India, July 22 -- Australian cricket great David Warner has pleaded guilty to a drink-driving charge after being caught with more than twice the legal blood-alcohol limit in Sydney earlier this year.

Warner's lawyer, Bobby Hill, appeared at Waverley Local Court on Wednesday and entered a guilty plea on his behalf to one count of middle-range drink-driving. The former Australia opening batter did not attend the hearing and will return to court for sentencing on August 18.

The 39-year-old was allegedly driving a van in Maroubra, in Sydney's eastern suburbs, on Easter Sunday when he stopped shortly before reaching a roadside random breath-testing site.

Police officers approached the vehicle and conducted a breath test, which returned a po...