Australia blew away the West Indies for 141 and won the first test by 159 runs at Kensington Oval on day three Friday.

Australia ruthlessly completed a 159-run victory over West Indies in the first test on Friday as Nathan Lyon swept up the tail after Josh Hazlewood's five-wicket masterclass broke the hosts' resistance on a pitch that deteriorated into a bowler's paradise.

Australia blew away the West Indies for 141 and won the first Test by 159 runs at Kensington Oval on day three. The West Indies was set a stressful 301 target to win on a tricky pitch and folded in 33.