Play was stopped for the day after only 30 minutes of action in the final session with the Windies 6-154 after winning the toss against a second-string Cricket Australia XI in Brisbane.
Showers forced an early lunch break on Wednesday, with rain falling intermittently at Allan Border Field.
Darren Bravo is not out on 46 but should have been caught on one trying to slog legspinner Cameron Boyce.
The Windies’ batsmen have failed to threaten a CA XI line-up featuring six players making their first-class debuts.
The pick of the CA XI attack has been rookie James Bazley (2-27) who only received a nod for the clash when he replaced Victoria’s Ryan Sidebottom (foot).
Darren Bravo made 46 before rain once again stopped play
The lowly ranked Windies rested fast-bowling spearhead Jerome Taylor for the match but boast a batting line-up expected to feature in the first Test against world No.2 Australia in Hobart from December 10.
It is the only tour match for the Windies before next week’s first Test against Australia in Hobart.
The Windies have not recorded a Test series win away against any nation except for minnows Zimbabwe and Bangladesh since a 1-0 triumph in February 1995 in New Zealand.
The Windies are third last in the ICC’s Test rankings - ahead of only Bangladesh and Zimbabwe - and have stuck with the same squad which suffered a 2-0 series whitewash last month in Sri Lanka. Rain ensured an early lunch break on Wednesday with the Windies at 2-52.
The Windies resumed after the interval under dark skies and promptly lost 3-17 before Bravo and captain Jason Holder tried to steady the ship.
Holder struck two fours and a six in his 34-ball knock of 26, dominating a sixth-wicket stand of 32, before being caught behind off Queensland quick Simon Milenko (2-33).
Bravo has put on 39 runs for the seventh wicket with Carlos Brathwaite (25no) - the highest stand of the Windies’ innings.
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#CAXIvWI : Cricket Australia XI: Silk, Carder, Stevens, Inglis, Peirson (c), Short, Bazley, Milenko, Andrews, Boyce, Lees.
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#CAXIvWI : Windies: K. Brathwaite, Chandrika, Darren Bravo, Samuels, Blackwood, Ramdin(wk), Holder(c), C. Brathwaite, Bishoo, Roach, Gabriel
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