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David Warner (AFP)
David Warner (AFP)

Cape Town - Australia opener David Warner has been fined 15% of his match fee after pleading guilty to a charge of making inappropriate comments about Proteas player AB de Villiers ahead of the third and final Test which starts in Cape Town on Saturday.

That amounts to A$2 880 (R28 000).

Warner suggested that De Villiers was in some way tampering with the ball while wearing the wicketkeeper gloves.

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