Fan's 'cheat' barb prompts amusing response from David Warner

Cricket fans have well and truly followed through on their oft-stated pledge to hassle David Warner wherever he went during the Cricket World Cup and Ashes series.

The Australian opener has been followed by choruses of boos and creative chants from the Barmy Army from the moment he touched down in the UK - and it hasn’t let up in the months since.

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Fortunately for Warner, Australia’s strong position in the fourth Test was perhaps it’s own response when he was confronted by yet another heckler at Old Trafford.

One rowdy spectator managed to spot Warner milling around outside the Australian rooms, at which point he yelled out and called him a ‘f***ing cheat’.

Perhaps fed up with hearing the same insult over and over again, Warner didn’t offer much in the way of a witty rejoinder, instead choosing to give the spectator a double thumbs-up and yell out ‘woooo’.

Hazlewood rips through English top order

One of the most crucial spells of Josh Hazlewood's career has reduced England to 5-200 at Old Trafford, where Nathan Lyon will be key when Australia resume their push for an Ashes-retaining victory on day four of the fourth Test.

England require a further 98 runs to pass the follow-on mark, a target that opener Rory Burns highlighted as their main goal after top-scoring with 81 on Friday.

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Australia lead by 297 runs but it is unlikely they will enforce the follow on if the option is there, preferring to back Lyon to cause chaos in the final innings of the decisive clash.

Hazlewood, who claimed all four wickets to fall on day three to finish with 4-48 from 20 overs, praised Lyon for helping create the pressure he benefited from.

"The way Gaz bowled down that one end ... was fantastic," Hazlewood said.

"Keeping the runs quite dry and towards the end, as he kept bowling, he looked more in the game.

"You just felt like something was going to come. I was lucky enough to be the one bowling when it happened.

"Over the next two days I think it will start spinning a little bit more."