Australia seized immediate command of the second Test with West Indies in Hobart on Thursday, dismissing the embattled tourists for a dismal 149 then wiping out almost half the deficit without losing a wicket.
Glenn McGrath captured four wickets and Brett Lee and Stuart MacGill grabbed three each as the Australian bowlers ripped through the brittle West Indian batting lineup after tea on the opening day.
The Australians then piled on 60 without loss to reach stumps trailing by just 89 runs with Matthew Hayden making 31 not out and Mike Hussey an unbeaten 26.
West Indies, already 1-0 down in the three-match series after they were thrashed by 379 runs in Brisbane, showed none of the necessary fight needed to challenge the Australians as they collapsed to be all out inside 70 overs with the last seven wickets tumbling for just 30 runs.
Seven of their 11 players failed to reach double-figures and only Chris Gayle (56) and captain Shivnarine Chanderpaul (39) managed to make more than 15 as the visitors wilted under the relentless pressure applied by the Australian bowling attack.
McGrath dismissed Gayle, Ramnaresh Sarwan (2), Marlon Samuels (5) and Fidel Edwards (0) to finish with figures of 4-31 while Lee removed Devon Smith (4), Brian Lara (13) and Darren Powell (15) to take 3-32 and MacGill got rid of Chanderpaul, Dwayne Bravo (3) and Denesh Ramdin (2) in his 3-18.
The only batsmen to show any sustained resistance were Gayle and Chanderpaul, who scored more than half the team's total and shared a fourth-wicket stand of 59 runs when Gayle began batting for the second time.
The opener initially retired on 18 after suddenly feeling ill but returned to the crease when the third wicket fell after lunch to help rebuild the West Indian innings with a defiant half-century.
The left-hander smashed seven boundaries and two sixes, both off Shane Warne, who went wicketless for the second innings in succession, before falling to McGrath on a dubious leg before wicket decision.
Chanderpaul batted for more than two hours and hit just three boundaries before he presented Australian Test debutant Brad Hodge with the first of two catches at short-leg off MacGill, triggering the catastrophic lower-order collapse.
Australia's openers rubbed more salt into the gaping West Indian wounds with a confident start that demonstrated just how good the Bellerive Oval batting surface was.
Hayden, who has scored centuries in his last three Tests against England, the World XI and West Indies struck three boundaries while Hussey, playing in just his second Test, also hit three fours to lay the foundations for Australia to build a massive total.
Scoreboard:
West Indies 1st innings:
C. Gayle lbw b McGrath 56
D. Smith b Lee 4
R. Sarwan c Gilchrist b McGrath 2
B. Lara lbw b Lee 13
S. Chanderpaul c Hodge b MacGill 39
M. Samuels c Gilchrist b McGrath 5
D. Bravo c Hodge b MacGill 3
D. Ramdin c Warne b MacGill 2
D. Powell c Gilchrist b Lee 15
F. Edwards c Symonds b McGrath 0
C. Collymore not out 3
Extras (lb-3 nb-4) 7
Total (all out, 68.3 overs) 149
Fall of wickets: 1-15, 2-26, 3-60, 4-119, 5-119, 6-124, 7-126, 8-130, 9-141, 10-149.
Bowling: G. McGrath 23-9-31-4 (nb-1), B. Lee 13.3-6-32-3 (nb-2), A. Symonds 10-4-17-0 (nb-1), S. Warne 11-2-48-0, S. MacGill 11-3-18-3.
Australia 1st innings:
M. Hayden not out 31
M. Hussey not out 26
Extras (nb-3) 3
Total (for no loss, 18 overs) 60
To bat: R. Ponting, M. Clarke, B. Hodge, A. Gilchrist, A. Symonds, S. Warne, B. Lee, G. McGrath, S. MacGill.
Bowling: F. Edwards 6-1-22-0, D. Powell 8-1-32-0 (nb-3), C. Collymore 3-1-6-0, D. Bravo 1-1-0-0.
