Despite a close-defeat by 31 runs against the visitors India in the Adelaide Test, the Australian Test captain Tim Paine feels proud on his boys for playing in good spirits.

Since the critical period, starting from their South Africa tour in this year, Australian cricket is now focusing to play the good spirited cricket and the Test captain and wicketkeeper-batsman Tim Paine is leading the side to make the dream successful.

After losing the game, Paine told the reporters, “We played in good spirits. I don’t know about the Indians, we didn’t pay attention to them and we won’t be for the whole series. We can only concentrate on the brand and the style of cricket that we want to play.”

“From a cricket point of view, we have some areas to tighten up and I thought today was a nice snapshot of how we want to go about it. We fought really hard and never gave up, and you don’t have to talk rubbish and carry on a like a pork chop to prove that.”

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Paine praised all of his bowlers who bowled consistently in good line and lengths in the Adelaide Test and also provided the crucial supports with the bats. The skipper has no questions on the commitment levels of Nathan Lyon, Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins and Josh Hazlewood.

Paine added, “Our whole bowling attack, your see those four together and you can see how much it means to them playing for Australia, whether they’ve got the bat, ball or in the field. You can’t question their commitment. They have a red hot crack every single ball.

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“That’s what we’re building to, that’s the style of cricket we want to play. They’re obviously some of our more experienced players and I think the more they do that the more it will rub off on the rest of the group. I couldn’t question any of those guys.”