LEHMANN wants more aggression from Aussies

Coach Darren Lehmann said there will be no let-up as Australia continues its aggressive in-your-face cricket against England in the current Ashes Test series.

Amid the rancour over a spiteful opening Test in Brisbane which Australia won by 381 runs last weekend, Lehmann said he wants to take Australian cricket back to the golden eras of Dennis Lillee and Jeff Thomson, the Chappells and Steve Waugh.

Lehmann said the playing days of strong-willed Australian characters, Merv Hughes, Rod Marsh and Allan Border were defined by a good hard brand of cricket. "We want to play within the rules but we will play aggressive, in-your-face cricket which was a trademark of those eras," Lehmann said, writing in News Limited newspapers.

"When Australian teams are performing at their best they are playing right on the edge as we were in Brisbane. That is the Aussie way."

Australia captain Michael Clarke was fined 20 per cent of his match fee by the International Cricket Council after warning England's James Anderson to expect a broken arm.

The final day of the first Test boiled over with constant "sledging" (insults) and plenty of finger pointing.

Lehmann gave no indication that his Australia team would be backing off from their fiercely-fought cricket at the Gabba, where firebrand paceman Mitchell Johnson was man-of-thematch with match figures of nine wickets for 103.

"I loved the whole theatre around Mitchell Johnson's display at the Gabba right down to the fact that his new moustache brought back all those rich memories of the 1970s with the stars and their handlebar mo's (moustaches)," Lehmann wrote.