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Australia vice-captain David Warner will be right to play in this month's Test tour of Bangladesh, despite suffering a blow to the neck during a practice game in Darwin, coach Darren Lehmann has said.
Warner retired hurt after he was struck on the neck by a nasty Josh Hazlewood bouncer during an intra-squad match at Marrara Cricket Ground yesterday.
Warner passed a concussion test but sat out the remainder of the three-day hit out with a "stiff neck and a headache".
"It's always a scare when that happens isn't it?" Lehmann said.
"[Warner] seems alright, walking around the ground today so fingers crossed he'll be ok and we'll get an update over the next day or two."
When asked if the injury would put him in doubt for the tour, Lehman responded: "I wouldn't think so. Not that I've heard, you might've heard but I haven't, no."
Lehmann said the conditions in Darwin were particularly tough for the batsman on spin-friendly wickets, however, the preparation has been ideal.
"Exactly what we wanted leading into Bangladesh," he said.
"They're all pretty cooked … now it's about having a day off, experiencing the NT."
Tomorrow, the team will head out barramundi fishing and croc-watching.
The 14-man Test squad is in Darwin to train in the heat ahead of a two-Test tour of Bangladesh, starting in Dhaka from August 27.
The Test tour of Bangladesh will only be Australia's second ever, after Ricky Ponting led his team to a series victory there in 2006.
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