Cricket - Lehmann says batsman Warner recovering from neck blow

The left-hander dropped his bat and slumped to his knees after an attempted hook shot went awry at Marrara Oval in Darwin on Tuesday, but quickly picked himself up and walked off the ground unassisted.

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With the squad set to depart for Bangladesh on Friday ahead of the first test in Dhaka, which starts on Aug. 27, Lehmann expected Warner to board the flight.

"He seems alright, walking around the ground today, so fingers crossed he'll be okay and we'll get an update in the next day or two," Lehmann told reporters.

"It's always a scare when that happens, isn't it? Hopefully he's going to be OK."

(Reporting by Sudipto Ganguly in Mumbai; Editing by John O'Brien)