Meanwhile, Angus Fraser praised Warner who, despite failing to make three figures, once again showed his potential in the five-day format.
"He's a wonderful stroke player," the ex-England bowler said of the New South Wales batsman.
"He made his name originally in short-form cricket but the Australia selectors have seen something there, brought him into the Test side and now he's showing what a class player he is.
"He's averaging 45 in Test cricket and he has a wonderful array of strokes, especially through the off-side, where he's particularly strong; he's a huge talent.
"He gives you chances but if you don't get him early he can score quickly and take a game away from you in a session or so."
Butcher was equally impressed and likened Warner to recent Australia stalwart Matthew Hayden.
"Warner has a pretty sound technique, even though he's always looking to go at the bowler," he said. "He plays with the full face of the bat and his footwork is really good.
"He's very much in the mould of someone such as Hayden, where he's an opening batsman but he's immediately looking to put the fielding side on the back foot by scoring at an incredibly fast rate.
"He and Hughes had Sri Lanka on toast; Tillakaratne Dilshan was bowling, the field was set back and they were scoring freely enough when he got out by taking a risk he didn't need to take.
"But that's the way he plays and Sri Lanka would have breathed a huge sigh of relief to see the back of him because the game was going and it was going very quickly while Warner was there."
