LONDON, July 29: David Warner is to rejoin Australia`s squad in England on Monday, a team spokesman told AFP, as the controversial batsman eyes a recall for a third Test that the tourists must win to keep their Ashes hopes alive.

Warner was banned in the run-up to the opening match of the series after punching England batsman Joe Root in a Birmingham bar in June following Australia`s defeat by their arch-rivals in the Champions Trophy one-day tournament in June.

`We are travelling to Manchester today (Monday) and David Warner will link up with us there,` said team spokesman Matt Cenin.

However, Australia coach Darren Lehmann said that Warner was not guaranteed an immediate return to the Test side.

`He`s not a certainty, no,` Lehmann said. `He got 193 and played well, did exactly what we wanted him to do. We want blokes to make hundreds and he`s ticked that box.`-AFP