Tri-Nation Series Win Not Enough, Steven Smith Wants Australia To Improve

Australia underlined their status as the world's top One-Day International side by securing the tri-series in the Caribbean on Sunday but captain Steven Smith wants more.

Australia won the final against the West Indies in Barbados by 58 runs, scoring 270 for nine before bowling out the hosts for 212.

Matthew Wade was the key contributor with the bat with an unbeaten 57 from 52 balls before player of the series Josh Hazlewood (5 for 50) and player of the match Mitchell Marsh (3 for 32) snuffed out the home team's chase.

"We've still got a lot of work to do," Smith said after the tri-series final. "I was pleased with the way we scrapped today. I'm using that word a lot, but it's been a bit of a theme throughout this series with the wickets we've been playing on," Smith said.

"I was pleased we were able to get the job done. Our fielding still needs a lot of work. We need to be able to have the energy we had today in every game, and there's no reason why we shouldn't.

"We've got to continue to start well with the ball. In the last three or four series we've been up against some pretty dynamic opening batters, but they've got the better of us at the start.

"We've been lucky enough to pull it back in the middle overs and bowl pretty well at the death. We'll make things a lot easier for ourselves if we start really well."

Australia's next action is in Sri Lanka with a three-match Test series, followed by five One-Day Internationals and two Twenty20 Internationals starting in late July.