Steve Harmison's spirits have lifted considerably after a vastly improved performance against Western Australia on day one of the Perth warm-up. His tour had got off to a wretched start in the opening game at Lilac Hill last week.

"It wasn't brilliant today, but it was a lot better than at Lilac Hill and there's been a little bit of an improvement since then," he said. "I was possibly trying too hard during that first match, but it was a one-day game and I've never really played much one-day cricket.

"My confidence was dented a touch and I struggled early on, but I started to get some rhythm today and it felt a lot better. I'm gradually getting my confidence to where I want it to be and I want to get better and better.

"Hopefully I can get some more overs under my belt in the next couple of weeks and get my rhythm fully back from that."

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