Australia skipper Michael Clarke stressed the axing of four players &mdash; Shane Watson, James Pattinson, Usman Khawaja and Mitchell Johnson &mdash; was due to a prolonged failure of some players to meet the standards set by the team. <img alt="" src="http://images.mid-day.com/2013/mar/clarkereact.jpg" style="width: 400px; height: 373px;" /> Michael Clarke. Pic/Getty Images Clarke explained the foursome had been in trouble previously. &ldquo;We can&rsquo;t accept mediocrity here. This is the Australian cricket team, maybe I am biased, but there is a big difference between this team and other cricket teams. &ldquo;If you play for Australia, there is a lot that comes with that and standards, discipline, culture... that is all a big part of what we are talking about here. &ldquo;A lot of people who are saying (it has been too harsh) don&rsquo;t know the full story and hopefully by me giving them more information they will understand this. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s not the fact that they didn&rsquo;t do their homework, to represent this team we have high standards, we need to have those to get the best out of every person in this team. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s not just about one incident, there have been number of things where we haven&rsquo;t been giving ourselves every single opportunity to be the best individual players we can be.&rdquo;

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