Australia made a quick start after opting to bat but Aaron Finch was bowled by Marlon Samuels in the fourth over after he had scored a quick 16•Getty Images

West Indies took control in the following over when Denesh Ramdin smartly stumped Shane Watson off Sunil Narine's bowling•AFP

Brad Hodge contributed a useful 26-ball 35 to push Australia past 150•AFP

Gayle survived an early chance when Brad Haddin missed a stumping, after which he continued his unrelenting attack•Getty Images

The 51-run second-wicket stand was broken by legspinner James Muirhead, who had Gayle caught in the deep•Getty Images

The West Indies captain finished the game in style, with successive sixes off James Faulkner, sparking exuberant celebrations from the team•AFP

David Warner fell in the next over, bowled by Samuel Badree for 20•AFP

Samuels then broke a threatening stand when he had George Bailey caught at midwicket. Australia were 77 for 4 in the 10th over•ICC

Narine bowled another economical spell of 4-1-19-2 but Australia managed to post a strong 178•ICC

Mitchell Starc broke the half-century opening stand when he had the dangerous Dwayne Smith caught behind•Getty Images

With 42 needed off the last three overs and Marlon Samuels out cheaply, the onus was on Dwayne Bravo and Darren Sammy. Bravo began the surge, clubbing boundaries off Doug Bollinger and Mitchell Starc...•Getty Images

Maxwell, though, kept attacking. He cleared the boundary three times in his 22-ball 45 before being caught at the boundary off Badree•Getty Images

Chris Gayle started the chase with a flurry of big hits•Getty Images

Lendl Simmons played a good supporting hand with Gayle, scoring 26 off 24 balls•Getty Images

Before Sammy launched into Starc in the penultimate over, scoring 19 runs to leave West Indies with 12 to get off the last over•ICC