Having reduced the North Americans to 36-5 in the 13th over, the home side then faced stubborn resistance from Karun Jethi and Sonam Anjaria.

Jethi smashed a whirlwind 42 off 20 balls with six fours and a six Anjaria on the other hand was happy to give him company with a 75-ball 26. They put on 70 runs for the sixth wicket before Enamul Haque Junior broke the stand.

Enamul and fellow left-arm spinner Nadif Chowdhury and opening bowlers Nazmul Hossain and Talha Jubair all took two wickets each as Canada eventually finished on 136 in 37.2 overs.

Chasing the paltry score, Bangladesh found the going tough especially after off-spinner Shaheed Keshvani grabbed 5-29 to send shivers down the young Tigers' spin. But hometown boy Nazimuddin kept his nerve to rally the team to victory with 15 overs and four wickets in hand.

The attacking right-hander scored 27 off 30 balls with four boundaries and a six.

Bangladesh skipper Ashiqur Rahman said afterwards the victory would help them go forward and ease the pain of being eliminated at the preliminary stage.

Elsewhere, England boosted their semifinal hopes with a resounding 97-run victory over challengers New Zealand in a Super League match at the floodlit Bangabandhu National Stadium.

Electing to bat, the former champions thrived on centuries from captain Alistair Cook and Samit Patel to reach 306-2.

Cook who had not been among the runs in the competition so far, finally came good with a 108 not out coming off 131 deliveries. He struck eleven fours.

Patel however was more aggressive in reaching three-figures. He slammed an unbeaten 102 off just 90 balls that included 12 fours.

The young Kiwis lost wickets regularly as they attempted to overhaul a big English total before being all for 209 in 42.2 overs.

At the BKSP ground in Savar, Pakistan coasted to a nine-wicket victory over Zimbabwe in the other Super League game.

The Pakistanis after dismissing their southern African opponents cheaply for 141 in 47.4 overs, won with 20 overs to spare in what turned out to be a one-sided contest.

Pakistan captain Khalid Latif was 84 not out at the end. He smote 12 boundaries and a six off 105 balls. The right-hander also shared in a magnificent 142-run second wicket stand with Abid Ali.

The Zimbabweans, put into bat, were always second-best against the lethal Pakistani bowlers led by

off-break bowler Tariq Mahmood who took 4-33 and leg-spinner Mansoor Amjad with 3-21.

The only resistance was offered by opener James Cameron with a fluent 68.

The left-hander added 68 for the third wicket with his captain Tinotenda Mawoyo but once the pair departed in quick succession the Zimbabwe innings fell away.

In the day's other second-tier game Ireland crushed Uganda by 123 runs at Chittagong's MA Aziz Stadium.

The Irish boys batting first amassed 329-9 with Eoin Morgan hitting 117 off 129 balls and Kevin O'Brien making an 87-ball 70.

They put on 166 runs for the third wicket.

Faced by such total Uganda managed to cross the 200-mark thanks to a 32 runs being added by the tenth-wicket pair of Patrick Ochan (26 not out) and Danniel Ruyange.