06:02 EST, 30 July 2013
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09:07 EST, 30 July 2013
Australian opener Chris Rogers believes Australia can only benefit from having David Warner back in their side for the third Test.
Warner could return in place of Steve Smith, who sat out training on Tuesday with a bad back.
Warner was suspended for punching England's Joe Root in a Birmingham bar last month and was sent to join up with Australia A.
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He scored 193 against South Africa A
in Pretoria and the 26-year-old could be in line to play at Emirates Old
Trafford on Thursday.
It was thought Rogers or Phil Hughes
could make way for Warner - who is likely to bat in the middle order -
but Australia may have to bring him in for Smith.
Rogers said: 'David brings a lot of energy to the group. He goes 100mph and it is fantastic to see him get runs,
'He is such a destructive player so if he bats for long he could put some real pressure on England.
'He is one of those ones the opposition know they have to get out quickly.
'If he bats for a while he can take the game away like a (Adam) Gilchrist used to do.
'Hopefully he can do that for us if he does play.
'I think they used Davey in the middle
order when he played for Australia A - I don't know if that is what
they want to do but maybe it is.'
Meanwhile, Rogers has admitted he has
found his return to international cricket ‘tough to take’ as his side
prepare to avoid going 3-0 down in the Ashes.
The 35-year-old, whose previous crack
at the top level came in a solitary Test against India in January 2008,
has scored just 89 runs in this series, making 52 in the second innings at Trent Bridge
and 16, 15 and six in his other knocks.
Rogers and fellow opener Shane Watson
opted to stay in London last week to refresh themselves ahead of the
third Test rather than join the rest of the squad for the three-day game
against Sussex at Hove.