For too long opposition players have had to put up with likes of Clarke and co running their mouths off for Australia because they knew they had S.Waugh, Warne and McGrath to back them up. Now that these players are on the way out of the game the younger Australians have no one to hide behind and they will have to start performing under pressure themselves.
Gayle 'mentally disintegrated' Clarke and as as result this was the main factor that won us the game. At the time when Australia needed less than a run a ball with 6 wickets in hand something special had to happen for West Indies to win the game and it was Gayle that provided it. As soon as Gayle started sledging Clarke, Clarke decided all of a sudden to play defensively because he was scared of what it would look like if he got out to Gayle. Thus the run rate required reached over a run a ball for the first time in the innings and the rest as they say was history!
It was a great team effort, every batsman tried to get their front foot forward on the pitch and the bowlers stuck to their lines and lengths. There were also great individual perfomances- Morton showed character, Lara played a captains knock, Bravo bowled a great slower ball to get rid of Clarke, and Taylor finished it off with a hat-trick. However i really feel Gayle played the most important part as the game was Australia's to lose when he 'mentally disintegrated' them.
