Warner to sit out final day of intra-squad

Opener David Warner will sit out the final day of Australia's intra-squad match at Marrara Oval in Darwin. 

Warner was struck on the side of the neck from a Josh Hazlewood bouncer yesterday, and retired hurt, before being assessed by team doctor Richard Saw. 

Quick Single: Report, highlights from Darwin

Ice was applied to the injury and while he passed a concussion test, the 30-year-old spent the afternoon recovering in the team dressing room.

He was stiff, sore and lacking in range of movement around the area today, but it is not expected to trouble him in any way on Australia's two-Test tour of Bangladesh, which begins when the squad flies to Dhaka on Friday. 

Warner appeared shaken after the blow, dropping his bat and removing his helmet as Steve Smith came from the slips cordon to check on his well-being. He had moved to two off 14 balls before leaving the field.

Image Id: 27F7392F3A5644C0996CB64627E8B40B Image Caption: Warner indicates to Smith where he was struck // Getty

South Australia captain Travis Head made a fine 104 to steer the Warner XI to 3-179 in their second innings, while bowlers Pat Cummins (23) and Nathan Lyon (40) also spent some valuable time in the middle against the Steve Smith XI, who earlier declared at 6-181 after captain Smith top-scored with 84 retired.  

Speaking after play, paceman Cummins said he was relieved Warner had pulled up OK.

"It's good that Davey's fine," Cummins said. "He's a little bit stiff and sore, but just speaking to him then, he's all fine. 

"It's only a practice match so he might or might not be out there tomorrow but he seems to be in pretty good shape."

Head meanwhile, again highlighted his class as one of Australia's best young batsmen, moving relatively untroubled to his hundred, with the exception of one chance he offered when he top-edged a Mitch Swepson delivery to midwicket, and Glenn Maxwell made a meal of a relatively straightforward chance.

Leg-spinner Swepson (0-34) was much tidier than he had been in the first innings, and was unlucky not to have a couple of wickets, inducing several top edges throughout a fairly sedate afternoon's play. 

Hazlewood was again impressive on a pitch that offered some up-and-down bounce for the fast bowlers, and the NSW quick trapped Cummins lbw with one that kept a little low. 

Lyon played positively for 40 from 54 balls before becoming the lone wicket for Glenn Maxwell (1-22 off 9), who opened the bowling with Cummins as the Australians looked to replicate the likely tactics of Bangladesh, who have previously enjoyed some success opening the bowling with young off-spinner Mehedi Hasan.   

Earlier, Australia captain Smith spent the morning session getting accustomed to a subcontinent-style pitch before retiring at the lunch break. 

The Smith XI resumed at 2-32 in reply to the Warner XI's 6-360 declared, and Smith and Maxwell (45) spent the first hour of the morning facing Cummins from one end, and the spin of Agar and Nathan Lyon from the other. 

Cummins bowled a fast, hostile spell on a wicket that offered him little assistance, at one point striking Maxwell and generally hurrying the Victorian, who nonetheless kept the scoreboard ticking over. 

The pair put together the most meaningful stand of the innings to date with a minimum of fuss, Maxwell's six over wide midwicket off Lyon one of few shots in anger across the opening stanza of the day. 

Agar and Lyon appeared to find conditions a little more helpful to their craft than they had been yesterday, and it was the latter who made the breakthrough, bowling Maxwell shortly after drinks. 

Smith upped the ante shortly before lunch, hitting Agar for four straight down the ground then freeing his arms and hitting him through cover for consecutive boundaries shortly thereafter. 

Australia in Bangladesh 2017

Australia squad: Steve Smith (c), David Warner (vc), Ashton Agar, Jackson Bird, Hilton Cartwright, Pat Cummins, Peter Handscomb, Josh Hazlewood, Usman Khawaja, Nathan Lyon, Glenn Maxwell, Matthew Renshaw, Mitchell Swepson, Matthew Wade.

Bangladesh squad (preliminary): Tamim Iqbal, Imrul Kayes, Soumya Sarkar, Mushfiqur Rahim, Shakib Al Hasan, Sabbir Rahman, Mashrafe Bin Mortaza, Mahmudullah Riyad, Liton Kumar Das, Mominul Haque, Mehedi Hasan, Taijul Islam, Mustafizur Rahman, Taskin Ahmed, Subhashish Roy, Kamrul Islam Rabbi, Rubel Hossain, Nurul Hasan, Sanjamul Islam, Mosaddek Hossain Saikat, Mohammad Saifuddin, Anamul Haque, Abul Hasan Raju, Al Amin Hossain, Nasir Hossain, Muktar Ali, Tanbir Haider, Saqlain Sajib, Shafiul Islam.

11-17 August Australia pre-tour training camp, Darwin

18 August Australia arrive

22-23 August Tour match, TBC

27-31 August First Test, Dhaka

4-8 September Second Test, Chittagong