McGrath won't confirm retirement rumours

Glenn McGrath has not revealed whether he plans to stay after the Ashes series, but he insists he still relishes bowling at the highest level. McGrath played down a report in the Daily Telegraph that he would bow out of the Test scene in Sydney but continue to appear in one-day internationals.

McGrath said Shane Warne's resignation from the Australian team didn't mean he would be doing the same. "To be honest, I haven't said anything [about retiring]," he told commercial radio. "It's funny where it all comes from.

"To me, I'm just preparing for another game. Nothing's changed since the end of the Perth Test, apart from the fact that Shane Warne's retiring at the end of the Sydney Test. So it's funny how Warney decides that and ... whether it's in his wake and I'm being pulled along as well or whether the media think it's time for me to go, I don't know."

Asked whether this series would be his last, McGrath was non-committal. "All I'm saying is that, to me, it's business as usual," he said. "I'm just preparing for these next two Test matches, then it's the one-day series and then I'll take it from there."

The Daily Telegraph reported McGrath would fly to Melbourne today for the fourth Test carrying his resignation letter after discussing his departure with his wife Jane, who has endured a lengthy battle with cancer.

"All I did was finish in Perth, come home and I've done nothing since and I've had journalists camped on the front door and hassling me at home and everything," he said. "For me, it's just another day at the office.

"I guess we'll have to wait and see, won't we, [whether I will play on]. I don't look that far ahead. In previous years, I haven't said I'm looking forward to the Test in eight months or 12 months so, for me, it's just another day at the office. I'm still enjoying it. I'm still loving playing and I've still got a lot of cricket in me."