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Chasing a bashful 161-run target, Australia were agreed at 75-2 at the center stage, but their hunt slowed with off-break bowler Marlon Samuels demography three acute wickets to abolish skipper George Bailey (24), Mike Hussey (14) and Matthew Wade (17).
Opener David Warner top-scored with a 43-ball 58 with bristles fours and three sixes.
Seamer Fidel Edwards, who had absolved Shane Watson for blank in the aboriginal over, alternate to about-face the spiral by accepting rid of Daniel Christian and Brett Lee with alternating deliveries in the 19th over to accomplishment with three for 23.
That larboard Australia seven wickets bottomward and defective 19 off the final over, bowled by Dwayne Bravo.
Kieron Pollard took a accomplished bolt in the abysmal to abolish David Hussey (19) off the fourth brawl with 17 still bare and the bold was up as Australia accomplished on 146 for nine.
Bravo had additionally played a key role in the adjournment of dangerman Warner, active out the opener with a absolute hit in the 13th over with the account on 98 for three.
"It was a abundant alpha from the West Indies, I anticipate we pulled it aback to about par, 160, and I anticipation we were on advance to beating it off," said Bailey.
"They put burden on us. The wicket of David Warner was huge, run-outs change matches."
West Indies captain Darren Sammy accepted his aggregation should accept denticulate more.
"We knew it was a 180-plus pitch. We approved Polly and myself up the adjustment to try and get some drive -- that didn't assignment but we kept going," said Sammy.
"The assignment we've been accomplishing in the affected and throughout the alternation has been advantageous off and I demand to ask the boys to accumulate accomplishing that. We demand to accumulate accomplishing able-bodied in the Tests and hopefully abide the acceptable results."
West Indies blown a baking alpha to be bowled out for aloof 160.
After acceptable the toss, West Indies looked acceptable for a huge account back they raced to 65-0 from six overs and 110-2 by the 10th.
Openers Dwayne Smith and Johnson Charles got them off to a aerial start.
Charles fabricated 37 off 21 assurance with six fours and a six afore he was aboriginal man out in the seventh over.
Big-hitting Pollard, who had denticulate a alpha T20 fifty on Tuesday, was bent abaft off Lee afterwards authoritative aloof one in the eighth over with the absolute on 76.
Smith top-scored acknowledgment to a 34-ball innings of 63, which featured six fours and four huge sixes, but already he was bent in the abysmal off apathetic bowler Xavier Doherty, the runs broiled up.
Bravo, with 23 off 24 balls, was the alone added batsman to ability bifold abstracts as West Indies absent their aftermost eight wickets for aloof 40 runs afore they were bowled out with two assurance to spare.
Lee was the aces of the Australian bowlers with 3 for 23.
The two sides, who additionally drew the one-day alternation 2-2, will now comedy a three-Test alternation alpha in Barbados on April 7.
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