Warne now has 694 Test match wickets

Fletcher claimed England's batsmen had been playing Warne with conviction.

But Warne answered him in style with 4-29 on the final day of the second Test as England were shot out for 129.

Warne said: "I read the rubbish Duncan Fletcher said. I feel confident against all their players and I don't think I can bowl any better than I did today."

Leg-spinner Warne, who claimed 40 wickets but finished on the losing side in the 2005 Ashes series, added: "I don't think I bowled too much garbage - I probably bowled half a dozen bad balls.

This is the best Test match I've played in Shane Warne

"If I can bowl like that for the rest of the series then hopefully I might cause a few of Duncan Fletcher's boys a bit more trouble."

Warne also said Australia's stunning victory - England had been 551-6 before declaring on day two - had been the best Test he had ever played in.

He said: "Once we'd run Ian Bell out and got Kevin Pietersen out, the belief was there then that we could cause an upset.

"It was a fantastic effort and this is the best Test match I've played in."

Warne, who now has 694 Test wickets, returned his most expensive figures ever in the first innings, 1-167.

We've shown just how good a team we are and answered a lot of our critics Australia skipper Ricky Ponting

Some observers thought they saw signs of decline in Warne and fellow veteran Glenn McGrath in that first innings.

But Warne never looked better as England collapsed from 69-1 to 129 all out, while McGrath finished with figures of 2-15 from 10 overs.

Australia skipper Ricky Ponting also said it was the best Test match he had been involved in and was full of praise for his star spinner.

Ponting said: "To turn this match round was an amazing achievement, although everybody in our dressing room thought we could win.

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"There were a lot of media who didn't think we could win, but we've shown just how good a team we are and answered a lot of our critics.

"Warne's 4-40 was exactly what we needed. We knew if the scoreboard wasn't going anywhere this morning we could put England under some pressure and that's exactly the way it worked out.

"We've got a couple of days now to get home and freshen up and hopefully we'll play some better cricket in the third Test in Perth."

Meanwhile, Australia coach John Buchanan was critical of England's tactics in the latter stages of the second Test.

"From our point of view things worked out beautifully," he said.