Skipper Chris Gayle claimed to be rusty after his whirlwind knock against the PM's XI but if he continues that form in the Commonwealth Bank Series, starting Sunday at the MCG, Australia will face a much sterner test than it did in whitewashing Pakistan.
Ricky Ponting's men are rightly ranked No.1 in the world in one-day international cricket, having dominated the limited-overs arena since being thrashed by South Africa on home soil 12 months ago and they'll be looking to make the West Indies the latest team to bow to their dominance.
But unlike Pakistan, which Australia managed to demoralise 5-0 with only one of the five matches a close-run thing, the West Indies will be confident of posing much bigger problems, provided its attack can stand up.
Gayle lashed 146 from only 89 balls in Canberra, including 14 fours and eight sixes while Travis Dowlin (72 from 85), Lendl Simmons (70 from 49) and Kieron Pollard (36 from 17) also spent valuable time in the middle.
They won't have it as easy when they face up to the likes of Doug Bollinger, Mitchell Johnson, Clint McKay, Ryan Harris, Shane Watson and Nathan Hauritz and much will be expected of those four and Narsingh Deonarine and Dwayne Smith in the absence of several stars.
Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Ramnaresh Sarwan and all-rounder Dwayne Bravo are all unavailable, weakening the batting while quicks Jerome Taylor and Fidel Edwards and spinner Sulieman Benn have also not returned to Australia.
That heaps plenty of pressure on the likes of Kemar Roach, who will be looking to again shake Ponting up after striking him a fearsome blow on the elbow during the Test series, Darren Sammy, Ravi Rampaul and Gavin Tonge.
Gayle, Bravo and Pollard all played in the Twenty20 Big Bash in December and January and while all three made strong contributions, particularly Pollard who helped South Australia top the table with his big hitting, the loss of Bravo to a finger injury suffered playing for Victoria is a huge blow.
And Gayle claims to still not be feeling 100 percent with his timing despite his heroics from Thursday after suffering a side strain playing for Western Australia that restricted him to just two of a possible five appearances.
With Peter Siddle joining the likes of Ben Hilfenhaus and Brett Lee on the sidelines because of injury, and Nathan Bracken still on the comeback trail himself, Bollinger, McKay and Harris will all be keen to further their claims.
Drafted into the squad when Siddle missed a game during the series against Pakistan, Harris made the most of the call-up to claim man-of-the-series honours after grabbing five wickets each in games three and four and finishing with 13 for the series.
With a more experienced and in-form line-up Australia is a well-backed favourite to take out the series and should prove too strong in the opener, provided Gayle doesn't thrill the MCG fans with one of his dominant displays.