.
Broad and Prior both featured in England's 5-0 Ashes loss to Australia.
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