Australia roll Windies inside three days

Still hurting over their Ashes defeat, Australia vented their frustration by beating up the hapless West Indies in the first test in Brisbane within three days.

The wilting Windies lost 15 wickets in all on Saturday to lose by an innings and 65 runs, as Australia rumbled to their sixth straight win at the Gabba dating back to 2004.

It extended their 21-year unbeaten run at the ground in Tests.

But it also added another sorry chapter in the tourists' recent history - the once mighty Windies have now suffered nine straight Test losses in Australia.

At least debutant Adrian Barath, 19, could hold his head high after becoming the youngest West Indian to score a Test century on debut.

But when he fell for a magnificent 104 - including 20 boundaries - in the final session on Saturday, the end was nigh for the tourists.

Man-of-the-match Ben Hilfenhaus (3-20), spinner Nathan Hauritz (2-40) and Shane Watson (2-44) helped bowl out the Windies for 187 in their second dig after Ricky Ponting enforced a surprise follow-on earlier on Saturday.

As he did in the first innings when he took 2-50, Hilfenhaus tore the heart out of the top order in the second dig.

He claimed the prize scalps of Chris Gayle (one) and Shivnarine Chanderpaul (two), as well as first-innings anchorman Travis Dowlin (four).

It endorsed Ponting's decision to make the Windies bat again.

The only real stand of note in the Windies' second dig came from Barath and Dwayne Bravo (23) who compiled 66 for the fourth wicket before the latter was inexplicably caught hooking minutes before tea to leave the tourists reeling at 4-106 at the break.

Perhaps the biggest surprise though was specialist batsman Mike Hussey claiming Bravo's wicket.

Bravo's dismissal set the scene for ex-Queensland Bulls batsman Brendan Nash to launch a rescue mission with Barath.

But there was no Hollywood ending to Nash's first Test in Windies colours at his old stomping ground.

Following his first innings 18, Nash completed a miserable Test when he was trapped in front by former Brisbane Norths clubmate Hauritz for seven, as the Windies slumped to 5-141.

The Windies lost 4-29 to be 7-170 as Watson joined the party, at one stage being on a hat-trick.

Watson made the big breakthrough when he trapped Barath in front, although the diminutive opener challenged the decision.

The umpire review system deemed it an "umpire's call" and Ian Gould stuck his finger up for the second time, much to the disappointment of Barath and the enthralled 10,490-strong crowd.

Barath was given a standing ovation as he left the field.

Peter Siddle (1-41) and Mitchell Johnson (1-35) helped clean up the tail.

Earlier, the Windies resumed their first innings at the start of day three at 5-134 but were all out by lunch despite Dowlin's fighting 62.

Hauritz took 3-17 - and was at one stage on a hat-trick - in the first dig while Johnson chimed in with 3-75.

Australia 480-8 (dec) (S Katich 92, M North 79; D Bravo 3-118); West Indies 228 (T Dowlin 62, D Ramdin 54; M Johnson 3-75, N Hauritz 3-17) and 187 (A Barath 104, D Bravo 23; B Hilfenhaus 3-20).

- AAP