"When I went over to say something to him, he sort of said something in their language and I said 'speak English' because, if you're going to say something, understand that theoretically I cannot speak Hindi," Warner said on Monday. Exchange: David Warner and Rohit Sharma clash at the MCG. Credit:Reuters "I did the polite thing and asked him to speak English, therefore he did and I can't repeat what he said." A replay supported India's position that it wasn't a deflection and, while 28-year-old Warner admitted he made a wrong call, he said he wouldn't seek out Sharma to apologise. "I was in the wrong ... I shouldn't have engaged him," Warner told Sky Sports Radio.

"If people get on the wrong side of me, I'm not going to back down. "We're always there to play hard aggressive cricket, but you know what comes with that - sometimes you are going to get fined. "We've just got to keep trying not to cross that line, because we're all about playing cricket the right way." Warner was fined 50 per cent of his match fee over the incident by the ICC.

Australia coach Darren Lehmann it was "not an ideal scenario" and that the Aussies have to make sure they are "playing the cricket we want to play without crossing the line". "We're always going to teeter pretty close to it - that's the way we play," Lehmann said on Monday morning. "But we've got to make sure that we don't cross it." When asked if Warner crossed the line, Lehmann said: "I don't know what happened out on the field ... the ICC and the umpires are dealing with that. We'll speak to David and work from there. "David is an aggressive character, and we support that. We're just making sure he does the right things on the ground. He knows that anyway, better than most, so we'll work with him with that." When asked if it was acceptable for Warner to say "speak English", Lehmann said he didn't know what was said. "I'll get back to you," he said.

After the match, Indian captain MS Dhoni played down the incident. "He [Rohit] didn't react inside the dressing room so I think he was fine. I didn't even bother to ask what really happened," Dhoni said. "It was an argument between two grown men. I hope it was sorted out in the middle." Man of the match Mitchell Starc said he was "fielding on the boundary, so I've not a clue what was said or what happened". The incident puts further scrutiny on on-field behaviour following a report in The Times last week which quoted an unnamed ICC source saying the sport's governing body will clamp down on sledging ahead of next month's World Cup.

Former New Zealand captain Martin Crowe in his column on Cricinfo said Warner had gone too far and should be banned if his behaviour continues. "Warner can play, but he is the most juvenile cricketer I have seen on a cricket field. I don't care how good he is: if he continues to show all those watching that he doesn't care, he must be removed, either by Cricket Australia or definitely by the world governing body," Crowe wrote. "The more he gets away with it, the more others will follow his pitiful actions. Already we see one or two of his teammates enjoying being close to his hideous energy." Loading Last week respected BBC commentator Jonathan Agnew chided the Australians about their on-field behaviour. Agnew said that despite their stated best intentions, the Australian team had not honoured the memory of Phillip Hughes with their sledging of opponents.

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