Jamaica is a very experienced side. They have a few West Indies players. It is going to be a very competitive game. We are looking forward to the challenge, and we are looking for an outright win.

They had a sustained fast-bowling attack that I haven't experienced since probably 1993 against the West Indies,

Like in the Packer era, West Indies cricket at its very best has been undervalued and its players underpaid. Like Packer, Stanford is a visionary putting money where his mouth is.

If Australia had to go into the (West Indies) series without anything in the interim they would have still had the doubts raised by their loss to England hanging over them.

[Gayle's 56 was the standout effort of a disappointing display as West Indies slumped from 3 for 119 to 149 on a pitch both teams agreed was ideal for batting.] It was a bad day and we just had a team meeting and the guys are looking forward to tomorrow, ... Hopefully the guys can rebuild and restrict the Aussies as much as possible.

I thought that we played really good cricket. It's just unfortunate that we lost a few wickets. That is what put us back.