In the day's early game in Group A, Australia skipper Ricky Ponting finds the going difficult early on after being put in to bat on a tricky wicket by West Indies
Ponting eventually departs for a superb 79, smartly stumped by Chadwick Walton, after helping his side overcome Shane Watson's dismissal off the game's first ball
Further wickets tumble, here Callum Ferguson is clean bowled by Kemar Roach to leave the defending champions struggling on 164-6
And when James Hopes falls to a clearly delighted Darren Sammy shortly afterwards Australia are in serious trouble on 171-7 with under 10 overs left in the innings
Mitchell Johnson adds some much-needed impetus with a rapid 73, which features three sixes and eight fours, as Austalia finish on a creditable 275-8
West Indies show positive intent to chase down an imposing total, Andre Fletcher hitting one enormous six on his way to 54
Captain Floyd Reifer keeps West Indies just about in the chase with a composed innings that includes a few wristy shots for four
Brett Lee has Travis Dowlin caught behind for 55, reducing the underdogs to 170-4, and no other Windies batsman can make an impact as the champions secure a 50-run win
The fans are in high spirits ahead of an India v Pakistan match which Pakistan batsman Shoaib Malik predicts will be the game of tournament
Kamran Akmal's swing looks impressive, but his pose for the cameras is in vain as his leg stump is uprooted
Captain Younus Khan, back in the side after missing the win over West Indies, displays the classical pose of the dismissed batsman as he departs with Pakistan on 65-3
Mohammad Yousuf and Shoaib pile on the runs, with Yousuf making 87 off 88 balls as Pakistan move to a commanding 271-4 in the 46th over
Shoaib Malik completes a deserved century and is finally out for 128 from 126 balls in the penultimate over after attempting to smash his first six
Shahid Afridi smashes one four off his first ball but then goes from boom to bust when he is caught out next ball off Yusuf Pathan
Mohammad Aamir celebrates in style after dismissing India's master batsman Sachin Tendulkar for eight in the fifth over
Gautam Gambhir rises to the challenge with a half-century featuring two sixes and seven fours, but his innings ends on 57 when he is run out after a mix-up with Rahul Dravid
Afridi makes his impact - dismissing Virat Kohli for 16 and then the big wicket of Mahendra Dhoni lbw for three - India 133-4 in the 24th over
Rahul Dravid, having dropped anchor for 76 off 103 balls, is run out in the 42nd over and with his departure on 238-7 go India's hopes of victory
Wickets tumble and Harbhajan Singh is last man out when he is bowled by Saeed Ajmal - Pakistan win by 54 runs with 5.1 overs remaining
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