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Kandy goes topsy-turvy

17 wickets fall in a day

AFP, Kandy
Muttiah Muralitharan became the youngest and fastest to take 500 wickets, but Australia fought back after crashing to their lowest total against Sri Lanka in the secondTest hereonTuesday
Ace off-spinner Muralitharan and tall left-arm fast bowler Nuwan Zoysa each grabbed four wickets as Australia collapsed to 120 in their first innings after electing to bat.
Australia soon seized control through their fast bowler Michael Kasprowicz (3-33) and leg-spinner Shane Warne (3-15) as they reduced
Sri Lanka to 92-7 at stumps on the opening day. Chaminda Vaas (16) was batting with Zoysa.
Kasprowicz excelled in bowling conditions on a day when as many as 17 wickets tumbled on a lively pitch, with seven batsman getting out lbws.
Kasprowicz wrecked the top order, dismissing Marvan Atapattu (nine), Sanath Jayasuriya (one) and Avishka Gunawardene (13) in his incisive 11-over opening spell for 21 runs.
Fast bowler Jason Gillespie had Kumar Sangakkara (five) caught by a diving Andrew Symonds at square-leg before the Warne show began.
Warne removed Mahela
Jayawardene (17) and Tillakaratne DUshan off successive balls before accounting for skipper Hashan Tillakaratne (16) to continue the good work after his team's misera-blebattingperformance.
Australia never looked like crossing their previous lowest total of 140 scored at this venue in 1999 after being reduced to 86-7 against Sri Lanka's disciplined pace-spin combination.
Opener Matthew Hayden (54), Warne (18) and skipper Ricky Ponting (10) were the only batsmen to reach double-figures on a pitch which had pace and bounce.
Muralitharan's memorable moment came after lunch when he FROM PAGE 13
bowled Australian tail-ender Michael Kasprowicz for his 500th victim in front of his cheering home fans.
SCOREBOARD
Scoreboard at stumps on the opening day of the second Test between Australia and Sri Lanka at the AsgiriyaStadiumonTuesday: AUSTRALIA: First innings
Langer lbw bZoysa 3
HaydenlbwbM'tharan 54
Ponting lbwb Vaas 10
Martyn lbwb M'tharan 1
Lehmann bZoysa 8
Symonds cTillakaratne b Zoysa 6 GilchristcSangakkarabZoysa 0 WarnecM'tharanbVaas 18 Gillespie cj'deneb M'tharan 8 Kasprowiczb M'tharan 0
MacGillnotout 8
Extras: (b-l,lb-3) 4
Total: (All out in42.2 overs) 120 Fall of wkts: 1-25,2-47, 3-50, 4-60, 5-84,6-84,7-86,8-100,9-106 Bowler O M R W
Vaas 11.2 5 14 2
Zoysa 16 3 54 4
M'tharan 15 4 48 4
SRI LANKA: First innings
Atapattuc Gilchrist b Kasprowicz 9
Jayasuriya lbwb Kasprowicz 1 Gunawardenelbw b Kasprowicz 13
Sangakkara c Symonds bGilespIe 5 Jayawardenec Symonds b Warne 17 Tillakaratnec Gilchrist bWarne 16 Dilshan lbwb Warne 0
Vaas not out 16
Zoysanotout 0
Extras: (b-4,lb-9,nb-2) 15
Total:(For7wktsin39overs) 92 Fall of wicket: 1-6,2-34,3-39, 4-49, 5-67,6-67,7-88
To bat: Lokuarachchi, Muralitharan
Bowler O M R W
Gillespie 12 4 25 1
Kasprowicz 15 4 33 3
Warne 8 2 15 3
Symonds 2 110
MacGiil 2 0 5 0
7bss: Australia.