Australia beat Bangladesh by six wickets in their Triangular Series one-day international here Thursday. World champions Australia, already qualified for Saturday's Lord's final against England, reduced Bangladesh to 75 for five after winning the toss in the last group match of the tournament. FALL OF WICKETS: 1-8, 2-9, 3-19, 4-57, 5-75, 6-169, 7-193, 8-250.
But Shahriar Nafees (75) and Khaled Mashud (71 not out) both produced their career-best scores and put on 94 for the sixth wicket.
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BANGLADESH
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Javed Omar c Gilchrist b Gillespie 0
S Nafees c Gilchrist b Watson 75
Tushar Imran b Lee 0
Mohammad Ashraful b Lee 7
H Bashar c Gilchrist b Watson 30
A Ahmed c Gilchrist b Kasprowicz 7
Khaled Mashud not out 71
M Rafique c Gilchrist b Watson 15
K Mahmud c Ponting b Gillespie 22
EXTRAS: (LB-9, W-8, NB-6) 23
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TOTAL: (for 8 wkts, 50 overs) 250
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DID NOT BAT: Mashrafe Mortaza, Tapash Baisya
BOWLING: Lee 10-0-62-2 (1nb, 1w); Gillespie 9-0-49-2 (1nb, 3w); Watson 10-0-43-3 (2w); Kasprowicz 9-0-46-1 (4nb, 1w); Symonds 10-0-36-0 (1w); Clarke 2-1-5-0
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AUSTRALIA
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A. Gilchrist c Mahmud b Baisya 45
M. Hayden c Mashud b Mortaza 1
R. Ponting c Imran b Mortaza 66
D. Martyn c Mashud b Mahmud 9
M. Clarke not out 80
A. Symonds not out 42
EXTRAS: (LB-3, W-5, NB-3) 11
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TOTAL: (for 4 wkts, 48.1 overs) 254
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Fall of wickets: 1-15, 2-63, 3-83, 4-168
DID NOT BAT: M Hussey, S Watson, B Lee, J Gillespie, M Kasprowicz
BOWLING: Mortaza 9-0-44-2 (4w); Baisya 9-0-57-1 (2nb); Mahmud 10-0-54-1 (1nb); Ahmed 10-0-48-0; Rafique 10-0-44-0 (1w); Ashraful 0.1-0-4-0
TOSS: Australia
UMPIRES: Aleem Dar (PAK), Jeremy Lloyds (ENG)
MATCH REFEREE: Jeff Crowe (NZL).