Kuala Lumpur, Sept. 24: Australia and Brett Lee picked up from where they left off in the last game to decimate the West Indies and win the tri-nations tournament at the Kinrara Oval here on Sunday.

The kangaroos made sitting ducks out of their rivals to hop past with much to spare. Defending a modest 240, the Australians rode on Lee’s 4/24 to bundle out the Windies for 113 in 34.2 overs. The men in yellow were mellow at the start, accelerated towards the end of their innings and then maintained the momentum to maul the maroon band.

The beginning was the end for West Indies as Lee breathed fire to send Christopher Gayle packing first ball of the innings. The left-hander couldn’t do much about a yorker that landed on his left foot inches in front of the stumps.

Shivnarine Chanderpaul, the other big bat, managed a couple of boundaries before a bustling Nathan Bracken burst his bubble. The Guyanese made a dozen. The biggest of them all, Brian Lara, was out for a low five courtesy an umpiring error. The bat brushed his pad but Mark Benson adjudged it was a snick to the wicketkeeper and upheld the Aussie appeal. Lara shook his head in disbelief as he trudged back to the pavilion. The West Indies were shaken. It was only time before they were rattled and rolled. Runako Morton, Wavell Hinds and Ian Bradshaw drew blanks with bats, Ramnaresh Sarwan made an insufficient 36, the West Indian top score, as the islanders sank without a trace.

The Australian bowling resembled a surging sea, with Glenn McGrath at his economical best, giving away just 6 runs in as many overs; Bracken’s figures reading 7-0-16-3 and Lee winning the Man of the Match and Man of the Series awards for his brilliance with the ball throughout the tournament.

Earlier, the Australians began like Bangladeshis, slow and low, and crawled to 118/3 in 34 overs. They came back renewed vigour after the second drinks break though with Andrew Symonds and Damien Martyn banging the ball frequently out of sight. Both made a half-century (52) each, and raised 73 for the fourth wicket that laid the foundation for Michael Hussey (30 not out) and Brad Haddin (17 not out) to push the score towards the end.