The Aussies cruised to a 9-wkt victory as Justin Langer (78) and Ricky Ponting (42) played superbly to ensure there were no alarms.
Shivnarine Chanderpaul scored the third fastest hundred in test history on Thursday to keep West Indies' hopes alive in the first Test against Australia.
Australia opener Justin Langer scored 166 to leave Sri Lanka fighting to avoid a series whitewash at the close of the fourth day of the third Test.
Matthew Hayden chalked up 1,000 runs for the third year in a row on the final day of the first Test against India.
Australia is poised to score a huge total after Langer's ton placed them at 262-2 at the end of first day's play.
Persistent rains on day one of the first Test between India and Australia at the Gabba suspended play again.
Khawaja passed a fitness Test on Monday after recovering from a hamstring injury and Langer confirmed the left-hander will bat at number three, while fast bowler Pattinson is set to feature in his first Test match since Feb. 2016.
Ponting compared the spell with the one England's Steve Harmison bowled during the famous 2005 Ashes series, in which he hit Australian openers Matthew Hayden and Justin Langer before leaving the former skipper with a bloodied cheek.
Opening pair Justin Langer and Matthew Hayden put the visitors in control of the final Test against West Indies
Australia beat New Zealand by nine wickets to win the third and final Test with a day to spare.
It was earlier reported that with Darren Lehmann's contract as coach expiring in 2019, Cricket Australia is in negotiations with Ponting to coach the home team for the event, which is to be played in Australia in 2020.
England were 97 for three in reply at the close of play with captain Nasser Hussain on 17 and nightwatchman Richard Dawson yet to score.
The duo bettered the record for an Australia opening partnership against England in Melbourne.
Assistant coach Ricky Ponting, 10 rooms down the hotel corridor, has heard him shadow practising in England and coach Justin Langer said Smith hones his cover drives in shower.
Labuschagne played a knock of 108 runs before he was dismissed by debutant T Natarajan in the final session of the opening day.
Badminton's governing body (BWF) said on Wednesday it will work with Thai health authorities to ensure "comfortable" COVID-19 testing conditions at the Thailand Open after Indian shuttler Kidambi Srikanth was left with a bloody nose following a test.
Glenn McGrath says he has turned to watching old videos of his bowling action to try and help him regain form.
Play was halted for a few minutes on the fourth day of the third Test between India and Australia after the visiting players complained of abuse from the crowd at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Sunday.
Australia coach Justin Langer on Tuesday said India have been distinctly well-planned and disciplined, especially in bowling, so far even as his side races to address its batting woes ahead of the third match starting in Sydney on Thursday.
Aaron Finch has matured immensely as a cricketer and filled the "void in terms of captaincy" in limited overs cricket, believes Australia's stand-in coach Andrew McDonald. What also helped Finch evolve as a skipper is the continuity in team selection, he pointed out.
Officials said they were projecting a crowd in excess of 78,000 on the opening day of the traditional Boxing Day fixture, the largest attendance at the ground for a non-Ashes Test.
Australia coach Justin Langer wants off-spinner Nathan Lyon, who has dismissed Virat Kohli seven times in Tests, to continue his good record against the India captain.
Relieved at being able to break a run of recent reverses with a four-run win over India in the first T20 International in Brisbane on Wednesday, Australia coach Justin Langer said they are tired of being 'bashed up'.
While form is important, Tim Paine's hopes of retaining his spot may ultimately rest on whether selectors feel he might be a major distraction amid the pressures of an Ashes series.
Langer also made it clear that his team will focus more on the skill part and look for ways to get Kohli out instead of needlessly engaging with him.
David Warner will be driven to prove his worth to Australia when he returns to the side
Kohli was full of praise for all his players but singled out Jadeja and Chahal for their efforts.
Having been in the team's leadership group last year before he was dumped and lost his central contract, Marsh acknowledged his see-sawing form had made it difficult for home fans to warm to him.
'I was there, I know the truth, they were talking about Chris Rogers who was here four years ago and that is actually the truth'
'It's a long series, our bowlers have had a really big workload and we feel we're going to need Mitch's bowling at some point.'
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