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West Indies pace bowler Kemar Roach - Source: Photosport -
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How quickly things can change.
West Indies flew to Perth on Wednesday flushed with confidence following their moral victory in Adelaide, leaving the Australians with plenty of thinking to do.
The visitors outplayed Australia for long stretches of the second Test, as the side hung together far better than they had in Brisbane to help expose the limitations of what remains a transitional Australian side.
A marked shift in confidence levels was evident on both sides, according to former Australian captain Ian Chappell.
"I was interested in seeing them bowl their team to victory, a situation they haven't been in a lot, and I thought they attacked with a reasonable amount of confidence," Chappell told Cricinfo.
"So I think their confidence is growing. With all the injuries that they have had, and the fact that they seemed to have West Indies on the run a week ago and now they are the ones on the run, Australia are a bit down on confidence at the moment.
"I was thinking at the start of the series that any Australian player, who got into the first Test side, was absolute bonus for them.
"Because they were probably going to get six Test matches without any drama at all.
"But suddenly there's got to be few queries about selection, some of the Australian players were struggling.
"A week ago, after Brisbane, there were no queries at all."
West Indian coach David Williams has expressed the view that Australia's bowling attack, having looked irresistible in Brisbane, was made to look limited and inexperienced in Adelaide, despite Mitchell Johnson's eight wickets and the fiery spells of Doug Bollinger.
"From the inset we said the attack is not very experienced and we played poorly in Brisbane and so their bowling looked very, very good," Williams said.
"In this game we showed a lot more application and a lot more commitment and the attack to me is one that could be taken apart."
By contrast, the Australians are now very wary of young Caribbean quick Kemar Roach, who won his first cap during this year's pay dispute.
He has since emerged as the sharpest member of the attack, and his spells of great persistence could have earned him more than the three wickets he took in Adelaide.
"He'll be a handful in Perth," Australian skipper Ricky Ponting said.
"As you can see, every spell he's bowled, almost every ball he's bowled, is hovering around 150km/h.
"We knew that he was capable of that. He's hit his areas really well. He hasn't sprayed the ball around too much.
"He's bowling well for them at the moment. He's someone who could play a fair bit of Test cricket for them in the future.
"Anyone that's bowling that sort of pace will trouble any batter, especially later in the game when the bounce gets a bit variable.
"That's when you're at your most vulnerable against guys who bowl at that sort of pace."
Roach appeared sore towards the end of the Test, but he is not injured and will now have time to freshen up ahead of the Perth Test, which starts next Wednesday.
