Adam Voges and new batsman Shaun Marsh will resume after lunch on nine and nought respectively.
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Heading into the return series, West Indies, which last won a Test in Australia in 1997, will be aware of the uphill battle it faces in testing conditions.
Adam Voges and Shaun Marsh pounded tons in a triple-century unbroken stand to crush the dispirited West Indies and put Australia in immediate command of the first Test in Hobart on Thursday.
There wasn’t much for the visitors to celebrate.
An attempted slog sweep off left-arm spinner Jomel Warrican (3-158), however, went straight to Darren Bravo in the field and brought to an end the glorious partnership.
Warner and Joe Burns scored 75 in the opening hour before the latter was bowled between bat and pad by Shannon Gabriel for 33.
West Indies made scores of just 243 and 210 against an inexperienced CA side in Brisbane, but Holder remains upbeat.
Shai Hope is yet to score a half-century in his five-Test career and he is in contention for the opening spot with Rajendra Chandrika who played ahead of him in the warm-up match.
“I thought it had not been disciplined enough. there were too many limit balls and we just let the online game get away from us”, Windies spinner Jomel Warrican stated.
“I guess he wasn’t on target today but I’m sure he will come back”.
In 2009 he was awarded the Lord Gavron award for promising young cricketers in Barbados alongside his captain Holder, before being picked in the West Indies under-19 side for the 2010 World Cup.
But the right-armer bowled his last over before the tea break and left the ground during the final session complaining of pain in his left ankle. Ambrose rebuked the team in the wake of the defeat and Holder said the players have taken his stinging words to heart.
“Later in the day, it became more hard for the bowlers to get wickets”.
However the former fast bowler is insisting that given the expectation of the Australian public, the home side is the one under pressure to perform.
West Indies had spoken of targeting what they perceived as a weakness in Australia’s middle order but Western Australians Voges and Marsh sent them straight back to the drawing board by batting through the last two sessions.
A diplomatic Voges didn’t criticise the West Indies when asked if their attitude was up to Test standard.
The Bellerive wicket had a greenish tinge on the eve of the Test, indicating that the pace bowlers will get some early life out of the pitch.
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Voges, who made his test debut against West Indies in Roseau earlier this year, got himself set before making a statement of intent by clubbing Warrican for four boundaries in one over.
