Cricket: Boon in command
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Your support makes all the difference.Pakistan 200-8; Australia 201-3
Australia win by seven wickets
HALF-CENTURIES by David Boon and Steve Waugh steered Australia to a seven- wicket victory over Pakistan in the second match of a triangular one-day series in Multan yesterday.
Boon hit 84 and Waugh 59 in an unbroken fourth-wicket stand of 120 in 149 balls as Australia overhauled Pakistan's total of 200 for 8 with four overs to spare in the 50 overs game.
Australia's success followed their six-run win over South Africa in the inaugural match at Lahore on Wednesday and put them top of the table with four points.
Boon, who completed his 34th half-century in his 166th one-day match, had earlier added 70 runs with the captain Mark Taylor, who scored 46 as Australia overcame a shaky start when Michael Slater and Mark Waugh fell for ducks.
MULTAN: Australia won by seven wickets.
PAKISTAN
Saeed Anwar b Fleming 22
Aamir Sohail b Fleming 5
Inzamam-ul-Haq run out 59
*Salim Malik c Healy b Warne 32
Ijaz Ahmed c Healy b McDermott 21
Aamir Malik c Healy b McDermott 20
Wasim Akram b Fleming 9
Rashid Latif b Fleming 16
Akram Raza not out 5
Waqar Younis not out 0
Extras (b6 lb1 w3 nb1) 11
Total (for 8, 50 overs) 200
Fall: 1-9 2-32 3-113 4-132 5-164 6-166 7-184 8-199.
Did not bat: Mushtaq Ahmed.
Bowling: McDermott 10-1-34-2; Fleming 10-0- 49-4; S Waugh 10-1-37-0; Warne 10-1- 29-1; Robertson 5-0-24-0; M Waugh 5-0-20-0.
AUSTRALIA
M J Slater lbw b Wasim Akram 0
*M A Taylor b Akram Raza 46
M E Waugh c Rashid b Waqar 0
D C Boon not out 84
S R Waugh not out 59
Extras (b1 lb6 w4 nb1) 12
Total (for 3, 46 overs) 201
Fall: 1-10 2-11 3-81.
Did not bat: M G Bevan, I A Healy, G R Robertson, S K Warne, C J McDermott, D W Fleming.
Bowling: Wasim Akram 8-3-26-1; Waqar Younis 9-0-39-1; Akram Raza 10-0-35-1; Mushtaq Ahmad 9-0-48-0; Aamir Sohail 6-0- 26-0; Salim Malik 4-0-20-0.
PAKISTAN TRIANGULAR TOURNAMENT STANDINGS: 1 Australia Pl 2 Pts 4; 2 Pakistan 1-0; South Africa 1-0;.
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