Sydney: Cricket Australia is seeking professional advice on what the organisation believes is troubled batsman David Warner’s drinking problem, a report said on Saturday.
The controversial opener was fined and suspended until the start of the Ashes by CA on Thursday for an incident in which he punched England batsman Joe Root in a Birmingham bar during the ongoing Champions Trophy.
He will miss the rest of title-holders Australia’s involvement in the tournament and their two warm-up matches before he is again available for the first Ashes Test against England in Nottingham, which starts on July 10.
CA chief executive James Sutherland condemned the behaviour of Warner and five other Australian players who were with him at the time of the incident.
Sutherland was quoted as saying that CA were looking to examine Warner’s drinking issues further.
“Whatever the case is, he is making some pretty ordinary decisions and getting himself into trouble,” he added. (AFP)