Cricket’s world body fined Warner 75 % of his match fee for an altercation with South African wicketkeeper Quinton de Kock in the first Test this week.
CCTV footage showed him apparently turning on De Kock as the players walked up a staircase during the tea break in the fourth day of the match in Durban.
The footage shows Warner being restrained by teammates Usman Khawaja and Nathan Lyon before being persuaded to go into the dressing room by Australia captain Steve Smith.
By accepting a level two offence, Warner was hit with three demerit points and fined but avoided a one-Test ban.
De Kock was also charged by the ICC but is contesting and will have a hearing later Wednesday.
After a feisty game that saw Australia take a 1-0 lead in the four-Test series, visiting off-spinner Nathan Lyon was also fined 15 % of his match fee after appearing to drop the ball on AB de Villiers after the batsman was run out.
Meanwhile, Australia wicketkeeper Tim Paine has suggested South Africa are not being truthful with their version of events in the build-up to the confrontation between David Warner and Quinton de Kock in the first Test in Durban.
South Africa team manager Mohamed Moosajee said on Monday that Warner had engaged in a personal verbal attack against De Kock on the pitch that involved members of his family.
“That’s completely false. At no stage was Quinton’s family mentioned, that’s 100 % false,” Paine told reporters of the events preceding a flare-up that occurred as the teams left the field for tea on Sunday’s fourth day.
“I don’t know how their team manager can hear from where he’s sitting but from where I was, which was right near the whole time, there was nothing we said that was inappropriate.”
Australia have long had a reputation for attempting to unsettle opposition players with words as well as actions, but Paine says there was a line the team would not cross.
“Our stuff is the way we’ve always played our cricket,” he said. “Certainly it’s hard, and we like to make them feel uncomfortable out there.
“But we don’t cross the line and bring people’s wives and family into the cricket game. And we’ll continue to do that for as long as we play.”
Warner is no stranger to controversy and was nicknamed ‘Bull’ early in his career, a moniker that fittingly captured his rampaging batting and tendency to rack up violations for ill-tempered episodes during play.
He was suspended in 2013 for punching England batsman Joe Root in a bar.