David Warner is free to play in the Ashes despite being suspended and fined for breaching Cricket Australia’s code of behaviour.

The penalty follows a CA disciplinary hearing by teleconference hookup to Melbourne from England on Thursday evening.

At the hearing, Warner pleaded guilty to breaching Rule 6: Unbecoming Behaviour.

CA Senior Code of Behaviour Commissioner, Justice Gordon Lewis AM, fined Warner $11,500 and suspended him from the remainder of Australia’s Champions Trophy campaign as well as the Australian team’s two tour matches against Somerset and Worcestershire before the first Ashes Test.

Warner will be eligible for selection for the first Test.

He was at The Walkabout bar in Birmingham on Saturday night drinking with teammates and England rivals, when the Australian opener punched Joe Root.