Furious cricket boss James Sutherland slams David Warner and Australian team

CRICKET Australia boss James Sutherland has fired a stern shot across the bow of the entire Australian team in the wake of the ''despicable'' Dave Warner affair.

CRICKET Australia boss James Sutherland has fired a stern shot across the bow of the entire Australian team in the wake of the ''despicable'' Dave Warner affair.

A furious Sutherland spoke this morning after Warner was fined $11,500 and suspended until the brink of the first Ashes Test in England.

Sutherland condemned Warner's violent bar-room attack on England batsman Joe Root but appeared almost as disgusted with the fellow Australian players that Warner was drinking with.

Serial offender Mitchell Marsh was one of the Australian players out drinking at 2.30am with Warner.

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''David Warner has done a despicable thing but I also hold the team to account here,'' Sutherland said.

''There is no place for violence anywhere and I am extremely disappointed in David and I have told him that.

''I am also very disappointed in the team. There was certain things that led to this situation at 2.30am in the morning.

"There is not a lot of good that happens at 2.30am in the morning in a pub or a nightclub.

''I believe that the team as a whole and the people who were around him as a whole also need to take responsibility for what happens. They are under no illusions they have that responsibility.

''I am disappointed and Australian cricket fans have every right to be disappointed.''

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Many cricket observers believe Warner was let off too lightly and should have been immediately sent home from the tour.

And Sutherland conceded the troubled batsman could count himself lucky.

''Yeah I think he is very lucky - it could have been a lot worse, couldn't it? As it stands yes, he is lucky to be available for selection,'' Sutherland said.

And despite Warner insisting he did not have a drinking problem, Cricket Australia will investigate the issue further.

''I will be taking expert advice on that within the team to make sure, with our various professionals, to make some additional judgments 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. ''