Australia has completed the perfect warm-up to next month's ICC Champions Trophy with a convincing 127-run victory in the DLF Cup final over the West Indies in Kuala Lumpur..jpg)
Set 241 for victory, the Windies capitulated to be all out for just 113 from 34.2 overs.
From the moment of Brett Lee's fiery first delivery of the second innings - a delightful in-swinging yorker - smashed into Chris Gayle's toe, they never recovered.
A fine spell by left-armer Nathan Bracken (3-15) saw him grab three top-order wickets while Shane Watson (2-30) added two more to leave the Windies 6-56.
Last hope Ramnaresh Sarwan, who had dismissed Andrew Symonds and Michael Clarke in Australia's innings, was run out for 36 from 65 balls, spoiling his and Dwayne Smith's resurgence.
Earlier, a late surge by half-centurions Damien Martyn and Symonds, plus some final bat-flinging from Mike Hussey and Brad Haddin, guided Australia to 6-240 after at one stage struggling at 3-80.
Symonds, almost run out with a direct hit on 47, powered from 18 to 52 off just 18 balls before being caught on the boundary rope off the part-time bowling of Sarwan.
Martyn also scored a steady 52 but was dismissed two deliveries into the impressive Ian Bradshaw's comeback over.
The pair, though, helped add 75 in the final 10 overs with Hussey (30 off 24) and Haddin (17 off 12) also chipping in towards the close to eventually ease Australia to a competitive total.
That score looked even better when Gayle was left floundering in the face of Lee's pinpoint opening delivery.
The West Indies then slipped to a gloomy 4-32 as they struggled to force the run rate above a paltry two runs per over.
Bracken (3-16) was the chief instigator of the Windies' top-order demise.
Shivnarine Chanderpaul chipped to Simon Katich at midwicket for 12 off Bracken's second ball, then Runako Morton followed the following over for a painstaking duck.
The 28-year-old had faced 31 deliveries without scoring.
Brian Lara then handed Bracken his third scalp when he feathered a catch to wicketkeeper Haddin and was adjudged caught behind by umpire Mark Benson.
With the required run rate already at six per over, Dwayne Bravo (eight) and Wavell Hinds followed in one Watson over, the former guilty of gifting Ponting the simplest of catches with a mistimed pull.
Hinds was clean bowled by a peach to leave his tournament average at just 2.75 in four innings.
And when a costly mix-up between Sarwan and Smith saw Sarwan run out just as the pair had carved out a 50-stand, it spelt the end for the West Indies.
