SPEEDSTER Brett Lee speared the woeful West Indian top order as Australia maintained its dominance in the lop-sided series in Adelaide today.
Lee (3-29) claimed all three wickets to fall in the opening session to continue his fine run against the struggling tourists in this series.
The Windies were 3-71 at lunch on day one after captain Shivnarine Chanderpaul won the toss on a pitch expected to favour the bat.
Brian Lara (27no) and Chanderpaul (9no) were unbeaten in the third and final Test after Australia won the opening two contests in Brisbane and Hobart.
After opting to bat first, opener Devon Smith was dropped in the fifth over on five by first slip Shane Warne after wicketkeeper Adam Gilchrist put him off by diving in front off Glenn McGrath's (0-32) bowling.
Lee made the breakthrough with the very next ball with a nasty rising delivery to Wavell Hinds (10) looping off his bat to Matthew Hayden at gully.
Smith (7) joined his teammate back in the pavilion just four balls later with Hayden taking his second catch of the over.
Brian Lara entered and was handed a standing ovation on his way out to the crease by the members in his likely last Test appearance in Australia with his team at 2-19.
The left-handed wonder had a close shave on 15, surviving a close LBW shout off the first ball off Andrew Symonds' medium-pacers.
The big Queenslander surprisingly proved tough to score off, with the first run off his bowling coming from his 27th delivery.
The tight bowling frustrated vice-captain Ramnaresh Sarwan, who was dismissed for just 16.
It continued the classy right-hander's poor run this series, this time throwing away his wicket by trying to hook a Lee short ball.
It was just the second ball of the NSW paceman's second spell and Sarwan's errant shot went straight down Symonds' throat at fine leg.