We have had a few issues in the team: James Pattinson Australian paceman James Pattinson tries to take stock of the situation in the team hotel Picture: Peter Lalor Source: The Australian JAMES Pattinson won't say what they are but claims there have been a string of incidents that led to the sensational axing of four Australian Test cricketers. Still trembling today from the shock of the one-Test bans imposed on the quartet yesterday, still processing the enormity of his punishment, the bowler is contrite and resigned to his fate after first railing against it. Australia's leading wicket taker on the tour will not play in the Thursday's third Test against India match because he did not complete his home work but conceded there were other issues in play. Pattinson admits the failure by him, Shane Watson, Mitchell Johnson and Usman Khawaja to complete the task was one failure too many by a group that had let standards slip. "We have had a few issues in the team, ones that I don't really want to go into but it builds up and it is the final straw so to speak," he said. We need to send a message to the team, not just myself but everyone else. We have to take responsibility for where we are at as a team. We are a group of young players, we are not a group of great players like we've had in the past that can sometimes get away with it because they have performances on the board. We don't have that. As a team we have to take responsibility moving forward because we are young men and we haven't made it in Test cricket. At the moment, we have to do everything right to make us into a great team. Pattinson denied the punishment did not fit the crime. "People talk about it as a harsh punishment but looking deeply into it you realise probably it's not," he said. I believe it's the right punishement. Former players have reacted with outrage to what they see as a heavy-handed response but Pattinson says that they do not understand the situation.