Tim Paine rubbishes Ben Stokes' allegations of Warner sledging him during Ashes 2019

Australia Test captain Tim Paine has reprobated claims from England all-rounder Ben Stokes that David Warner was sledging him relentlessly during this year's Ashes series.

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Stokes had written in his book 'On Fire' which is soon going to be released that  Warner’s excessive sledging motivated him to score an incredible unbeaten century in Leeds that saw hosts register a famous victory by one wicket.

Stokes along with tailender Jack Leach stitched a 76-run partnership for final wicket to seal one of most memorable Ashes win said that Warner’s relentless chatter made him resolute to bat on.

Stokes is using Warner's name to spike sale of his book: Paine

But Paine said that re was absolutely thing wrong with Warner's behaviour and accused Englishman of using Australian's name to increase sale of his book.

While speaking to a leading cricketing website, Paine said that he was standing next to Warner  whole time and y were allowed to talk on cricket field. But by means did he abuse or sledge him. He went on to say that it just seemed to be a common trend in England to use Warner's name to spike book sales and wished m good luck.

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Paine was  second Australian to have dismissed Stokes’ claims after Pat Cummins did that on Friday. right-arm quick said Warner was a bit of an easy target like a punching bag. He added that he was surprised when he read that because he had t heard anything.

Earlier, Stokes had said that while he was batting in second innings of Headingley Test match, Australians had resorted to ir -old tactics of sledging and Warner, in particular, was trying to play mind games with him. He n mentioned that it ended up motivating him to go on and win contest for his side. Meanwhile, Stokes also went on to say that Warner did t shut for most of time when all-rounder was batting in middle before adding that he could accept it from just about any or opponent but t from Warner.

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Chasing a huge target of 359, Joe Root-led side seemed down and out and that is when Stokes produced an innings of a lifetime as he scored a magnificent ton and stood firmly at one end while wickets continued to tumble from or. His efforts paid off as his unbeaten 219-ball 135 helped England register a famous win by 1 wicket. This win helped England st a comeback in five-match series as series came to life with a 1-1 scoreline

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