Jonny Bairstow insists he is feeling fine after copping the brunt of a sledging barrage from Australia during the Ashes opener.
Bairstow was needled during the first Test at the Gabba, where most of Australia's chat focused on him headbutting Cameron Bancroft at a Perth bar shortly after the tourists arrived for the Ashes.
Bairstow appeared subdued and almost distressed behind the stumps on day five of the series opener, having woken up to hundreds of headlines after the public learned of his late-night misdeed.
England opted against punishing the wicketkeeper but slapped a midnight curfew on the entire squad. The 28-year-old suggested at Adelaide Oval on Monday he was feeling "fine, absolutely fine".
"It's been good to get to Adelaide, really exciting with the pink-ball Test," Bairstow told BBC before play.
"Played a bit of golf and played alright, so always nice to get away from everything.
"Obviously last week there were some things that were brought up that hopefully don't need bringing up again - and we can move on from that."
Steve Smith and Peter Handscomb both indicated last week they will continue to sledge the opposition.
The second Test has featured plenty of spite, most notably Smith's verbal battle with Stuart Broad and Jimmy Anderson plus Broad's animated celebration of Handscomb's wicket.
Bairstow, speaking prior to scoring 21 in Adelaide, noted he hadn't noticed a "massive amount" of subsequent sledging.
"Out there it's been played really well ... we're playing it in the right way," he said.
England coach Trevor Bayliss offered a different view on Sunday night, when asked if her was comfortable with the level of sledging in the series.
"Personally, from my point of view, probably not," Bayliss said.
"And that goes from both sides.
"But it's just the way the game is these days."
Bayliss added that stump microphones should be turned down throughout games.
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