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Murali gives SL edge

AFP, Galle
Spinners Gareth Batty and Ashley Giles shared four big wickets to lead England's fightback against a Muttiah Muralitharan-inspired Sri Lanka in the opening cricket Test here on Thursday.
Muralitharan grabbed seven wickets in a brilliant display of spin bowling as England were bowled out for 235 in reply to Sri Lanka's first-innings total of 331 on an absorbing third day when as many as 13 wickets tumbled.
Sri Lanka also failed to cope with spin on a turning track, reaching 99-5 in their second innings at stumps for an overall lead of 195.
Mahela Jayawardene was batting on 14 with Chaminda Vaas (six).
Off-spinner Batty (2-28), playing only his second Test, led the England revival when he removed well-set opener Marvan Atapattu (35) and skipper Hashan Tillakaratne (one) in three overs.
Atapattu became Batty's first victim when he stepped out to drive, but missed the line and was stumped. Tillakaratne was
adjudged leg-before offering no stroke.
Left-arm spinner Giles (2-24) also kept pressure from the other end, having Sanath Jayasuriya (17) and Thilan Samaraweera (one) caught by lone-slip Marcus Trescothick.
The England duo's successes nearly cancelled out Sri Lanka's advantage given by off-spin magician Muralitharan, who finished with 7-46 off 31.4 tight overs for his 39th haul of five or more wickets in an innings in 83 Tests.
Muralitharan looked virtually unplayable as he teased and tormented the England batsmen with his clever variations.
Even Mark Butcher, who topscored with 51, was dropped twice off Muralitharan during his long stay at the crease first by the bowler himself and then by wicketkeeper Kumar Sangakkara.
England were comfortably placed at 142-2 before faltering against the Sri Lanka spinner.
Muralitharan, 31, sparked the collapse after left-arm paceman Vaas had broken the 75-run stand for the third wicket between lefthanders Butcher and Graham Thorpe (43).
The Sri Lankan, who took two wickets on Wednesday, got rid of
debutant Paul Collingwood (one), Andrew Flintoff (one) and Chris Read (nought) in his morning's second spell.
He then returned in the afternoon session to dismiss Giles (18) and Richard Johnson (26), both caught in the deep.
But it was Vaas who provided the breakthrough when he trapped Thorpe leg-before with an angling delivery after the tourists had resumed at 97-2.
Thorpe and Butcher faced anxious moments in the opening hour when spinners Muralitharan and Jayasuriya were bowling.
Thorpe was lucky not to be given out when on 29 as TV replays showed slip fielder Samaraweera held an edge off Jayasuriya.
Muralitharan's superb effort, however, was nearly undone by his team-mates with indifferent batting in the closing stages.
SCOREBOARD
Scoreboard at close of play on the third day of the first Test between Sri Lanka and England at the Galle International Stadium on Thursday:
SRI LANKA: First innings 331 (Sangakkara 71, Jayasuriya 48, Samaraweera 45, Muralitharan 38;
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Giles 4-69, Flintoff3-42)
ENGLAND: First innings (overnight 97-2)
Trescothick c S'kara b M'tharan 23
Vaughan b M'tharan 24
Butcher c S'kara b Jayasuriya 51
Thorpe lbw b Vaas 43
C'wood c Jayasuriya b M'tharan 1
Flintofflbwb M'tharan 1
Read c Tillakaratne b M'tharan 0
Batty c Jayasuriyab D'sena 14
Giles c Atapattu b M'tharan 18
Johnson c Atapattu b M'tharan 26
Hoggard not out 6
Extras: (b-12, lb-8, nb-8) 28
Total: (All out in 100.4 overs) 235
Fall ofwickets: 1-56, 2-67, 3-142, 4-143, 5-15 6-155, 7-177, 8-183, 9-208
Bowler O M R W
Vaas 12 2 25 1
Fernando 3 1 21 0
D'sena 24 6 55 1
M'tharan 31.4 15 46 7
Chandana 13 2 24 0
Jayasuriya 17 2 44 1
SRI LANKA: Second innings
Atapattu st Read b Batty 35
Jayasuriya c Trescothickb Giles 17
Sangakkara run out 19
Jayawardene not out 14
Tillakaratne lbw b Batty 1
Samaraweera c Trescothickb Giles 1
Vaas not out 6
Extras: (lb-6) 6
Total: (For 5 wkts in 44.3 overs) 99
Fall ofwickets: 1-26, 2-72, 3-72, 4-78, 5-85
Bowler O M R W
Hoggard 6 1 24 0
Johnson 2 1 6 0
Flintoff 3 1 9 0
Giles 19 8 24 2
Batty 13.3 4 28 2
Vaughan 1 0 2 0