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Friday, June 18, 1999Pakistan vs Australia for titleLONDON (AP) -- Winning the World Cup of cricket is enough reason for Pakistan striving to beat Australia in Sunday's final.The Pakistanis, though, have two additional goads. Australia not only won a rare test and limited-overs series in Pakistan last year -- it's first since 1960 -- but leading Australian players also gave evidence in bribery and match-fixing inquiries against Pakistani players. Although Pakistan beat Australia by 10 runs when they met in the first round, Australia came away with two victories when the teams played in Pakistan last year, winning the test series 1-0 and the one-dayers 3-0. Pakistan thrashed New Zealand by nine wickets in Wednesday's semifinal. Australia just squeaked into the final with a narrow win and a tie in two games against South Africa. |