How Gilly squashed Lanka plans

8220;I was pretty pumped up,8221; he told a news conference after being named the player-of-the-final. 8220;I also had a little message, to wave to someone at home in Australia about something in my glove,8221; he said.

8220;It was the guy Bob Meuleman who helps me with my batting at home,8221; he explained. 8220;I had a squash ball in my bottom hand in the glove that I use in training just to help with my grip.

8220;I decided I will use that in this World Cup in a match but hadn8217;t. His last words to me before I left the indoor training centre where I train with him in Perth were 8216;if you are going to use it, make sure when you score a hundred in the final you show me and prove to me you got it in there8217;. I had stayed true to that.8221;

8220;What I do know is the belief that arrives from the teammates around you and the coaching staff around you and everyone involved,8221; he said.

8220;That belief those guys gave me allowed me to go out and play with freedom.8221;