(Reuters) - Australia's selectors need to adopt a less formal approach to bring the best out of the players even if it means allowing one or two to sort out their differences behind closed doors, according to Shane Warne. Team management have been criticised for disciplining Shane Watson, Mitchell Johnson, James Pattinson and Usman Khawaja for failing to carry out a 'homework' task set by coach Mickey Arthur on the tour of India.

Test great Shane Warne on Monday criticised Australia's contentious use of the player rotation policy and called for changes to the one-day and Twenty20 formats. Warne, 43, added his voice to other prominent ex-players and the media against the selection policy of rotating players, particularly fast bowlers, to guard against them breaking down from too much cricket. "When we were number one there weren't mission statements flying around, but we got the selection process right and the best 11 were selected for every game," Warne said on his website www.shanewarne.com.