Warner suspended until Ashes, fined:CA

BIRMINGHAM: Australia's David Warner has been suspended until the start of the Ashes series and fined after attacking England's Joe Root in a bar, Cricket Australia (CA) said on Thursday.

"davidwarner31 has been suspended up until the First Test of #TheAshes and fined $11,500," (#7,000, $11,000), the federation said on its Twitter account CricketAus after a disciplinary hearing.

Warner will now miss the rest of title-holders Australia's involvement in the Champions Trophy, starting with their final group game against Sri Lanka at London's Oval ground on Monday, and their two warm-up matches ahead of the Ashes.

However, he will be available for the first Ashes Test against England at Trent Bridge, Nottingham, which starts on July 10.

The 26-year-old was dropped for Australia's Champions Trophy match against New Zealand on Wednesday, although he did appear as 12th man, after the incident at an Australian theme pub in the central English city of Birmingham at the weekend.

In a statement issued after Thursday's teleconference disciplinary hearing, chaired by Justice Gordon Lewis, CA's senior code of behaviour commissioner, the governing body said: "Cricket Australia (CA) advises that David Warner has been suspended and fined for breaching the Cricket Australia Code of Behaviour. (AFP)