Chris Gayle believes West Indies' display in the second Test against Australia should quell any talk of a lack of effort from his players.

The tourists threatened to level the series in Adelaide only for Ricky Ponting's side to battle their way to a draw.

Chasing 330 for an unlikely win, the hosts put the brakes on after slumping to 139 for five. An unbroken 73-run partnership between Michael Clarke and Brad Haddin rescued Australia but it was the Windies who emerged with the most credit.

Gayle, whose side were widely criticised after a woeful innings defeat in the series opener in Brisbane, said: "We played some good quality cricket and it was just unfortunate we couldn't come out with a win.

"The effort was really good. Kemar Roach kept running in, (Dwayne) Bravo, (Darren) Sammy and the rest of the bowlers chipped in - (Sulieman) Benn picked up his first five-wicket haul. There are a lot of positives to come out of this game.

"The way we rebounded from the last game to put in this kind of effort, it's really good to see.

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"Our effort can't be faulted, I must commend the players for the way they went about it.

"There was a lot of speculation but I am really honoured and pleased to be a part of it."

Ponting admitted the final day had been a "slog" for his side.

He said: "We thought if we could get their innings over quickly, we had a good chance of scoring the runs.

"But when I got out we were two down for 60-odd and the momentum and the runs weren't flowing as quickly as we would have liked for us to win the game.

"It was a really hard slog for us today and throughout the game.

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"They have bounced back the way you would expect an international team to bounce back.

"It's been a hard-fought Test match for us. With the West Indies batting first and making 450 we knew we had to do a lot of things from that moment on in the game if we were going to win.

"I wouldn't say it's disappointing, if you don't win it can be a little disappointing but you've got to give the West Indies some credit as well for the way they played this game, from early on they've really played some good cricket."