Australia and India played out a high scoring draw that was a disappointment to fans on a pitch which offered the bowlers nothing throughout.
Boon scored 175, and Man of the Match Allan Border an unbeaten hundred in both innings as the Australians piled on the runs against a listless Indian attack.
India struggled at first in their reply, but hundreds to Tendulkar and Prabhakar almost took them into the lead, and ultimately guaranteed them a draw.
Competition wicket leader Shane Warne struggled throughout, claiming match figures of 3-172 as the Indian batsmen became the first to tame him.
Australia gained the vital 4 first innings points to pull further ahead of India on the table.
Pitch: 94
Australia 510/5 declared (175.4 overs)
(G.R.Marsh 59, M.A.Taylor 39, D.C.Boon 175, D.M.Jones 36, M.E.Waugh 61, A.R.Border 102*; M.Prabhakar 2-98, S.L.V.Raju 2-147)
India 479 all out (154.1 overs)
(K.Srikkanth 29, S.V.Manjrekar 31, D.B.Vengsarkar 64, M.Azharuddin 44, S.R.Tendulkar 101, Kapil Dev 37, M.Prabhakar 109*, S.L.V.Raju 30; C.J.McDermott 2-98, M.G.Hughes 4-103, S.K.Warne 3-153)
Australia 275/5 (86.1 overs)
(M.A.Taylor 59, A.R.Border 103*, D.M.Jones 26, M.E.Waugh 38, I.A.Healy 27*; Kapil Dev 2-73)
India 92/0 (27 overs)
(K.Srikkanth 54*, N.S.Sidhu 37*)
Match Drawn.
Man of the Match: A.R.Border
Match Points: Australia 12 (Bat 2, Bowl 2) India 8 (Bat 3, Bowl 1)
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