Australia haven't lost their edge

Shane Warne dismisses suggestions that Australia lost the Perth Test due to their changed attitude on the field. He states they were outdone by a team that played better in the Daily Telegraph.

Maybe they were not as aggressive in their body language in Perth as they normally are, but I think that was the nature of this Test, in which they were behind for most of the game.

Maybe a few things were not as they should have been in Sydney, but their body language showed me that the Australian team cared and it was important to them to win the game.

Warne also indicated he was not going to take up poker professionally.

And for anyone who's wondering, I'm not becoming a pro player, just a former sportsman who has a passion for the game.

In the same paper, Robert Craddock says the loss may prove beneficial in the long term, given Australia have away tours to Pakistan, India, South Africa and England lined up.

The Australian team needs to be pressurised and occasionally beaten, as they were in Perth, to learn who can stay in the kitchen when the temperatures are soaring.