The leading run scorer this calendar year, Smith backed up his unbeaten 134 in the first innings with 70 not out as Australia reached stumps at 3 for 179.
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The Australians have been far superior and seemed intent on constructing a huge overall lead and bowling out the Windies for a fourth time in the one-sided series.
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Smith had Sunday’s third Test in Sydney and the extra bowling workload in mind when he decided not to put the Windies back in to bat.
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Jerome Taylor handed them a bonus run in the morning session, opting to casually stop the ball with his foot at fine leg.
– Before Khawaja’s return to the Test fold in the 2015 series against New Zealand, he had scored 377 runs in 15 innings at an average of 25.33.
West Indies openers Kraigg Brathwaite and Rajendra Chandrika had done well to negotiate a nervous hour before tea but their hard work was undone straight after the break by Lyon.
Where the West Indies improved with the bat they also seemed to improve with the ball, and it was not long into Australia’s second innings before they had felled both the openers, Joe Burns (4) the first to fall before David Warner (17).
In the field, Brathwaite was outshone only by his captain Jason Holder.
Khawaja shared a quick-fire 77-run stand with Steven Smith before offering a top-edge to wicketkeeper Denesh Ramdin off Holder for 56. “Fortunately for me I see it day in day out”.
The first session proved slow, but Bravo (81) and Brathwaite (59) produced a 90-run partnership to help their team to a final score of 271 as the Australian attack slowly broke down the remaining wickets.
“We can always improve in certain areas”, Smith said.
“I was just happy that I could contribute to a fighting day’s performance and we hope that the fans in the West Indies get a smile back on their face and realise that we’re not just here for being here’s sake”, Brathwaite, who replaced injured paceman Shannon Gabriel in the side, told reporters.
The Queensland captain duly made the West Indies pay and brought up his 50 by cutting Kemar Roach to the fence.
James Pattinson, Nathan Lyon and Peter Siddle each snared two wickets apiece to leave the tourists – who lost the first Test by an innings and 212 runs – a massive 460 runs behind, with just four first-innings wickets still standing.
Australia is in the box seat to wrap up the Boxing Day Test tomorrow after another dominant batting display on Day 3 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
Bravo was in sight of his second century of the series after his 108 in Hobart, before he fell short slicing Pattinson to Smith in the gully.
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Bravo’s dogged knock held the innings together, facing 204 balls over nearly a day’s play and driving eight boundaries.
