Nathan Bracken claimed four wickets, and Andrew Symonds and Ricky Ponting posted half-centuries as Australia made light work of victory over Sri Lanka in Grenada.
The world champions earned a 227-winning total with seven overs to spare against a Sri Lanka side lacking key bowlers Chaminda Vaas and Muttiah Muralitharan.
Bracken’s haul helped Australia remove their opponent with two balls in hand.
Sri Lanka’s batting struggled either side of a fourth-wicket century stand between Mahela Jayawardene (72) and Chamara Silva (64).
Russel Arnold removed openers Adam Gilchrist (30) and Matthew Hayden (41), but Ponting and Symonds saw their team home.
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