Mark Pangallo at the Gabba
A convincing 50-run win at the Gabba on Sunday night has seen Australia clinch the five-match one-day series against the West Indies.
Set an imposing target of 325 after Ricky Ponting's sparkling century, the tourists never looked like reaching the record score at the ground.
However to their credit, they did manage to bat through the entire 50 overs reaching what would be considered a competitive total of 8-274.
Twenty20 specialist Kieron Pollard top-scored for the Windies with a quickfire 62 (off 55 balls) and combined for a 102-run partnership with Dwayne Smith, who finished on 58 not out.
Doug Bollinger (2-44) and Ryan Harris (2-64) were the pick of the bowlers for Australia, with Bollinger dismissing Windies skipper Chris Gayle yet again.
Top-scoring with 106 from 112 balls, Ponting's 29th one-day century was his first in Brisbane and helped Australia onto the highest ODI score ever seen at the ground.
Ponting's clinical innings contained just six boundaries and two sixes but was characterised by two crucial partnerships.
Firstly a 52-run second-wicket stand with fellow Tasmanian Tim Paine (24) followed by a 131-run combination with Cameron White who made an impressive 63 from 78 balls.
Mike Hussey (23 off 17) and James Hopes (42 off 21) helped the hosts reach their mammoth total with some late power hitting as the West Indies pace attack watched in horror as the scoreboard ticked over 300.
Taking a nasty hit to the back of the head, White was cleared of any serious damage after going for an x-ray at a local Brisbane hospital.
Beginning their mammoth run chase, Gayle needed to stand firm and he did by blasting six boundaries in the first five overs.
Refusing to take up anything less than an attacking stance, the big left-hander moved the tourists onto 0-42 after five but that was as testing as things got.
Losing two wickets without adding to the score, Travis Dowlin (eight) was the first to go edging Ryan Harris through to Paine behind the stumps.
The following over, Gayle was the next to depart when he edged Bollinger's cutter into the gloves of Paine.
Gayle's brazen 34 from 21 - his highest score for the one-day series so far - continued his woes as Bollinger's bunny and heaped the pressure on the Windies top-order.
Bowling in front of his home crowd, Hopes' (1-39) introduction in the 10th over worked with Lendl Simmons (one) departing cheaply to leave the West Indies struggling at 3-55.
With the Aussies right on top, the batting side could only manage to add a disappointing 10 runs to their total by the end of the 15th over with Wavell Hinds (20) and Narsingh Deonarine (53) struggling to keep out Mitchell Johnson (1-55) and Hopes.
To their credit Hinds and Deonarine bunkered down and were able to bring up the 100 for the West Indies.
But a mix-up in the 21st over saw Hopes throw down the stumps with a direct hit dismissing Hinds after Deonarine refused a quick single.
Sitting at 4-118 at the halfway mark of the innings, Deonarine looked to be like the only West Indies player able to provide any resistance as spinners Nathan Hauritz (1-47) and Adam Voges (0-17) operated from the Stanley and Vulture street ends.
Playing some positive shots, Deonarine brought up his half-century shoveling Hauritz over mid-wicket, however he was out the very next delivery when he found Harris