Australia stalwart David Warner has laughed off talks of his retirement after The Oval Ashes Test beginning on Thursday, but confirmed that he will call it quits from the longest format next year.

There was speculation of Warner’s imminent retirement after the former England captain Michael Vaughan said he had heard “whispers” during the Old Trafford Test that the final Ashes encounter could be Warner’s last. But Warner rubbished any such suggestions on the eve of the final Ashes Test.