'Warner row could unite Australia'
Shane Warne said the fall-out from David Warner's controversial attack on England batsman Joe Root could yet "bring Australia together" as they bid to regain the Ashes.
Opening batsman Warner was suspended by Cricket Australia on Thursday until the first Ashes Test.
"In a funny sort of way this could bring Australia together. I think it is a chance for them to gel together," Warne wrote in his column in Britain's Daily Telegraph on Thursday.
"They really have to take this opportunity to sit down and have a chat about what they want to achieve,"
"After this incident England could be thinking to themselves Australia are there for the taking," the leg-spin legend, himself no stranger to off-field controversy during a colourful career, added.
"But if Australia regroup then they might get a surprise.
"I was one of a group of young guys... rubbing shoulders with David Boon, Allan Border and Ian Healy. If you were not on time for the bus or out too late they absolutely nailed you verbally. You felt embarrassed and as if you had let the team down.
"We had a saying: 'Before midnight is your time. After midnight is cricket time'. If you can't do what you want before midnight it's not worth doing," explained the 43-year-old.
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