Cricket Australia is seeking professional advice on what the organisation believes is troubled batsman David Warner's drinking problem, a report said today.
The controversial opener was fined AUD 11,500 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 at Nottingham, which starts on July 10.
CA chief executive James Sutherland yesterday strongly condemned the behaviour of Warner and five other Australian players who were with him at the time of the incident.
The Sydney Daily Telegraph today quoted Sutherland as saying CA were looking to examine Warner's drinking issues further.
"I will be taking expert advice on that within the team to make sure, with our various professionals, to make some additional judgements on that to provide whatever support is necessary," Sutherland said.
"Whatever the case is, he is making some pretty ordinary decisions and getting himself into trouble."
The newspaper's cricket writer Malcolm Conn said he was contacted by three Australian cricketers during last month's Indian Premier League where Warner was playing for the Delhi Daredevils who told him that the dashing opening batsman was drinking.
