<p class="title">Australia wicketkeeper Tim Paine has suggested South Africa are not being truthful with their version of events in the build-up to the confrontation between David Warner and Quinton de Kock in the first Test in Durban.</p>.<p class="bodytext">South Africa team manager Mohammed Moosajee said on Monday that Warner had engaged in a personal verbal attack against De Kock on the pitch that involved members of his family.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"That's completely false. At no stage was Quinton's family mentioned, that's 100 percent false," Paine told reporters of the events preceding a flare-up that occurred as the teams left the field for tea on Sunday's fourth day.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I don't know how their team manager can hear from where he's sitting but from where I was, which was right near the whole time, there was nothing we said that was inappropriate."</p>.<p class="bodytext">Warner was seen on CCTV footage needing to be restrained by team-mates on a stairwell as he launched a verbal volley in the direction of De Kock, who according to local media reports had responded to sledging with a comment about the opener's wife.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Australian vice-captain has been charged with a Level 2 offence by the ICC, which could see him miss the second Test in Port Elizabeth that starts on Friday. Australia lead the four-Test series after recording a 118-run win in Durban.</p>.<p class="bodytext">De Kock faces a Level 1 charge, which carries the maximum sanction of a fine.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Australia have long had a reputation for attempting to unsettle opposition players with words as well as actions, but Paine says there was a line the team would not cross.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Our stuff is the way we've always played our cricket," he said. "Certainly it's hard, and we like to make them feel uncomfortable out there.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"But we don't cross the line and bring people's wives and family into the cricket game. And we'll continue to do that for as long as we play."</p>.<p class="bodytext">Warner is no stranger to controversy and was nicknamed 'Bull' early in his career, a moniker that fittingly captured his rampaging batting and tendency to rack up violations for ill-tempered episodes during play.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He was suspended in 2013 for punching England batsman Joe Root in a bar.</p>
<p class="title">Australia wicketkeeper Tim Paine has suggested South Africa are not being truthful with their version of events in the build-up to the confrontation between David Warner and Quinton de Kock in the first Test in Durban.</p>.<p class="bodytext">South Africa team manager Mohammed Moosajee said on Monday that Warner had engaged in a personal verbal attack against De Kock on the pitch that involved members of his family.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"That's completely false. At no stage was Quinton's family mentioned, that's 100 percent false," Paine told reporters of the events preceding a flare-up that occurred as the teams left the field for tea on Sunday's fourth day.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I don't know how their team manager can hear from where he's sitting but from where I was, which was right near the whole time, there was nothing we said that was inappropriate."</p>.<p class="bodytext">Warner was seen on CCTV footage needing to be restrained by team-mates on a stairwell as he launched a verbal volley in the direction of De Kock, who according to local media reports had responded to sledging with a comment about the opener's wife.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Australian vice-captain has been charged with a Level 2 offence by the ICC, which could see him miss the second Test in Port Elizabeth that starts on Friday. Australia lead the four-Test series after recording a 118-run win in Durban.</p>.<p class="bodytext">De Kock faces a Level 1 charge, which carries the maximum sanction of a fine.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Australia have long had a reputation for attempting to unsettle opposition players with words as well as actions, but Paine says there was a line the team would not cross.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Our stuff is the way we've always played our cricket," he said. "Certainly it's hard, and we like to make them feel uncomfortable out there.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"But we don't cross the line and bring people's wives and family into the cricket game. And we'll continue to do that for as long as we play."</p>.<p class="bodytext">Warner is no stranger to controversy and was nicknamed 'Bull' early in his career, a moniker that fittingly captured his rampaging batting and tendency to rack up violations for ill-tempered episodes during play.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He was suspended in 2013 for punching England batsman Joe Root in a bar.</p>