Australia defeated a determined Bangladesh outfit by 38 runs in a World Twenty20 warm-up game at Trent Bridge.

The men from Down Under amassed an impressive total of 219 for 6 after Ricky Ponting had won the toss and elected to bat under gloriously sunny skies.

Shane Watson and Brad Haddin were in devastating form at the top of the order, putting on an opening stand of 100 before Watson was out for 52 off just 23 balls in an innings that contained three sixes and six fours.

Haddin followed Watson back to the pavilion just two balls later, three runs short of his half-century, caught by Tamim Iqbal off the bowling of Mahmudullah.

The keeper's dismissal brought together Ricky Ponting and Andrew Symonds who enjoyed a quick-fire stand of 41 before Symonds was out for 35, caught at short third man after he spliced an attempted sweep.

Australia continued to lose wickets at regular intervals in the final handful of overs, but were nevertheless able to stroll past the 200 mark, finishing with 219 from their allotted overs.

Mahmudullah was the best of the Bangladeshi bowlers, claiming the scalps of the Australian top four on his way to figures of 4/37 from his four overs.

Bangladesh came out with all guns blazing as they looked to chase down an unlikely target, with Tamim Iqbal and Junaid Siddique smashing 31 off the first two overs.

Iqbal in particular was impressive as he clobbered 21 off just nine deliveries as Nathan Bracken and Brett Lee took strain.

Skipper Mohammad Ashraful put together a competent knock of 26 during an exciting partnership of 58 with Shakib Al Hasan, who was the star of the Bangladeshi effort with a swashbuckling 54 off 29 deliveries.

Despite maintaining a run rate that consistently flirted with the 10-per-over mark the Bangladeshis lost too many wickets to pose a real threat to the Australian total, with the men in gold eventually triumphing by 38 runs.

Mitchell Johnson was the pick of the bowlers for Australia, finishing with figures of 3/21, including the key initial breakthrough of Siddique.