Despite a first innings 6-47 to Wasim Akram, reducing Australia to 186/9 in their first innings, the home team ran out comfortable victors in this important clash between two first round winners.
Australia went top of the table with West Indies after a massive 310 run win, set up by the allround brilliance of Shane Warne, and the batting of Mark Waugh.
Warne picked up his 2nd Man of the Match award in 2 games in a dominant performance, a spell of 5-8 at one stage reducing Pakistan to a 91/6 in their first innings.
Pakistan's batting again failed them, as none of their batsmen reached 50 in either innings in another disappointing performance.
Pitch: 16
Toss: Australia
Australia 262 all out (74.4 overs)
(M.E.Waugh 93, S.K.Warne 76; Wasim Akram 6-47, Waqar Younus 3-69)
Pakistan 192 all out (74 overs)
(Shoaib Mohammad 42, Zahid Fazal 33, Saleem Malik 44, Moin Khan 41; C.J.McDermott 2-43, M.G.Hughes 2-44, S.K.Warne 5-51)
Australia 392 all out (115.4 overs)
(D.C.Boon 86, M.E.Waugh 127, D.M.Jones 86, A.R.Border 30; Wasim Akram 2-84, Aaqib Javed 2-73, Imran Khan 4-69)
Pakistan 152 all out (51.3 overs)
(Saleem Malik 40, Imran Khan 37; C.J.McDermott 3-35, B.A.Reid 2-40, S.K.Warne 4-41)
Australia won by 310 runs.
Man of the Match: S.K.Warne
Match Points: Australia 22 (2 Bat, 4 Bowl) Pakistan 4 (0 Bat, 4 Bowl)
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