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Bangladesh handed New Zealand a shock defeat in an exciting Cricket World Cup (CWC) warm-up match at the Three Ws Oval yesterday.

All-rounder Mashrafee-bin-Murtaza smashed consecutive sixes off James Franklin in the penultimate over to spur the underdogs to a thrilling victory. Murtaza's brilliance took Bangladesh to 230 for eight off 48.5 overs in reply to New Zealand's 226 all out off 49.2 overs. He ended on 30 not out off 14 balls.

Scores: New Zealand 226 off 49.2 overs (Jacob Oram 88, Brendan McCullum 46, Scott Styris 26; Abdur Razzaq 4-26, Mashrafee-bin-Murtaza 4-44).

Banglasdesh 230-8 off 48.5 overs (Javed Omar 45, Mashrafee-bin-Murtaza 30 not out).

AT ST. AUGUSTINE: Pakistan beat Canada by 77 runs.

Scores: Pakistan 273-8 off 48 overs (Mohammas Hafeez 61, Inzaman-Ul-Haq 59, Kamran Akmal 56 not out, Sunil Dhaniram 2-26, Henry Osinde 2-41, Andy Cummins 2-58).

Canada 196 all out off 46.4 overs (Qaiser Ali 37, Ashif Mulla 31, Geoff Barnett 28, Abdool Samad 27, Mohammad Hafeez 3-10, Rao Iftikhar 3-23, Azhar Mahmood 2-24).

AT ARNOS VALE: Australia beat Zimbabwe by 106 runs.

Scores: Australia 290-7 off 50 overs (Michael Clarke 82, Shane Watson 81, Brad Haddin 47; Sean Williams 2-48).

Zimbabwe 184-7 off 50 overs (Sean Williams 44, Stuart Matsikenyeri 35, Justice Chibhabha 22; Stuart Ckark 2-33)