Australia batsman David Warner issued an apology for getting involved in a late night bar-room fracas with young England player Joe Root in which Root was struck in the face.

Earlier on Thursday, the batsman was suspended until the first Ashes test on July 10 and fined 11,500 Australian dollars ($10,900) for his part in the incident which occurred in the early hours of Sunday in Birmingham after Australia’s Champions Trophy defeat by England.

Warner however promised to put the incidents which he had in one month behind him to focus on his resumption after observing his suspension.

Meanwhile the Australian team; captain Michael Clarke during a news conference in London said he feels the punishment handed down to the batsman is quite harsh but that’s how the team association wants it to be but he hinted however that there are standards that has been set and David warner knows and acknowledged that he has not kept to those standards set and he’s being disciplined for that.”

According to report, the incident was triggered by Root when he wore a fancy dress wig in Australia’s green-and-gold colours as a beard.

Warner is alleged to have tried to grab the beard and then swung a punch before other players intervened.

Clarke said left-hander Warner, who was also fined A$5,750 last month for a Twitter outburst against two journalists, had let down the team.

Cricket Australia said in a statement after Thursday’s hearing that Warner would miss the rest of the Champions Trophy and Australia’s two tour matches against Somerset and Worcestershire before the Ashes after pleading guilty to breaching their rule on ‘unbecoming behaviour’.