David Warner suspended by Australia until first Ashes Test and fined £7,000 for punching Joe Root on night out A disciplinary hearing was held via a conference call with Cricket Australia officials in Melbourne today, and presided over by the Hon Justice Gordon Lewis. Warner pleaded guilty to a charge of "unbecoming behaviour" and has been suspended for the rest of the Champions Trophy campaign as well as Australia's two warm-up matches against Somerset and Worcestershire before the first Ashes Test on July 10. He was also fined $11,500 Australian dollars (£7,000). Warner threw a punch at Root in the Walkabout bar in Birmingham city centre at 2am on Sunday morning after an argument over a wig. Root is believed to have put the wig on his chin to answer jokes from team-mates about his lack of facial hair. Sources close to Warner said he believed Root was making fun of Hashim Amla, the South African Muslim batsman who has a long beard. There is a gap of only four days between the first and second Test, leaving little time for preparation in between. Warner travelled to London today with the rest of the Australian squad and is expected to hold a press conference this afternoon to explain his actions. Warner faced the possibility of being sent home from the tour, a punishment meted out to Andrew Symonds on two previous trips to England, but the fact he apologised swiftly to Root probably saved him from further sanction.