Australian batsman David Warner has been suspended for the rest of the Champions Trophy games and two Ashes warm-up games due to bar-room altercation with Joe Root. Although Left-handed Opening Batsman Warner will be available for the first Test of Ashes at Trent Bridge.
The 26-years-old Warner was fined A$11,500 on top of the suspension.
Although Cricket Australia did not release further details of the hearing or Warner's response to the charge.
As per the reports that Warner's belief that Root was impersonating Hashim Amla when wearing a false beard, but the England camp has said Root was making fun of himself and referring to taunts from his team-mates that he was too young to grow facial hair. Warner was stood down from Australia's Champions Trophy match against New Zealand on Wednesday and after the game, stand-in captain George Bailey said the altercation was "very minor" and had "been dealt with in-house".
The 26-years-old Warner was fined A$11,500 on top of the suspension.
Although Cricket Australia did not release further details of the hearing or Warner's response to the charge.
As per the reports that Warner's belief that Root was impersonating Hashim Amla when wearing a false beard, but the England camp has said Root was making fun of himself and referring to taunts from his team-mates that he was too young to grow facial hair. Warner was stood down from Australia's Champions Trophy match against New Zealand on Wednesday and after the game, stand-in captain George Bailey said the altercation was "very minor" and had "been dealt with in-house".
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