Michael Clarke will let his return to cricket sink in before determining his next move.
The former Australian captain scored a rusty 48 in his comeback on Saturday, turning out for his teenage Sydney grade club Western Suburbs against Randwick-Petersham in front of around 500 people at Pratten Park.
The 34-year-old has been linked with a number of Twenty20 competitions and has refused to rule out an attempted comeback to any national team, but he says he is still unsure if and when he will next go back out to the crease.
"Who knows? I need a couple of days," he said.
"Let me play today, play tomorrow, pull up Monday and Tuesday and then I will see how I go.
"The boys have already told me the club is playing Northern Districts next week and they're here again, but it's one game at a time. Let me play this game and I will assess then."
Clarke admitted to being nervous before his first innings since Australia's ill-fated Ashes campaign, and the fact he remained standing for the nine overs before he went out to bat confirmed that.
He was then lucky to survive more than three balls after being dropped at second slip before scoring, and was then almost run-out on the same ball.
He was dropped again on 30 at second slip, however his 135-minute knock included seven boundaries and the same strokeplay around the wicket that once made him the world's No.1 batsman.
"I was quite rusty, to be honest," he said.
"The reason I have come back is because there is certainly a big part of me which has missed the love of the game.
"It was a nice feeling walking out there and Randwick-Petersham are quite competitive, so it was a nice feeling."
Clarke's Western Suburbs are yet to win a game this season, and he is likely to bowl some overs on Saturday evening or Sunday morning.
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