David Warner ruled out of opening two ODIs against West Indies following incident in the nets David Warner lies on the ground after being struck on the left hand by Mitchell Johnson during an Australian One Day International training session at the WACA ground. David Warner is checked by rehabilition manager Kevin Sims after being struck on the left hand by Mitchell Johnson during an Australian One Day International training session at the WACA ground. DAVID Warner has been ruled out of the opening two matches against the West Indies after being struck on the hand at training in Perth. He has been replaced in the 13-man squad by Usman Khawaja, who is likely to bat at number three behind Phil Hughes and Aaron Finch. Warner suffered a slight crack in his left thumb when a delivery from Mitchell Johnson lifted uncomfortably in the WACA Ground nets. The dashing left hander was sent for precautionary scans which revealed the injury and it is uncertain whether he will be available again during the five-match series. However the slight fracture is unlikely to impact on Warner touring India next month. Cricket Australia Physiotherapist Kevin Sims said: "While the fracture is very minor, it is not worth taking any risks. The injury will keep him out of at least the next two matches against West Indies. We'll assess how he is progressing after that to determine his availability for the remainder of the series. Warner was one of just five specialist batsmen in the 13-man squad for the opening two games. Wicket-keeper Matthew Wade has successfully opened in the past but Hughes is the logical choice even though he was slotted to bat at number three in Perth. Khawaja is a regular number three for Queensland. Speaking before training Wade and Johnson played down Chris Gayle's dreadful Big Bash, claiming he remained one of the West Indies" most dangerous players. Playing for the winless Sydney Thunder, Gayle scored just 72 runs at an average of 12 over his first six innings before making 65 in the final game. He's dangerous wherever you bowl to him. He's shown over a long period of time he can take any attack down," Wade said of Gayle, who has not passed 35 in his last eight ODIs. Every time you play against Chris Gayle, you're hoping to get him out early. It would be nice if we could do the same over these next five one-dayers. But he'll be looking to go pretty hard at us I would have thought. We've just got to execute our plans. Johnson is keen for Australia to improve on a modest few weeks against Sri Lanka, drawing the one-day series 2-2 and losing the Twenty series 0-2. "We need to go out there and really dominate the West Indies," Johnson said. We want to keep on top of these guys and try and win this series well.