For David Warner, all the talk regarding his poor form is “laughable” and “funny” to say the least as he has played in just three competitive games since April.

He feels that he’s still in “a good space” and felt being “just a boundary away from a good innings” during Australia’s opener versus South Africa in Abu Dhabi last week.

“From my perspective, I actually think people talking about my form is quite funny,” Warner said on the eve of Australia’s second game in the group stage versus Sri Lanka in Dubai.

“I laugh at the matter because at the end of the day, I’ve played hardly any cricket and then in the IPL, I had only two games and then they (Sunrisers Hyderabad) basically wanted to give all the other youngsters a crack.

“From my perspective, that’s fine. And to speak of warm-up games, they are warm-up games for a reason. The other day (against South Africa), I got my benchmark back with where I should be with my feet and everything.

“I feel like I’m in a good space. I’m hitting the ball well at nets and I couldn’t be any more ready to go.

“The other day, I felt like I was one boundary away from having a good innings,” Warner elaborated.

At the suggestion of his batting mentor Trent Woodhill, Warner has been practising on synthetic and concrete wickets in order to sharpen his footwork and be ready for Thursday’s game.

Both Aaron Finch and he have batted on a polished concrete practice surface in Dubai, where the ball skids off from at good pace and could help them tackle Sri Lanka pacers Dushmantha Chameera and Lahiru Kumara better.

“My batting coach at home Trent Woodhill flicked me a text and just said to me to try and get back on the synthetic pitches again and get my feet moving,” Warner, who turned 35 on Wednesday, said.

“It’s something I have done before at home.”

The Australians are right behind Warner and skipper Finch, who too hasn’t been getting enough runs.

“They’re just short of runs. The two guys who are world-class players for as long as they have been in this format are never out of form and we back them wholeheartedly,” wicketkeeper-batsman Matthew Wade said on Wednesday.

“It’s been spoken a lot about going into this tour about Davey, especially.

“We know he’ll come good. I’ve played long enough with him now and whenever he has been under pressure in his career, he comes out and has a big score.”