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Wasim Akram goes against his instincts and the accepts the advice of his coach and bats first in the 1999 World Cup final after winning the toss when the start of the match had been delayed due to an unexpected shower. Instead of the Pakistani top order facing McGrath and Riffel in perfect swinging conditions (after the match started the sun came out and the pitch dried for the second innings) which placed enough pressure for Warne to cause a collapse from 75/2, its the Aussies have to face Wasim, Shoaib, Razzaq and Azhar's pace in the same conditions, with Saqlain and Afridi's spin later.

If Pakistan win, Waugh would have been sacked for sure. That butterflies away the all conquering Aussies of the 2000's, since the likley replacement is Shane Warne.

(I deliberately did not use the two RSA WI, re Gibbs drop and the Klusener/Donald run out, since I think Australia would have won both matches regardless and lets face it, World Cup and the Proteas, they'll find a way to lose).
 
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