Michael Clarke cracked 110 and Brett Lee 63 not out before Australia declared on 479 for seven against West Indies at tea on the second day Saturday of the second cricket test. Clarke's seventh test hundred piloted the visitors' charge after they resumed the day on 259 for three. The silky right-hander blasted 12 fours off 187 balls.
Lee cracked eight fours and one six off just 82 deliveries.
Jerome Taylor, with three for 95, led the West Indies bowling effort.
Taylor struck with the third ball after lunch as Brad Haddin fell for 33 at 360 for six. The wicketkeeper hit six fours before he chipped a slower ball to mid-on.
Clarke reached his century midway through the session as he and Lee added 54 for the sixth wicket.
Clarke departed for 110 half an hour before tea when he top-edged an attempted pull against Daren Powell, skying a catch to Xavier Marshall at midwicket.
The celebrations from Powell and his team-mates were understandably muted as they realised Clarke had already made their task a monumental one, and it only got worse when Lee and Johnson got into their stride with some lusty strikes.
Clarke's innings would have been outstanding in normal circumstances but it was even more remarkable because he has played no serious cricket since the Australian domestic season finished in March.
While many of his colleagues headed off to the Indian Premier League, he stayed home to spend time with his ill father and when the rest of the squad was warming up in the Caribbean he was helping his fiancée after the death of her father. The innings was clearly special for Clarke, who is also playing his first Test as Australia's vice-captain.
When he reached the milestone with a super on-drive for four off Powell he raised his bat and helmet towards the sky and smiled contentedly before wiping away a few tears.
He had spent nearly ten overs in the 90s, which was a major dip in a free-flowing innings full of punishing drives and fantastic running between the wickets.
He was able to cut and clip through leg confidently but his driving was truly exquisite. Clarke found gaps where there appeared to be none and his timing was perfect.
It was tough to determine which of his awesome cover-drives was his best stroke, but one that pierced a miniscule space between the extra cover and the short extra cover and flew to the boundary off Powell was particularly brilliant.
Daren Powell eventually removed Clarke to a miscued pull to forward square leg at 414 for seven.Lee and Mitchell Johnson shared an unbeaten eighth-wicket stand of 65 off 55 balls before the declaration came at the interval.
Lee brought up his fifth half century with a huge six over long-on while Johnson spanked 29 not out off 26 balls with three fours. West Indies' fielding standards fell as the Aussies piled on the runs at Sir Vivian Richards Stadium.
Clarke was dropped on 63 by wicketkeeper Denesh Ramdin down the leg side off Taylor.
Lee was on 28 when Fidel Edwards floored a catch running back at mid-on off Darren Sammy.
Sammy also should have removed Johnson on 17 but Dwayne Bravo floored a catch at deep extra cover.