Round-up of day three of warm-up matches ahead of the ICC U/19 Cricket World Cup

India, Bangladesh and the West Indies, three of the favourites for the ICC U/19 Cricket World Cup, flexed their collective muscles with victories on the final day of warm-up matches on Friday.

And there were wins, too, for England, Namibia and Nepal as the players went through their final preparations ahead of the start of the tournament on Sunday.

India's win, by six wickets, came at the expense of Australia and was a reassuringly convincing performance after the side's loss to England the previous day

It was built on an impressive display with the ball as Australia were bundled out for just 174 in only 44.3 overs, the second day in succession they failed to bat out their full allocation of overs.

Only captain Moises Henriques offered prolonged resistance among the top-order as he made 44 but in the face of incisive bowling from Ravinder Jadeja, who captured 4-17, Australia were 108-8 at one stage.

They were given some degree of respectability by Simon Keen (30) and Adam Ritchard (22) but the total proved wholly inadequate as India cruised home with 11.2 overs in hand. Opener Cheteshwar Pujara top-scored with 60.

It means Australia has lost both its warm-up matches, a worrying omen as they seek to make amends for a failure to qualify for the Super League in 2004.

New Zealand are another side with two defeats from two matches as they ran into a West Indies side that flexed its batting muscles for the second game running to secure a crushing 130-run win.

The West Indies raced to 310-8 after being put into bat with opener Richard Ramdeen leading the way with 70. With Gajanand Singh weighing in with 59 from just 48 balls New Zealand's bowlers were put to the sword although Jason Donnelly, who came on as the super sub for Hamish Bennett after just 19 overs, emerged with the impressive figures of 3-33.

In response New Zealand's batting failed for the second day running and only opener Todd Astle put up much resistance with a defiant 56 as Nelon Pascal and Sunil Narine took three wickets each.

Bangladesh were given a scare by Zimbabwe but survived it to win a thrilling match by just three runs.

They survived the loss of Tamim Khan, who made a blazing unbeaten hundred against the USA the previous day, for no score to post 265-7 as Roqibul Hassan made 69 and Sakib Al Hasan scored 53.

Despite those contributions Bangladesh slipped to 223-7 before a late flourish from Mehrab Hossain and Dollar Mahmud saw them to their eventual total.

It appeared that was going to be way beyond Zimbabwe, without captain Sean Williams because of a sore back, when they slumped to 27-3 but Gary Balance (68) and Keegan Meth (76) added 127 for the fourth wicket to reignite their hopes.

Glen Querl and Ronald Benade added 51 for the eighth wicket to maintain Zimbabwe's push for victory but Benade was run out with 23 still required - one of three run-outs in the innings thanks to brilliant Bangladesh fielding - and they fell agonisingly short in their chase.

England made it two wins out of two matches with a 16-run victory over South Africa. They reached 259-9 but although five batsmen reached 30 only former captain Varun Chopra (51) reached a half-century.

South Africa did well to get as close as they did to England's score after a horror start when they slipped to 5-3 but despite fifties from Peter Daneel (62), captain Dean Elgar (61) and Ramano Ramoo (56 not out) they were unable to force a win.

Nepal inflicted a second defeat in two matches on Scotland as they won by six wickets. Only Calum Macleod, batting at number ten, passed 30 (he made 32) as Scotland limped to 189-9 with pace bowler Bantu Bataju taking 3-34.

Sarad Vesawkar's 77 not out was the foundation of Nepal's successful chase was built as they eased home with 4.3 overs in hand. It was a match where the bowlers of both sides struggled desperately with their line as 51 wides were bowled. Scotland's share was 20 and they have now conceded 51 wides in their matches against Ireland and Nepal.

Namibia secured a hard-fought three-wicket win over a USA side that showed admirable courage to come back from the ten-wicket thrashing they received at the hands of Bangladesh on Thursday.

The USA's batting once again failed to fire and it was left to opener Ravi Timbawala (47) and a late flourish from Nisarg Patel, who made an unbeaten 52 from 47 balls, to ensure they made a fighting score, reaching 170 as they were bowled out in the final over of their innings. Nicolaas Scholtz and Hendrik Marx took three wickets each for Namibia.

The Africans appeared to be cruising at 109-2 but the loss of 3-4 in four overs resulted in a tense finish with Namibia indebted to an unbeaten 50 from Dawid Botha to see them home with four overs to spare as leg-spinner Anil Deopersaud took 3-18 in a testing 10 over spell.

With the warm-up matches now complete it is almost time for the action to start. The official opening of the tournament will take place on Saturday evening and the first group matches will be played on Sunday.