Retired Australian opener David Warner says he doesn't believe there is division between Australia's players as they struggle in the first Test against India.
At the time of publication, Australia was 4/50 in the second innings, pursuing a world record chase of 534 to secure a miracle win versus the impressive Indians through day four in Perth.
In a press conference after day three, fast bowler Josh Hazlewood turned heads with comments suggesting there may be a divide between Australia's batters and bowlers.
When asked how Australia's batters would handle the mammoth chase on day four, Hazlewood said: "You probably have to ask one of the batters that question.
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"I’m sort of relaxing and trying to get a bit of physio and a bit of treatment, and I’m probably looking mostly towards next Test and what plans we can do against these batters.
"I guess the batters are just sticking to what they what they do, their preparation, they’ll have a hit in the morning and talk around plans of how what happened the first innings, how they can negate that and move forward and improve on that."
Several critics of Hazlewood's words, including England legend Michael Vaughan and India commentator Ravi Shastri, suggested there could be a divide in the Australian camp after their struggles in the opening match of the summer.
However, Warner felt that while Hazlewood could have chosen his comments better, it wasn't reflective of the mood in the Australian dressing room.
“Look, I think as a senior player, you’ve probably got a duty of care as well,” Warner said on Nine's broadcast.
“Yes, it was a long day. Those comments probably weren’t warranted. (But) I don’t think there’s a divide in there.”
With a miracle victory in the first Test highly unlikely, Australia will have at least 10 days to regroup before the second Test begins on December 6 in Adelaide.
