Australia batsman David Warner on Thursday apologised to Joe Root after punching the England batsman in a Birmingham bar during the ongoing Champions Trophy. &quot;I am here today to put my hand up and apologise to Joe. I&#39;ve let my team-mates, family and everyone down,&quot; the 26-year-old told a news conference. Warner said he had exchanged text messages with Root and that his apology had been accepted. Earlier Thursday, the controversial Australian batsman had been fined Aus$11,500 (&pound;7,000, $11,000) and suspended until the start of the Ashes by Cricket Australia. He will miss the rest of title-holders Australia&#39;s involvement in the Champions Trophy, starting with their final group game against Sri Lanka at London&#39;s Oval ground on Monday -- a match they must win to have a chance of reaching the semi-finals -- and their two warm-up matches ahead of the Ashes. However, he will be available for the first Ashes Test against England at Trent Bridge, Nottingham, which starts on July 10. <img alt="Clarke and Warner" src="http://images.mid-day.com/2013/jun/clarke-warner.jpg" style="width: 500px; height: 333px;" /> Australian cricketer David Warner (R) talks to the media as team captain Michael Clarke looks on during a press conference in central London, on Thursday. Pic/AFPu00a0 Warner said he was determined to play a role in the Ashes despite his second brush with the authorities in the space of a month. Three weeks ago, he was fined Aus$5,750 over an expletive-ridden Twitter tirade at two Australian journalists. &quot;It&#39;s up to me to be accountable for my actions, which I am, and try not to be aggressive like I did,&quot; added Warner at his London news conference on Thursday. &quot;I&#39;ve just got to move on and do everything I can to get picked for the first Test. &quot;We&#39;re not here to speculate about what happened beforehand. I definitely remember the night. It started out with a few drinks in the bar and as a team we went to the Walkabout (bar).&quot; Australia captain Michael Clarke said that Warner must learn to behave if he is ever to realise his potential as a future skipper himself. &quot;I think David (Warner) knows how I feel about the culture of this Australian team and how important I feel the standards are in this Australian team,&quot; said Clarke. &quot;I respect the fact David has put his hand up and wants to move forward, has apologised to Joe and acknowledged he has made a big mistake. He does deserve credit for putting his hand up. &quot;Although the punishment for David is quite harsh that&#39;s the reality when you play for the Australian cricket team. This is not an IPL team, this is not state cricket, it&#39;s not county cricket, when you play for Australia there are standards you have to uphold.&quot; Warner, who admitted he was lucky to still be involved on the tour, was dropped for Wednesday&#39;s no-result match against New Zealand, although he appeared as 12th man. u00a0

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