World Cup History: 4 finals played at Lord's

1999 - Clinical Australia beat Pakistan

Australia thrashed Pakistan in the 1999 World Cup finals at Lord's

16 years after hosting a World Cup final, the Lord's cricket ground was set to host the final of the 1999 World Cup and the encounter between Australia and Pakistan was expected to be an exciting contest. Pakistan had beaten Australia in the group stages and were all set to repeat the performance at Lord's.

However, Australia, riding on Shane Warne's 4 wickets for 33 runs in 9 overs, bowled out a strong Pakistan line up for a paltry total of 132 in just 39 overs. Ijaz Ahmed was the top scorer and he scored just 22 runs in the innings. Glenn McGrath and Tom Moody too contributed with the ball and the duo picked up two wickets each.

Australia chased the target of 133 with ease with Adam Gilchrist blasting 54 runs in 36 balls with 8 boundaries and one six. The target was chased in just 20.1 overs and for the first time, a World Cup final was dominated only by one team.

It was the first time that Australia and Pakistan played a World Cup final at Lord's. The victory set the tone for Australia to dominate world cricket in the years to come and Australia won three World Cups thereafter i.e. 2003, 2007 and 2015.