David Warner walked off mid-innings in a Sydney grade game after "hurtful" comments from the brother of ex-Test teammate Phillip Hughes, who died in 2014 after being hit by a ball, his wife Candice Warner claimed.

Warner, who is serving a 12-month ban from international and state cricket for his role in a ball tampering scandal, was batting for his club Randwick-Petersham at the time on Saturday. He left the field on 35 but returned shortly afterwards following the intervention of teammates, and went on to score a majestic 157. "Look, I'm not going to go into the details.