Siddle sympathises with Trott, but says Australia are focused on winning Ashes
Seamer defends tough tactics against England in test series
Australia seamer Peter Siddle sympathises with England batsman Jonathan Trott, who left the Ashes tour to deal with a stress-related illness, but said his team's focus was squarely on winning and that they would not be dialling down the intensity.
England's number three batsman left the tour this week after failing twice with the bat during his team's 381-run loss in the first test in Brisbane.
Australia batsman David Warner was condemned by England captain Alastair Cook and team director Andy Flower for publicly criticising Trott's batting, and England paceman Stuart Broad expressed his hopes that the hosts would not use the batsman's travails as a weapon.
It's a battle out on the field and we'll go about it how we think it will work. We'll just keep playing hard cricket. We'll keep putting the pressure on them
When asked whether Trott was an "out-of-bounds" topic in on-field banter, Siddle said on Friday:
"Another thing there is it's a battle out on the field and we'll go about it how we think it will work.
"We'll just keep playing hard cricket. We'll keep putting the pressure on them. We'll keep going from there.
"It's disappointing for him to be going home, I wish him all the best, but we're going out there trying to win test matches and however we do that we'll play hard, aggressive cricket and hopefully get the win at the end of the day."