Australian opener David Warner has no intention of changing his boom-or-bust approach to Test cricket.

Warner says he will continue his aggressive method in the second Test against South Africa starting in Adelaide on Thursday despite a failure in the drawn series-opener.

Warner made just four in the first Test in Brisbane and has passed 30 runs just five times in 17 Test innings.

“The way I play, I’m going to be hit and miss here and there,” Warner told reporters on Monday.

“But I have got try and learn to be a bit more consistent too. If I get myself in, I have to try and be there and get those big hundreds.

“But my job is to try and get us off to a good start.

“If I show intent and try and build pressure on them by getting a couple away, then I am winning the battle.”

The powerful left-hander said he was “raring to go” on an Adelaide pitch expected to offer true batting conditions.

“Play hard, hit the ball into the gaps – that is my game and that is what I’m going to try and do,” he said.

“My game is trying to hit the ball … if the ball is there, I’m still going to hit it because that is my game – that is how I score my runs for the team.”

Warner expected South Africa’s vaunted bowling attack to respond to their disappointing Brisbane Test where only five Australian batsman were dismissed – with one, Ed Cowan, run out.