Clarke, Warner in spotlight after heated 1st Ashes test

The series that has long been described as the ‘Battle for the Ashes’ has now become the war of words. Australia skipper Michael Clarke reportedly will be fined by the International Cricket Council for using an obscene word while advising England’s Jimmy Anderson to brace himself to have his arm broken by a short ball from Mitchell Johnson as the tense first test came to a climax on Sunday evening. Reports of the fine emerged Monday, after some players had left Brisbane and after some parting words from Australian opener David Warner. Australia won the Ashes series opener by 381 runs with a day to spare, ending a run of nine tests without a win in Australian cricket’s...