Taylor, 33, spoke of possibilities of standing down following last week's tour to India so that Australia would have the same skipper for both the Tests and One-Day Internationals.

But he was expected to go to Melbourne tomorrow and tell the Australian Cricket Board after a month's contemplation that he wants to remain a Test captain.

Australian Associated Press said Taylor wants to lead Australians to Pakistan in October and to defend the Ashes at home against England before deciding to tour the West Indies next February.

Taylor was dropped from the one-day side last summer because of poor form. He said after the recent 2-1 Test series loss in India that the Cricket Board's decision to select separate Test and one-day sides had led to uncertainty.

He called for the two teams to be brought closer together next season, when the Test against England will be played in a block of five beforethe triangular one-day series.

Steve Waugh, the new one-day skipper and most experienced player in the Australian side, would be the ideal man to lead the teams.

But Taylor, who broke out of the longest form slump in Australian cricket history with centuries in each of the last three Test series, now believes the current set up is the best option in the short term, AAP said in an unsourced report.

The change in policy followed Australia's failure in 1996-97 to make the finals of the triangular one-day series at home for the first time in 17 years.

The new policy was geared toward winning the World Cup in England next year and started to show signs of promise in India and Sharjah last month when Waugh's men won seven out of ten games.