World T20 cricket: Australia & India win warm-up matches
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ICC World Twenty20 warm-up games, Colombo (various grounds): |
Afghanistan 209-7 (20 overs) beat Sri Lanka A 158 (18.2 overs) by 51 runs - |
Australia 139-6 (20 overs) beat New Zealand 83 (17 overs) by 56 runs - |
Bangladesh 135-5 (18.2 overs) beat Zimbabwe 134-6 (20 overs) by five wickets - |
India 146-5 (20 overs) beat Sri Lanka 120 (19.3 overs) by 26 runs - |
Brad Hogg took three wickets as Australia bowled New Zealand out for only 83 to win their World Twenty20 warm-up match by 56 runs.
Shane Watson, Clint McKay and Pat Cummins also took two wickets each after Australia posted 139-6.
Elsewhere, captain Mahendra Dhoni's unbeaten 55 helped India defeat hosts Sri Lanka by 26 runs.
Bangladesh beat Zimbabwe by five wickets, while Afghanistan defeated Sri Lanka A by 51 runs.
Afghanistan, preparing for only their second major tournament, posted 209 before bowling Sri Lanka A out for 158.
Bangladesh, chasing Zimbabwe's 134-6, reached their target with 10 balls to spare thanks to 38 from opener Mohammad Ashraful.
India, who join England in Group A, slumped to 51-4 before Dhoni and Rohit Sharma shared a fifth-wicket stand of 78.
Left-arm seamer Irfan Pathan then took 5-25 to dismiss the home side for 120 in Colombo.
- Published14 September 2012
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