Matt Prior and Stuart Broad rescue a man from edge of Sydney bridge

Matt Prior and England team-mate Stuart Broad helped rescue a man preparing to jump off a bridge in Sydney, Australia.

The pair found the man on the edge of a bridge in Darling Harbour and Prior helped to pull him down.

The 31-year-old wicketkeeper told The Daily Telegraph:  "We just did what anyone would do in that situation.

"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."

Broad and Prior, who both featured in England's 5-0 Ashes defeat by Australia, were returning to their team hotel from a Barmy Army fundraising event when they found the man, who said he was from Cheltenham.

After speaking to him for over an hour, Prior pulled the man down from the bridge before New South Wales police arrived.

"Matt Prior is a best friend of mine and I'm very proud of him. It was a tough situation but so glad he was there," tweeted Broad, 27. 

Terry Minish, the team's security officer, was with the England duo and claimed the man had indicated he wanted to drown.

"Walking back to the hotel we spotted a young man on the edge of the bridge about to jump," Minish said.

"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."