India managed to post a decent total by scoring 56 from their last five overs, including fours from the last three balls of the innings from Harbhajan Singh.
Roach's hat-trick, with the first three balls of the 32nd over (his ninth), saw Pieter Sielaar and Bernard Loots beaten for pace and trapped lbw, before last man Berend Westdijk had his middle stump flattened in emphatic style.
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Three overs before the end of the innings rain intervened and prompted an early lunch, but Rahul Dravid, batting at six, hit two of the first three balls after the resumption for four, followed by a remarkable cover drive for six, 19 coming from the Broad over.
In between, Poonia was run out so the last three balls had failed to move the total.
Wicket-keeper Paul Nixon bowled what was to be the only three balls of Warwickshire's innings, Powell finishing the job quicky.
Spinner Gayle bowled Jones and Steve Harmison in the space of three balls to finish the job.
He also claimed a hat-trick with the first three balls of a World Cup match against Bangladesh in 2003.
Ricky Ponting was beginning to look dangerous, taking 11 runs off the last three balls of an Ishant Sharma over to move to 24.
The batsmen opened up a little approaching lunch but with the interval just three balls away, the left-handed Hughes pushed forward outside the off-stump at Tremlett, despite the angle taking the ball further away from the danger area.
The other two wickets went in the space of three balls to Nantie Hayward and they were the important ones of Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly.
Then Navdeep Poonia hammered Jacob Oram high into the stands, and with three balls left of the innings Scotland were 89-1.
With men on first and third bases, and with two outs in the first, Redman threw three balls to hand the initiative to Matsui, who hit the subsequent fastball on a line over the 408-foot sign.
An excellent slower ball deceived Naeem Islam and hit the middle stump, and three balls later he hit the middle pole again when Razzak walked across his stumps.
James Hildreth was dropped twice at third slip in the space of three balls and later survived a missed stumping opportunity.
But a promising stand of 48 was ended by Weeraratne, who dismissed both Misbah and Younus Khan in the space of three balls.
Gordon Drummond eventually took Ten Doeschate's wicket but Cooper finished unbeaten on 80 to take the Dutch over the line with three balls to spare.
The hosts had to recover after a morning session when Ntini struck twice with the new ball before returning ahead of lunch for two more wickets in the space of three balls.
Needham dismissal of Joshua Cobb before the interval ended a stand of 49 with Paul Nixon after Boeta Dippenaar and HD Ackerman had been dismissed in the space of three balls by Graham Wagg.
Top Australian scorer Michael Slater was dropped four times on his way to 97, the last chance coming just three balls before he was finally dismissed in the nervous nineties for a seventh time in Tests.
The tea break did for the partnership, though, Panesar tempting Bell into an ill-advised pull three balls into the evening session and Broad safely pouching the top edge at deep backward square to end the pair's 99-run stand.
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Onlookers said Henson, the partner of singer and TV presenter Charlotte Church, was seen messing about with pool balls on the three tables in the pub and was abusive when anyone took issue with him.
The tone was set three balls into Roach's first over when danger-man Tamim Iqbal flashed at an angled delivery but succeeded only in edging to Sammy at slip.
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He was seven over par and had hit three balls into the water.
Kent needed three off the final two balls to retain the trophy and secure a slot in the Caribbean as part of the ill-fated Stanford Super Series.
And despite a few nervous moments, it was left to Malik to seal victory, smashing the ball for six with three balls to go before sparking scenes of celebrations amongst his teammates.
Just three balls of the innings remained when Irfan Pathan arrived at the crease but there was still enough time for the left-hander to cut a six and clip a four as India finished on a high.
Fellow opener Alex Obanda delighted a healthy crowd by smashing Tait back over his head for a massive six, but three balls later the paceman got his revenge as a low full toss demolished Obanda's middle stump.
Two wickets in three balls saw the departure of Bopara and Shah, and n Morgan soon joined them back in the pavilion when he tried to cut a ball from Lee which was far too close to his body and was caught behind.
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