Calcutta: David Warner offered an insight into just how worried he was when his opening partner Chris Rogers collapsed on one knee at the crease during the second Test, revealing the latter had in his confused state thought the grandstand at Lord's was moving.

Rogers was assessed again by a doctor in London on Wednesday, having been cleared of any serious damage by initial scans, a result that seemed to allay concerns that the dizzy spell he had on Sunday was another instance of concussion after he was hit in the side of the head two days earlier.

“I came down the wicket and I had to look twice because I didn’t really know what was going on and with all the talk of him and me not getting along, I thought it was just him not wanting to come and talk to me,” Warner was quoted as saying by the Sydney Morning Herald.

“I just let him go for a little bit. He actually said to me ‘the grandstand is moving’ and I said ‘No, it's not’. I was worried. I had no idea what was going on. He said ‘I don’t know what’s happening here’. So I said ‘just sit down’.”
The hope for Australia is that Rogers will be cleared to take his place alongside Warner for the third Ashes Test next week and that they can continue what has been a productive alliance over the past two years.

There have been suggestions in the English media that the duo don't see eye to eye. Warner simply laughed that off. 

“It’s quite funny. Obviously in Australia, we talk about yin and yang,” he said. “We are two different people, as in he reads a lot of books; I wouldn't read a book. He is on his kindle but I'm on my iPhone looking at news. It is totally blown out of proportion. I have no idea where it has come from.”

Warner added with a smile: “But it doesn’t help when your mates like Brad Haddin stir the porridge a little bit and tell people we actually don't like each other. We get along very well. Everyone gives each other banter and for some reasons we get picked on.”

As prolific as Rogers has been lately, topped off by his career-best 173 at Lord's, he is not getting any younger. Warner certainly has to think about how long his opening stand with Rogers can continue.

“When we put on the hundred partnership in the second innings, I came down the wicket and shook his hand and said ‘Mate, you can't leave me’. Chris just laughed. He is playing with freedom, he is playing with a clear mind ... He is on a mission to score as many runs as he can and that's the positive attitude he brings to the table with his experience.

“He is in a great frame of mind at the moment. I would love to see him go on, but he will know when it is time.”
While Rogers cashed in at Lord's, Warner, who was dismissed all of a sudden attacking Moeen Ali in the first innings, knows he let a big score go begging. “It was a brain snap, but my plan was to go after Moeen,” he said.