Australia overcame a deadly burst by New Zealand paceman Shane Bond on Saturday to win a practice match by four wickets ahead of the Twenty20 world championships.

Australia, chasing New Zealand's 182-8 in Benoni, were reduced to 15-3 by the second over after Bond removed openers Adam Gilchrist and Matthew Hayden in the first over.

Andrew Symonds (70 off 57 balls) and Mike Hussey (72) steered the World Cup champions to safety before Brett Lee signalled victory with a six off Bond.

For New Zealand, Ross Taylor made 53 and Craig McMillan hammered 60 off 52 balls.

In another match in Benoni, Marlon Samuels hit a whirlwind 63 off 30 balls to fire the West Indies to a six-wicket win over Kenya.

Samuels hit three fours and a six and Shivnarine Chanderpaul remained unbeaten on 46 off 33 balls as the West Indies overhauled Kenya's 155-5 with 15 deliveries to spare.

At Potchefstroom, Sri Lanka stunned South Africa by four wickets.

South Africa, sent in to bat, managed only 161-9 with captain Graeme Smith top scoring with 46 and Justin Kemp chipping in with 32 off 22 balls. Farveez Maharoof took 3-31.

Sanath Jayasuriya hammered 46 off 34 balls before captain Mahela Jayawardene made 37 not out to steer the Sri Lankans home with seven balls to spare.

At Centurion, Pakistani seamer Umar Gul claimed 3-11 off four overs to lift his crisis-ridden team to a 54-run victory over Zimbabwe.

Shahid Afridi took 3-17 as Pakistan restricted Zimbabwe to 127-8 in reply to their own 181-6 with captain Shoaib Malik making 64 off 37 balls.

Pakistan suffered a blow ahead of the tournament when pace spearhead Shoaib Akhtar was sent home following a bust-up with new-ball partner Mohammad Asif during Thursday's practice.

In the second match at Centurion, Bangladesh chased down Scotland's 145-8 with four overs and six wickets to spare. Mohammad Nazimuddin hit 74 off 42 balls and Aftab Ahmed made 33.

The 12-nation world championships open here on Tuesday.