Openers Michael Slater and Greg Blewett took just 56 minutes either side of the lunch break to mop up the 74-run target.

Slater was named man of the match for his first innings 169.

``I thought that was one of the best Test wins I've been involved in, the way we played was so impressive,'' Steve Waugh said of his first Test as captain on home soil.

Waugh said the two crucial periods in the match were late on the first day when Pakistan went from 265-3 to 280-6, and the morning of the final day when the Australians put in their best bowling effort of the match.

``In this Test it showed, we looked a bit rusty in the fielding, the players aren't used to fielding all day,'' Pakistan captain Wasim Akram said. ``I can assure you that we're going to look a lot better side in the next Test in Hobart,'' he said.

Paceman Damien Fleming cleaned up the Pakistan innings with three wickets in seven balls for three runs, after captain Wasim Akram and Moin Khan kept the Pakistani tail wagging with a 46-run partnership. Fleming finished best of the bowlers with five for 59. He took nine wickets in the match.

Pakistan were on the back foot immediately yesterday, Abdur Razzaq tapping the first ball of the day, a waist high full toss from leg spinner Warne, to Ricky Ponting at silly mid off. When Saeed Anwar was out for 119, after adding just one run to his overnight tally, Pakistan had lost two wickets for two runs in half an hour.

Pakistan (1st innings): 367
Australia (1st innings): 575
Pakistan (2nd innings, overnight 223-4): Saeed Anwar c Gilchrist b McGrath 119, Mohammad Wasim lbw Fleming 0, Ijaz Ahmed c Gilchrist b McGrath 5, Inzamam-ul Haq c Ponting b Fleming 12, Yousuf Youhana c Mark Waugh b Muller 75, Abdur Razzaq c Ponting b Warne 2, Moin Khan c Muller b Fleming 17, Azhar Mahmood st Gilchrist b Warne 0, Wasim Akram b Fleming 28, Mushtaq Ahmed not out 1, Shoaib Akhtar b Fleming 5. Extras (6b, 6lb, 5nb): 17

Total (all out in 74.1 overs): 281
Fall of wickets: 1-3, 2-8, 3-37, 4-214, 5-223, 6-225,7-227, 8-273, 9-276, 10-281
Bowling: McGrath 21-9-63-2, Fleming 14.1-2-59-5, Muller 10-1-55-1, Warne 25-8-80-2, Ponting 4-0-12-0.

Australia (2nd innings): Greg Blewett not out 40, Michael Slater not out 32, Extras (lb2): 2
Total (for no loss, 14.2 overs): 74
Bowling: Akram 4-0-14-0, Shoaib 5-0-25-0, Azhar 3.2-0-13-0, Mushtaq 2-0-20-0.