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Not exactly what you would want The Final of the World Cup to be. Unfortunately, that's exactly how it turned out to be, a completely one-sided match.
On a batting friendly wicket, Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat. It wasn't much of a batting display considering only four batsmen crossed double figures. To put things into perspective, 'Extras' was the top scorer with 25 runs followed by Ijaz Ahmed who managed to make 22 runs. The Pakistani batting lineup only managed to make 132 runs and were bowled out in 39 overs.
Low-scoring chases can often turn interesting. However, Australia were in no mood in making a chase out of this. Gilchrist got Australia off to a flyer in his innings of 54 off 38 balls. After he fell to Saqlain Mushtaq, Ricky Ponting and Mark Waugh added the majority of the remaining runs to ensure an Australian victory by 8 wickets with nearly 30 overs remaining.
This was Australia's second World Cup win. They would also go on to win the 2003 and 2007 World Cups.
Scorecard: http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/current/match/65234.html
On a batting friendly wicket, Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat. It wasn't much of a batting display considering only four batsmen crossed double figures. To put things into perspective, 'Extras' was the top scorer with 25 runs followed by Ijaz Ahmed who managed to make 22 runs. The Pakistani batting lineup only managed to make 132 runs and were bowled out in 39 overs.
Low-scoring chases can often turn interesting. However, Australia were in no mood in making a chase out of this. Gilchrist got Australia off to a flyer in his innings of 54 off 38 balls. After he fell to Saqlain Mushtaq, Ricky Ponting and Mark Waugh added the majority of the remaining runs to ensure an Australian victory by 8 wickets with nearly 30 overs remaining.
This was Australia's second World Cup win. They would also go on to win the 2003 and 2007 World Cups.
Scorecard: http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/current/match/65234.html
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