Give your all or get out: Clarke Watson accepts he was wrong, but not the punishment. THIS was simply the last straw. It was a message to everyone involved in Australian cricket that, if you want to play at the elite level, you need to be fully committed or you will struggle to be part of this team. We need to show fight. I have no doubt in my mind that there is enough talent in this squad to take back our position as the world's No. 1 Test team. If we had continued to allow things to drift on, we'd never rise above our current ranking of third. That's not good enough for an Australian team. There are millions of people at home and around the world supporting us and we owe it to them to be 100 per cent committed every time we take the field. I understand and accept that sometimes you lose, but what's important in those cases is how you lose. We need to fight. That's the Australian way. We fight for every run and wicket and dive for every ball in the outfield. That's what we've always been about and it's what we need to be in the future. This game owes us, the players, nothing. We owe it everything. It's time we showed it the due respect for all the opportunities it has given us. I hope that in time this will be viewed as the boot up the backside we needed. There are some members of the squad who, if they looked themselves in the mirror, couldn't honestly say that they were doing everything they could to get the best out of themselves. Corners have been cut and I think in some cases that has shown through in our results. The last thing I want as captain is to have a limited squad to call upon for a Test match. But enough's enough and sometimes you have to make a stand to change things. We have to address a culture in which some people from time to time have cruised and taken short cuts. That's not acceptable at this level. If you are trying to perform at the elite level while taking short cuts sooner or later you'll be found out. Things cannot be allowed to slip through cracks anymore. This is the highest level of sport and the expectations are higher than state cricket or IPL or county cricket. I understand this is a game - and a great game at that - and the most important part of cricket is having fun with your mates. But it's about the hard work you do together so when you do have success you can look around the room knowing how hard each of you has worked to achieve what you have achieved. I don't know what our XI for the Mohali Test will be at this stage. Rod Marsh is arriving today and we will discuss the make-up of the team. With Brad Haddin arriving, we'll have 12 or 13 available for selection pending Matt Wade's fitness. Obviously, this isn't ideal heading into a big Test but I strongly feel the decision that's been made was in the best long-term interests of the team. In my discussions with Watto, the reason he gave for returning home was to be there with Lee for the birth of their first child. We knew this might have been the case either in this Test match or the fourth Test in Delhi and he has our complete support at this special time for his family. He was obviously disappointed like the other three boys but I would argue that the two of us as captain and vice-captain need to set a good example and be accountable for our actions. This is one of the toughest moments I've experienced as captain. It's hard dropping a player at any time, and particularly so over a disciplinary matter. The worst punishment I've known as a player is to miss a Test match and I hope we never find ourselves in a position like this again. But sometimes it's not what you say, it's what you do. Every player is disappointed and hurt, but I think they respect the decision and understand the reasoning. This wasn't about any one individual but rather a build up of things over time that were holding us back as a team.