Waugh defends Australia's conduct in the Caribbean

Steve Waugh has defended his side's behaviour during their Test series in the West Indies after they came in for criticism for their unsporting conduct - and also hinted he's keen on staying the Australian Test captain for a while yet.

On his return to Australia, Waugh admitted that his players had stepped out of line on a couple of occasions, but that their behaviour had generally been good, and insisted there were no hard-feelings between the teams. "The heat of the moment got to a few players [but] from a playing point of view it was probably the friendliest series I've been involved with," he said. "On and off the field the guys had a lot of interaction, talked with each other a great deal and helped each other with cricket."

However, that didn't always look the case, especially when Glenn McGrath and Ramnaresh Sarwan clashed in a heated mid-pitch altercation in the fourth Test in Antigua, causing James Sutherland, head of the Australian Cricket Board, to urge the Australians to keep their cool.

McGrath has since expressed his remorse over the incident, and Waugh said he hoped it wouldn't cloud the tour. "I'm not making excuses for it, but it does happen, that's the reality of the situation. We are going to make mistakes, there's a lot at stake and a lot of pressures."

The Test series, which Australia won 3-1, was another historic chapter in Waugh's career. In the first Test in Guyana, he became Test cricket's most-capped player and his 115 in the third Test in Barbados took him past Sir Don Bradman's record of the most Test hundreds.

And with Australia scheduled to play Bangladesh in the new venues of Darwin and Cairns in July, Waugh said his appetite is still as hungry as ever: "It would be great to play in Darwin and Cairns ... they are historic Test matches. They are definitely worth thinking about."