Rafique is run out and it's 93 for eight (Getty Images).

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South Africa made short work of minnows Bangladesh as they raced to a 10-wicket win in their Pool B clash at Bloemfontein to keep their World Cup dream alive.

The hosts were in need of a convincing display to boost their chances of making the Super Sixes, having won just one of their three matches so far.

But even without rested paceman Allan Donald, they had plenty of ammunition in reserve - and it proved enough to bowl Bangladesh out for an uncompetitive 108 in 35.1 overs.

Openers Herschelle Gibbs (49no) and Gary Kirsten (52no) then ensured a timely boost for South Africa's competition run rate by charging past the lowly target in only 12 overs.

Kirsten's part in the onslaught brought him nine fours and a six in a 30-ball half-century. He and Gibbs hit 17 fours and two sixes between them.

That the world's newest Test-playing nation had earlier managed to pass 100 was down almost entirely to Khaled Mashud (29) and Khaled Mahmud (23), who shared a stubborn seventh-wicket stand of 35.

It was Makhaya Ntini (four for 24) who did most damage with the ball.

But captain Shaun Pollock made the first breakthrough in the third over, after winning the toss and electing to field.

With only leg-byes and a no-ball having troubled the scorers, Al Sahariar ballooned one towards mid-off and straight into the hands of Robin Peterson to leave his side three for one.

The South African attack continued to pin the batsmen down - and it was not until the sixth over that Mohammad Ashraful dispatched Ntini to the boundary, punishing a short and wide delivery, to take Bangladesh into double figures.

Ntini had his man with the first ball of his next over, Ashraful fencing an edge behind to Mark Boucher for six, and Bangladesh were struggling on 14 for two.

Ehsanul Haque's 30-ball three came to an end when he was tempted into a big hit at a slower delivery from Pollock and holed out to Monde Zondeki, running in at mid-on.

Worse was to follow for Bangladesh when Sanwar Hossain guided some slip catching practice to Jacques Kallis off all-rounder Andrew Hall - and then Alok Kapali fell to Zondeki.

Much credit was down to the young pace bowler for getting one to leave Kapali, who edged low off the back foot to third slip where Boetha Dippenaar took a smart catch.

Mashud lost Tushar Imran, who drove Hall to Dippenaar at gully, but was joined by Mahmud in a useful stand which held South Africa up for 11 overs.

In the end it took a good delivery from Ntini to get rid of the visiting captain, who edged behind after the bowler went wide on the crease, slanted the ball in and found some movement away off the pitch.

His departure hastened a rapid conclusion to the innings which came via Mohammad Rafique's run-out following a mix-up, Manjurul Islam's edge low into the slips to give Dippenaar his third catch - and then Mahmud provided Ntini with his final wicket when he was last out, cutting high to Lance Klusener at third man.

Before then Mahmud had struck slow left-armer Peterson high over long-on for six, and last man Talha Jubair edged Ntini between wicketkeeper and first slip to at least bring up three figures.