Adelaide: Australia has taken a 2-0 series lead after thrashing a weak West Indies by eight wickets in the second one-day international at Adelaide Oval on Tuesday.

Set a paltry 171 for victory, the Aussies cantered to victory in the 27th over with captain Ricky Ponting (57 not out off 55 balls) and his deputy Michael Clarke (27 not out off 28) leading the side home.

A belligerent 53 off 50 balls from opener Shane Watson ensured the run chase was going to be staged in cruise control while Shaun Marsh was the other early contributor with 27.

Doug Bollinger was named man-of-the-match for his four wickets earlier in the day.

Australia got off to a bright opening after Kemar Roach bowled a no-ball on the first ball of the innings and Watson thrashed a boundary down the ground off the resulting free hit.

Marsh was also in a typically aggressive mood pulling a Roach delivery for six in the third over.

The home side raced to 50 in the ninth over before Marsh chopped a Smith ball into his off stump.

It was another frustrating innings for Marsh who's struggled to make the most of his positive starts in the green and gold this summer.

The dismissal should have lifted Windies spirits but a tactical blunder by Chris Gayle saw the Australians continue the dominance.

Gayle called for the bowling powerplay and watched on as Australia smashed 42 runs off overs 11-15 - Watson's second six through the on-side the best of several highlights in this purple patch.

The end of the powerplay then signalled the demise of Watson who was caught behind pushing forward to a Roach delivery.

Earlier the tourists won the toss, elected to bat and slumped to 6-77 before some lower-order resistance helped them reach their modest tally.

Dwayne Smith top scored with 43 off 63 balls and was the last man out - brilliantly caught by Mike Hussey in the outfield off Clint McKay - while Kieron Pollard (32 off 39) and Denesh Ramdin (30 off 42) got starts but couldn't occupy the crease for long enough.

The West Indies has survived just 74 of a possible 100 overs in its two one-day internationals this summer.

Bollinger did the early damage with an opening spell of 3-9 off five overs and finished with 4-28.

McKay finished with 2-33 while Mitchell Johnson, Nathan Hauritz and Shane Watson were the other wicket-takers.

Brief scores
West Indies 170 (Smith 43, Bollinger 4-28) by 8 wickets
Australia 171 for 2 (Ponting 57*, Watson 53)
Result: Australia won by 8 wickets
MOM: Doug Bollinger (Australia)