This has been a good Test on the pitch for England - but not off it, with a spectator arrested on Sunday and four Indian journalists alleging they were assaulted by a steward on Saturday night. When Sachin Tendulkar was bowled by Matthew Hoggard in the second innings, a spectator came onto the field and walked back to the pavilion with him, clapping and gesticulating idiotically as Tendulkar stared implacably at the ground and resisted the urge to play one last cross-bat shot. Remarkably, the man was able to walk all the way back from the middle into the pavilion with Tendulkar without being apprehended.

He was later arrested, however, and was found to be a member of the Melbourne Cricket Club. The other MCC's reciprocal arrangement with the Marylebone club allows their members to sit in the pavilion at Lord's. From there, it seems, he simply jumped over the pavilion fence.

Earlier, a group of Indian journalists, including the noted broadcaster Harsha Bhogle, accused a steward of heckling and physically assaulting them as they left the ground on the third evening.

The group issued a statement in which they claimed the steward was drunk, and that his supervisor had done nothing to stop the incident, which allegedly culminated with the steward telling Bhogle that his behaviour would have led to his "being beaten with sticks" if he was in India.

The statement alleged that the steward physically manhandled one of the journalists before slamming a gate on Bhogle, who commentates for ESPN Star Sports and is known to cricket followers around the world. Bhogle later told AFP: "Being rude is not a corporate prerogative. All the other grounds in England are so friendly."

Iain Wilton, MCC's head of communications, said: "We can confirm we received a letter of complaint from ESPN Star Sports earlier this afternoon. We've since had two high-level meetings with senior ESPN personnel and an investigation has already begun. All those involved have been asked or are being asked to make statements.

"We are checking our CCTV cameras to see whether the events were recorded. If so, the footage should help to clarify a couple of issues which are currently the subject of some confusion."

Controversy involving Lord's stewards is not exactly unheard of. One of India's favourite sons, Sunil Gavaskar, was once refused readmission to Lord's, and as a result declined to accept honorary membership of MCC when it was first offered to him a year or two later.

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