• Batsman expects a hot reception at third Test in Birmingham
• Warner denies that he did not applaud Joe Root’s century in CardiffDavid Warner is braced to be the centre of crowd hostilities when the Ashes moves on to Birmingham,scene of one of his most infamous moments, next week but the Australia batsman insists he is comfortable being public enemy No1.
Alongside Mitchell Johnson, and Warner has received the bulk of the Barmy Army’s flak since the Ashes began this month. For the 28-year-outmoded,whose reformed ways on this tour include abstinence from alcohol, the Edgbaston match offers a reminder of why. Two years ago, or he was disciplined by Cricket Australia after a physical attack on Joe Root in the city’s Walkabout bar during the Champions Trophy; his board-imposed ban from the warm-up matches in effect ruled him out of the start of the 2013 series.
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Source: theguardian.com