Warm up Matches 06 march 2007

India v Netherlands India won by 182 runs. With the help of 50s from Dravid and Tendulkar India put hard target of 300 after putting to bat by Netherlands. Netherlands just manage to pass 100 and collapsed at 118. Score: India 300/9(50) (Dravid 74,Tendulkar 61,RN ten Doeschate 57/5) Netherlands 118/10(38) (B Zuiderent 32, RN ten Doeschate 31, Yuvraj Singh 12/4 )

Australia v Zimbabwe Result Australia won by 106 runs. After winning the toss and selecting to bat first Australia put 290 in 50 overs. In reply Zimbabwe made only 184 and lose the game by 106 runs. Score: Australia 290/8(50) (MJ Clarke 82, SR Watson 81, SC Williams 48/2) Zimbabwe 184/7(50) (SC Williams 44, S Matsikenyeri 35,SR Clark 33/2)

Canada v Pakistan Pakistan won by 77 runs. After winning the toss Canada put Pakistan to bat first they restrict Pakistan to 273 in 48 overs. In reply Canada all out on 196 in 47th over. Score: Pakistan 273/8(48) (Inzamam-ul-Haq 59, Mohammad Hafeez 61,S Dhaniram 26/2) Canada 196/10(47) (Qaiser Ali 37,AA Mulla 31,Mohammad Hafeez 10/3)

Bangladesh v New Zealand Bangladesh won by 2 wickets. World cup 2007 Warm up upset here. New Zealand won the toss and chose to bat first. But today was day for Bangladesh, New Zealand started their innings and they loose both the opening batsman on just 13 on the board. Then the damage continue further with Mortaza leading the role and they collapsed to 75/6. Then the drama turn bit towards New Zealand way when injured Oram 88 and McCullum 46 rescue their innings with comprehensive stand of 105. In the end New Zealand all out on 226 in 48th over. Bangladesh started their innings quite sensibly with openers gave them solid start. Wickets are falling on the way to get the target of 227. But Mohammad Ashraful playing nicely before was out lbw by Franklin and the game turns to an exited stage. But Mortaza now with the bat having something different in mind hit consecutive sixes to Franklin. World cup 2007 first upset end with Bangladesh winning the game by 2 wickets with 6 balls left. Score: New Zealand 226/10(48) (Oram 88, McCullum 46, Razzak 26/4, Mortaza 44/4) Bangladesh 230/8(49) (Tamim Iqbal 46, Javed Omar 45, DL Vettori 38/3)