Australia fans get to the Sir Viv Richards Stadium in Antigua only to find the match delayed by a waterlogged pitch After some intensive work by the groundstaff, a 22-overs per-side match gets under way at 1930 BST Ricky Ponting wins the toss and decides to put Habibul Bashar's Bangladesh into bat The Tigers' openers see off the first couple of overs before Tamim Iqbal falls to Nathan Bracken for three Soon after, Glenn McGrath bowls Shahriar Nafees to become joint top wicket-taker in World Cups alongside Wasim Akram Two overs later he breaks that record when Aftab Ahmed becomes his 56th victim courtesy of a fine catch by Bracken The feat marks another significant moment in the career of a bowler who is set to retire at the end of the tournament McGrath also unseats Mohammad Ashraful before escorting a disappointed Shane Watson from the pitch with a leg injury Bashar puts on 28 with Saqibul Hasan and 32 with Mashrafe Mortaza before finding Ponting's palms at mid-wicket Mortaza sees out the innings with youngster Mushfiqur Rahim as Bangladesh total 104-6 at a run rate of 4.73 The opening pair of Matthew Hayden and Adam Gilchrist hit their target in under 14 overs as Australia win by 10 wickets
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