Australia cruised to a seven-wicket victory over the tourists in the final Test after picking off the required runs at 182 for three 16 minutes after lunch on the final day.
Man-of-the-series Matthew Hayden remained unbeaten on 87 off 174 balls with first-innings centurion Mike Hussey not out 30.
The 2-1 Ashes series defeat to England in September cuts deep with the Australian cricketers and skipper Ponting pointed to his team's improvement against a much-less formidable opponent in the West Indies side.
SCOREBOARD
WEST INDIES (1st innings): 405 (B. Lara 226, D. Bravo 34; G. McGrath 3-106, B. Lee 3-111):
AUSTRALIA (1st innings): 428 (M. Hussey 133 not out, J. Langer 99, R. Ponting 56; D. Bravo 6-84):
WEST INDIES( 2nd innings): 204 (D. Bravo 64, R. Sarwan 62; S. Warne 6-80, B. Lee 4-46)
AUSTRALIA (2nd innings - 76 for 2 overnight):
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J Langer c Dwayne Smith b Collymore 20
M Hayden not out 87
R Ponting c Sarwan b Collymore 3
B Hodge c Dwayne Smith b Powell 23
M Hussey not out 30
EXTRAS: (LB-3, W-1, NB-15) 19
TOTAL: (3 wkts, 58 overs) 182
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FALL OF WICKETS 1-51, 2-55, 3-110
BOWLING: Edwards 11-1-52-0 (1w, 9nb), Powell 14-2-40-1, Collymore 20-6-51-2 (6nb), Sarwan 12-2-35-0, Dwayne Smith 1-0-1-0
Australia won by 7 wickets
Australia won series 3-0
MAN-OF-THE-MATCH: Brian Lara (WI)
MAN-OF-THE-SERIES: Matthew Hayden (AUS)
TOSS: West Indies
AGGREGATE CROWD: 69,342.