PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Nov 8 (AFP) - Pakistan won the toss and decided to bat against Australia in the second one-day International here Sunday.

Australia, 1-0 up in the three match series after an 86-run win in Karachi, made no change in their line-up.

Pakistan gave 22-year-old Mohammad Asif of Rawalpindi his debut and recalled Salim Malik after dropping him for the first game.

Opener Shahid Afridi, who was initially dropped after a poor show in the first match, replaced Salim Elahi at the last moment but was made 12th man.

Elahi has left for his home town of Sahiwal to sort out a domestic problem. Teams:

Australia: Steve Waugh (captain), Mark Waugh, Adam Gilchrist, Ricky Ponting, Michael Bevan, Darren Lehmann, Damien Martyn, Brendon Julian, Brad Young, Damien Fleming and Glenn McGrath. 12th man: Andrew Symonds

Pakistan: Aamir Sohail (captain), Ejaz Ahmed, Yousuf Yohanna, Moin Khan, Mohammad Asif, Salim Malik, Azhar Mahmood, Wasim Akram, Shoaib Akhter, Saqlain Mushtaq, Arshad Khan. 12th man: Shahid Afridi.

Umpires: Salim Badar and Athar Zaidi. ICC Match Referee: Ranjan Madugalle (Sri Lanka)

Match:

PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Nov 8 (AFP) - Australia batted in a highly professional manner to beat Pakistan by five wickets in the second one-day International cricket match here Sunday.

The Australians, who outplayed Pakistan in the first one-dayer at Karachi, took an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three match series, with the last match in Lahore on Tuesday.

Australia last month beat Pakistan 1-0 under Mark Taylor to win their first Test series for 39 years.

Chasing a modest Pakistan score of 217-7, in the crucial second one day match, Australian middle order batsman Ricky Ponting (55) and Michael Bevan (57 not out) batted wisely to guide their team to a comfortbale win in the 49th over.

Australia raced to 63 in the 14th over with Adam Gilchrist clearing the field at will. With Gilchrist's fall Australia lost four wickets in the space of 27 runs.

Off-spinner Saqlain Mushtaq had Gilchrist and Mark Waugh in his successive overs. Gilchrist made a rapid 42 while Mark Waugh scored 19.

Saqlain struck in the 18th over when he had captain Steve Waugh lbw for nought.

Australia lost their fourth wicket at 90 when Damien Martyn was caught behind off Wasim Akram.

Ponting and Bevan, with some intelligent batting, put on 82 invaluable runs in 17 overs to take Australia in sight of victory.

Ponting's 55 came off 70 balls and had four hits to the ropes, while Bevan, who made 83 in the first match, remained 57 not out off 83 balls. Bevan hit three fours.

Darren Lehmann, who hit a ton in Karachi, made a watchful 26 not out.

``I think we have completed the tour and our objectives to win in Pakistan and we are obviously very delighted,'' skipper Steve Waugh said.

Pakistan's top order again flopped as they lost first three wickets in 14 balls and four in 29 balls of their innings.

Azhar Mahmood, with his unbeaten 65, and Moin Khan repaired damage to some extent with a sixth wicket stand of 78 to lift Pakista from a disastrous 59-5.

Azhar hit five boundaries off 92 balls to record his highest one-day score while Moin's 41 included one six. Azhar's previous best was 59 against South Africa in Lahore last year.

Wasim Akram supported Azhar with a brisk innings of 34 and added 57 runs for the seventh wicket.

``Batting let us down in both games, and here we fought to some extent, but the Australians are top professionals,'' Pakistan's dejected captain Aamir Sohail said.

``The way they recovered was remarkable,'' he said.

Paceman Brendon Julian finished with 3-40, getting rid of three top order batsmen in his first spell after Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.

Debutant Asif Mahmood and captain Sohail batted cautiously in the first 10 overs, taking Pakistan to 31.

Wickets started falling from the 11th over, when left arm paceman Julian dismissed Sohail, caught by Ponting for 15.

Pakistan lost two wickets at 41, Asif edging Damien Fleming into the safe hands of Mark Waugh. Asif made 14.

Julian struck the second blow when he had Ejaz Ahmed caught by Steve Waugh for five.

Two runs later, with Pakistan at 43, Yousuf Yohanna was run out without scoring.

Julian then struck the telling blow by dismissing Pakistan's most experienced batsman, Salim Malik, caught by Brad Young for eight.

Pakistan had lost half its side for 59 with Julian taking 3-17 in his first spell of seven overs.

Moin and then Wasim helped Azhar to take Pakistan past the 200 mark. Azhar, dropped from the first match batted with confidence and held the one end intact.