England v Australia: England elect to bat in St Vincent but Shaun Tait finds early swing and traps Ed Joyce lbw for five England captain Michael Vaughan takes a while to get going but gradually begins to get after the Australian attack Vaughan and Ian Bell combine for a century partnership until Bell is stumped off spinner Brad Hogg, with the score 122-2 Australia peg England back to 131-4 when Vaughan also succumbs to Hogg and Kevin Pietersen is dismissed for four Fintoff is caught for 13 after miscuing a hook off Stuart Clark and England's tail slump to 196 all out Shane Watson looks in commanding form at the top of the order as Australia set about England's total at speed Wickets eventually start to fall after an opening stand of 140, but Australia saunter to a comfortable five-wicket win West Indies v India: Shivnarine Chanderpaul falls to Zaheer Khan as India's seamers dominate totally in Jamaica Brian Lara top scores with 22, caught and bowled by Irfan Pathan, and West Indies crash to 85 all out India take just under 19 overs to pass the meagre target for the loss of one wicket - Virender Sehwag Pakistan v South Africa: Umar Gul upsets opener Graeme Smith's stumps in the warm-up game in Trinidad South Africa battle to 199 all out on an unpredicatble pitch, thanks mainly to a grafting 53 from Loots Bosman Younis Khan fares better on the pitch and steers Pakistan to a seven-wicket victory with an impressive 79 New Zealand v Sri Lanka: Sri Lanka win the toss in Barbados and put Stephen Fleming and Lou Vincent in to bat Prolific Upul Tharanga scores a fine century but it is not enough to save Sri Lanka from defeat against the Kiwis
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