Joe Root's Trent Rockets play Warner's London Spirit in The Hundred on Thursday at 18:30 BST
England batter Joe Root says David Warner's pre-Ashes sledge is "all part of the fun" and believes he is better placed than ever to score his first Test century in Australia this winter.
Root, 34, continued his superb form this summer and will be key when England head to Australia in November to try to win the Ashes for the first time since 2015.
He has not scored a hundred in 14 Tests in Australia and, speaking to BBC Sport earlier this month, former Australia opener Warner said Root will have to "take the surfboard off his front leg" - a reference to the perception Root is regularly dismissed lbw.
"I can't have any control or say on how people see the game or talk in an interview," said Root. "It is irrelevant.
