Jason Warne, also the star's manager, told Sydney's Sun Herald: "He's still really enjoying Test match cricket but that is a date he's talked about."

Warne told BBC Five Live: "Sometimes the media are the first ones to let me know -- I haven't heard that one."

Asked if he would play in the 2006-07 Ashes he said: "I don't know."

He added: "I know I'm here for this one and hopefully this one's a good one.

"It's all about enjoyment -- at the moment I'm enjoying playing and when the enjoyment stops I'll stop."

Jason Warne said the amount of time his brother was away from his family was taking its toll.

"If he didn't have kids, he might play forever, but he misses them a lot these days when Test tours take him away," he explained.

"One of the big reasons he stopped playing one-day cricket for Australia was to cut down on the amount of travel he had to do, not so much cut down on his workload."