Debutant Shamar Joseph clinched two top-order wickets to give West Indies some hope against Australia in the opening Test in Adelaide on Wednesday.
The visitors were dismissed in their first innings for a total of 188.
Australia were 59-2 at close of play on day one, with Usman Khawaja unbeaten on 30 and Cameron Green on six.
Australia, who trail by 129 runs, lost wickets of Steve Smith and Marnus Labuschagne.
Earlier, Australian captain Pat Cummins opted to field on an overcast morning, a decision that paid dividends when West Indies slipped to 133-9.
But Joseph, featuring in only his sixth first class match, gave the score some respectability with a quick-fire 36 off only 41 balls.
The best was still to come for the 24-year-old, who came on as first change and had Smith caught at third slip with his first ball in Test cricket.
He then enticed a hook shot from Labuschagne, which went straight to Gudakesh Motie at deep fine leg to leave Australia 45-2.
That could have been even better had wicketkeeper Josh Da Silva not dropped Khawaja on one, a catch he should have taken.
Earlier, Josh Hazlewood took 4-44, including his 250th Test wicket, and Cummins 4-41 as Australia ran through the West Indies batting line-up.
Australia had gone into the Test making only one change from the team that beat Pakistan 3-0 earlier in the summer.
Smith moved to the top of the Aussie order in place of the retired David Warner and Green was back at number four.
It was a different story for the West Indies, who gave debuts to Joseph and all-rounders Kavem Hodge and Justin Greaves.