Captain Michael Clarke insists Australia don’t need to change much to bounce back from the disastrous Test series against Pakistan and has hailed the improving fitness of Australia’s injury-prone pacemen.

Clarke said on Friday Australia could learn from past players and what other teams did and needed to adapt as they couldn’t play the same style everywhere.

The Test and one-day skipper said Australia’s performances in their two crushing losses in the United Arab Emirates would put hunger and fire in the belly of his players across all three forms of the game.

“I don’t think we have to change too much, to be honest,” Clarke said at the launch of his latest ‘Captain’s Diary’ which covers last summer’s Ashes clean sweep.

“Conditions are obviously a lot different in Australia. I think we’ve just got to be better in all facets of the game consistently.”

After three T20 and five one-day matches against South Africa, Australia play India in a four-Test series and then host a limited-over tri-series involving England and India, before heading into the World Cup in February.

“It doesn’t guarantee success but the fortunate thing is we’re playing in conditions that we’re accustomed to, so that makes it more comfortable,” Clarke said.

“But we still have to be at our best to beat South Africa, to beat India, to win the tri-series.

“Then obviously through a World Cup, a major campaign like that, you have to be at the top of your game.”

Mitchell Johnson was again the spearhead in the UAE, but Clarke noted several other members of Australia’s injury-plagued pace brigade were up and running again.

Pat Cummins, who has hardly played in the past three Australian summers through injury, made an encouraging return to international cricket in Wednesday’s T20 loss to South Africa.

Josh Hazlewood, whose last international appearance was more than nine months ago, starred for NSW in the recent domestic one-day tournament.

Ryan Harris returned to action for the Queensland Academy of Sport team this week after being sidelined since his heroic match-winning efforts in the Cape Town Test against South Africa back in March.

James Pattinson, who hasn’t played a first-class game since that Test, is also on the comeback trail, though playing just as a batsman in Melbourne club cricket.

“I think it’s great for Australian Test cricket that a lot of our fast bowlers are on the mend,” Clarke said.

“Josh Hazlewood has done really well in the one-dayers, Ryan Harris is getting fitter and stronger, James Pattinson is back, Pat Cummins …

“That’s a real positive sign for Australian cricket, moving forward.

“Over the next 12 months, I think we’re obviously going to need them all.”

Clarke was philosophical about criticism directed at him, saying he had learned to deal with it since entering international cricket.

“I would have liked to have performed a lot better in the UAE. I’m a harsh as critic of myself as anybody will ever be,'”Clarke said.

“There’s no doubt I was disappointed with my own personal performance, but I’ll stay true to my values and stay true to my preparation.

“That will give me every chance of walking out onto the field in Perth in a week’s time and try and have success. But it certainly won’t be from lack of work or lack of preparation.”