Captain Stephen Fleming, however, may return to the side after having surgery to remove a tumour from his face.
Australia beat New Zealand by two runs in a thrilling one-day international to win the Chappell-Hadlee Trophy.
The dumped Australian Test batsman was given a day off by New South Wales to "clear his mind".
The 24-year-old though said he would not adopt a conservative approach to batting
Warner, himself, said he had no regrets but admitted he was thinking about Lara's record as he motored past 300.
Brad Hodge was named 12th man while Michael Clarke moved up the batting order to four for the ICC Super Test.
Australia paid homage to late cricketer Philip Hughes, who died after being struck on his neck by a bouncer five years ago, with former captain Steve Smith saying that the game seemed irrelevant the day the tragedy took place.
Some New Zealand players may have decided to call time on their One-day or international careers but there will be no immediate announcements to allow Australia to bask in their World Cup triumph, skipper Brendon McCullum said on Sunday.
Before rain intervened in the Old Trafford Test to leave Australia's Ashes comeback hopes in grave doubt, an annoyed Michael Clarke remonstrated with umpires after they ordered players off the ground for bad light on Sunday.
With two confident teams going head-to-head in a blockbuster World Cup semi-final on Thursday, it could be the tiniest mis-judgement, the smallest detail that decides whether Australia or India emerge triumphant.
Australia's cricketers have returned home from their triumphant tour of India with an unexpected problem over the make-up of their team.
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After facing allegations of racially vilifying South African born former coach Mickey Arthur and a revelation about Michael Clarke considering Shane Watson a 'cancer', Cricket Australia is set to be in more trouble as Nathan Bracken prepares to take the board to the New South Wales Supreme Court on July 31.
The December 19-21 match will be India's final preparation for the third test against Australia starting in Melbourne on December 26.
Former India captain Sourav Ganguly on Wednesday said Mahendra Singh Dhoni is a 'champion ODI player' but doubted if he is still that good in the shortest format.
George Bailey is resigned to the idea that he may well go from captaining Australia against England in the opener to being dropped.
Former Australian skipper Mark Taylor has come out and praised Virat Kohli for the way he marshalled the Indian team in the first Test here, saying the young batsman knows how to play cricket Down Under.
Fast bowler Jason Gillespie and opening batsman Michael Clarke guided Australia to a convincing 3-0 series whitewash over Zimbabwe.
Australia beat New Zealand by 87 runs in the third one-day international in Auckland on Saturday to take an unbeatable 3-0 lead in the five-match series.
Captain Michael Clarke gave a graphic illustration of the raw emotions of the Australia team when he broke down repeatedly while paying tribute to former team mate Phillip Hughes on Saturday.
Steve Smith made a brave unbeaten 78 to lift Australia to 287 for three on the first day of the fifth and final Test against England at The Oval on Thursday.
Australia captain Michael Clarke is disappointed at the alleged involvement of international cricketers in match-fixing but was "happy, satisfied and confident" that his own team were not corrupt, he said on Wednesday.
Abdul Razzaq's all-round performance helped Pakistan hand Australia their first defeat of the ODI series.
Michael Clarke finished on 103 not out to guide Australia to a nine-wicket victory over Pakistan.
'Nothing is confirmed yet either with anything, in regards to the captaincy, but if it works out that way and I am the next captain, then it's a lot of responsibility' 'Hopefully we can send Michael off on a high note at The Oval'
Australia railed at suggestions their team resembled a 'Dad's Army' but the evidence supplied by the first four Ashes Tests against England suggests it was not an unfair moniker.
Ben Stokes took five wickets to put England on the verge of a famous victory that would win back the Ashes as Australia finished on 241 for seven after a compelling second day of the fourth Test at Trent Bridge on Friday.
Ashes rout branded 'day of infamy' in horrified Australia.
Sacked Australia coach Mickey Arthur has been left "extremely upset and disappointed" after his confidential lawsuit against Cricket Australia was leaked to the media leading to a massive controversy.
Shakya Mitra ponders why top batsmen like Michael Clarke bowing out early.
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