Simon Katich Responds to Michael Clarke's Critique of the New Philosophy of Australian Cricket

Simon Katich defended the new philosophy of Australian Cricket, claiming that his long-time rival, Michael Clarke, had missed the point of gaining respect.

Attempts by new coach Justin Langer and Captain Tim Paine to launch a new era, free of verbal abuse and a ruthless series, have sparked many reactions.

South African captain Faf du Plessis stressed how Australia had been "tamed" in a recent ODI series, while Shane Warne and former English captain Michael Vaughan mocked of the players' pact.

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Clarke became the last high-level player to criticize Tuesday, calling Paine to return to "tough Australian cricket".

"If you're trying to cope, we'll be perhaps the most beloved team in the world, [but] we will not win … We will not win a match. Boys and girls want to win, "Clarke told Macquarie Sports Radio.

The recent report by the Ethics Center, commissioned by Cricket Australia (CA) following the cheating scandal in Cape Town, raised concerns about a team culture of costless winnings and the "normalization of verbal abuse in Australian cricket ".

"Once again we find somebody [Clarke] miss the point, "Katich told the SEN radio station.

"We were caught blatantly cheating and we need to fix it as quickly as possible and regain the respect of the cricket public in Australia and around the world." Our behavior is an important element.

"We have been a beloved team for a number of years because of this on-the-ground behavior, which has obviously grown in Cape Town.

"It's a tough battle for this team to shoulder the burden of what is presented to it. It will not be easy."

Katich had remarkably squeezed Clarke's throat at SCG in 2009 amidst a slump in the locker room, but Wednesday's comments matched her view of the cultural problems of cricket.

The former opening test player, who claimed to sit on the CA board or be the successor to Pat Howard, argued that softening the bans of Steve Smith, David Warner and Cameron Bancroft would have been a bad idea and a reflection of mentality ".

The CA Board of Directors recently reaffirmed that the Smith, Warner and Bancroft bans would not be adjusted.

Langer, who recently met Smith and Warner in Sydney, is tired of talking about his team's behavior.

"I'm not sure what people want from us," he said last week.

"We can not confuse the messages, on the one hand, we are too aggressive and have probably passed the finish line, now we are called tamed.