Lee took two wickets in a single over

Younis Khan made an unbeaten 56, but it was skipper Waqar Younis, batting with a runner because of a leg injury, who hit the winning runs with a thick edge off Glenn McGrath.

The Australian veteran conceded just 16 runs from nine overs at the indoor stadium.

Both Brett Lee and Shane Warne were expensive but took two wickets each, Lee's brace coming in the eighth over.

And there was a wicket in Pakistan's first innings, too, Saeed Anwar run out without having faced a ball.

Early onslaught

Australian captain Ricky Ponting must have rued his decision to bat first - he fell for 0, caught and bowled off the second ball he faced.

Akram had already had dangerman Adam Gilchrist caught behind also without scoring from the innings' first delivery.

Younis Khan hit an unbeaten half-century

Left-armer Akram took three for 13 from his first six overs before Damien Martyn and Darren Lehmann added 66 in 90 balls for the fourth wicket.

Michael Bevan then came in at number six, hitting 30 from 52 balls to give the host's score a little more respectability.

Martyn, who had two lucky escapes with mis-hit pull shots before he reached double figures, gave a final chance to point off Shahid Afridi for 56.

Leg-spinner Afridi finished with three for 28, trapping tailenders Shane Watson and Warne lbw as Australia slumped.

Shoaib Akhtar, back from a hip injury, struck twice in the 45th over, getting through Andy Bichel's defences before having Bevan caught behind four balls later.

The series is now tied at 1-1 with the third match to be played in Brisbane on Wednesday.

Australia: Ricky Ponting (captain), Jimmy Maher, Adam Gilchrist, Damien Martyn, Darren Lehmann, Michael Bevan, Shane Watson, Shane Warne, Andrew Bichel, Glenn McGrath, Brett Lee, Jason Gillespie (12th man).

Pakistan: Waqar Younis (captain), Shahid Afridi, Imran Nazir, Yousuf Youhana, Inzamam-ul-Haq, Younis Khan, Azhar Mahmood, Rashid Latif, Wasim Akram, Shoaib Akhtar, Saeed Anwar, Shoaib Malik (12th man).