bridgetown, barbados, (cmc)

Bangladesh, spurred by captain Habibul Bashar's unbeaten 57, rolled over Scotland by seven wickets with 15.5 overs to spare in their 2007 World Cup warm-up cricket match at the Three Ws Oval yesterday.

After restricting Scotland to a modest total of 152 for nine in their 50 overs, Bangladesh raced to 156 for three in 34.1 overs to complete their second straight warm-up victory following Tuesday's two-wicket upset win over one of the favoured teams, New Zealand.

Scores: Scotland 152-9 off 50 overs (Navdeep Poonia 32, Fraser Watts 28; Abdur Razzak 3-25, Mohammad Rafique 2-16). Bangladesh 156-3 off 34.1 overs ((Habibul Bashar 57 not out, Sakib al Hasan 45, Mohammad Ashraful 23 not out, Aftab Ahmed 19 retired hurt).

At Arnos Vale: Zimbabwe beat Bermuda by six wickets. Scores: Bermuda 132 off 50 overs (Janeiro Tucker 56; Anthony Ireland 3-22, Keith Dabengwa 2-5, Christopher Mpofu 2-22). Zimbabwe 137-4 off 29 overs (Sean Williams 72 not out, Justice Chibhabha 30, Stuart Matsikenyeri 21 not out; Dwayne Leverock 2-54).

At St. Augustine: Ireland beat Canada by seven wickets. Scores: Canada 115 all out off 32.5 overs (Geoff Barnett 27, Qaiser Ali 17, Dave Langford-Smith 4-41, Kyle McCallan 2-0). Ireland 116-3 off 26.5 overs (Jeremy Bray 41, Andre Botha 22).