August 31  
World champions Australia crush Pakistan 

NAIROBI: World champions Australia handed Pakistan a crushing 224 run defeat in the second match of the triangular tournament here on Friday. 

It was Pakistan's lowest ever score against Australia in one-day internationals following the previous record low at the 1999 World Cup in England when the Aussies won by 132 runs. 

Matthew Hayden's man-of-the-match innings of 146 set Australia on their way to victory as he hit 12 fours and six sixes to record the highest score on the Nairobi Gymkhana ground, eclipsing Kenyan Kennedy Obuya's 144 against Bangladesh in 1997. 

Pakistan captain Waqar Younis was left ruing his decision to send Australia in, despite having won the toss. He made the same decision against Kenya in the opening match on Thursday which his team won by four wickets, but against the world champions he was made to pay. 

Despite the loss of Adam Gilchrist, Hayden, who batted until the 49th over, and Ricky Ponting put on 128 for the second wicket as Australia eventually reached a huge 332-5 off their 50 overs as Waqar, Wasim Akram and Shoaib Akhtar all struggled to contain the batsmen. 

The absence of Waqar's injured deputy Inzamam-ul-Haq meant Pakistan had to reshuffle their batting order and when opener Imran was dismissed after only making one run, they were always struggling to reach the target. 

Things the got worse when both Abdur Razzaq (5) and Shahid Afridi (0) departed in the second over while Saeed Anwar went for three leaving Pakistan in trouble at 13-4. 

Jason Gillespie was the pick of the Australian bowlers, taking 5-22. Saturday is a rest day, and Pakistan meets Kenya on Sunday.