Andrew Flintoff continued his comeback with two catches and 13 off nine balls.
Just nine balls later, Graham Napier pinned Wright in his crease as he shuffled across in front of his stumps.
He threw nine balls among his first 11 pitches, but got out of it with minimal damage after allowing Balentien's run-scoring grounder.
Kallis took nine balls to get off the mark but swept a four and a six off Giles, who conceded 14 in his opening over.
However, with the wicketkeeper falling to Mendis in the 49th over with still 27 required off nine balls it was game over for the Windies.
Virender Sehwag, who probably needed to be still there at tea if India were to have any hope of getting the required runs, lasted just nine balls.
Within nine balls, Ben Hilfenhaus, playing in front of his home Tasmanian crowd, had Kallis caught at backward point, while De Villiers stumbled while attempting a second run and was run out to leave them 156-3 in the 37th over.
But Tredwell (59) upped the scoring rate in tandem with number eight Parnell, who helped him add 151 before clattering a return catch to Robert Croft, who sparked a collapse in which Kent lost their last four wickets in nine balls without addition.
Strauss struck nine fours off 88 balls in an accomplished half century as he and Bell shared a second-wicket stand of 114.
At Scarborough, they had Yorkshire nine down with 28 balls left.
In a tense finish, Amla kept his cool despite the loss of Chris Read, Franks and Broad, hitting Willoughby for 18 in one over, and ending the match with a pull to the square leg boundary to finish unbeaten on 64 from 73 balls with nine fours and a six.
Vaughn van Jaarsveld made an aggressive 52 off 57 balls, including nine fours, but only three other batsmen reached double figures and none of them passed 20.
In fact Sri Lanka might have taken a first-innings lead had wicketkeeper Kaluwitharana not been dismissed in a suicidal run out having just smashed 42 runs off 29 balls, including nine fours.
Southee beat the batsmen for pace to claim wickets eight and nine from the final two balls of the 23rd over but was denied the chance of a hat-trick as Oram had last man Elijah Otieno caught at short mid-wicket.
But the tourists needed seven balls to hit the nine runs needed to win.
Johann Louw, batting at number nine, hit the first two balls he faced for six and raced to 23 off seven balls.
He faced 184 balls and hit only nine fours, but his contribution to a sixth-wicket stand worth 81 in 26 overs with Gareth Batty was instrumental in avoiding the follow-on.
He hit glorious cuts and drives among his nine boundaries, managed to work balls pitched well outside off backward of square on the leg side and timed his final assault to perfection, hitting consecutive deliveries for six and four in the final over to bring up his century.
Dhoni, who made an astonishing 183 not out in the third game, hit three sixes and nine fours in his 80 off 73 balls.
Pietersen slapped Sharma a dozen rows back over mid-wicket and down the ground to give his team a glimmer of hope but only nine runs came in the next 12 balls.
In fact, a year ago, the team had only one softball bat, one baseball cap, three balls, no official rulebook, and nine used gloves.
Salman Butt gave Pakistan a good start with 50 from 57 balls and Mohammad Yousuf, dropped on nine, hit eight fours in a battling unbeaten 83.
BBC: India 242-5 (47 ovs) bt Pakistan 239-7 (50 ovs) by 5 wkts
England posted 161-7 from their 20 overs before it rained, with the West Indies set 80 to win from nine overs, a target they reached with four balls to spare.
As a result, the out-of-form Michael Hussey (49 not out off 55 balls) - had only Australia's number nine, Nathan Hauritz, for company when the batting powerplay came.
Amla added just nine runs to his overnight total, while Smith lasted just five more balls as he was beaten by Mahbubul Alam.
Junaid reached his century off his 121st delivery, nine of which he hit for four, but lasted just two more balls, Kevin O'Brien claiming the wicket.
Plunkett immediately found an accurate line and length and his three dot balls to complete the 33rd over took the required rate above nine an over.
But, in the same over, he went for another big drive and was caught inside the long on boundary by Buttler for 58 off 38 balls - and that prompted a collapse of five wickets for just nine runs as the Essex chase ended abruptly.
Hossain Jr hit 10 fours in 79 from 164 balls, while Rahim struck the only six of the day and had nine fours in 59.
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