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Gilchrist pulls Aus back
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Gilchrist, batting at Ponting’s lumber three position, rose to the ccasion as he shared a record 195-un partnership for the unfinished bird wicket with Martyn after his cam had lost two early wickets.
Their stand was Australia's best or the third wicket against Sri anka, surpassing 158 between Jian Border and Tom Moody at Irisbane in 1989-90.
Gilchrist was in punishing nood horn the beginning as he wept off-spinner Muttiah duralitharan to reach his half-entury and then firmly drove leftrm seamer Chaminda Vaas hrough the covers to reach his lundred.
Gilchrist's century came off just 28 balls, with two sixes and 14 ours. He has so far hit three sixes nd 19 fours. He played a big role in eeping Muralltharan at bay with tis attacking approach.
The Sri Lankan, who on Tuesday lecame the third bowler in Test listory to take 500 wickets, had a are off-day as he gave away 81 runs
a his 22 wicketless overs.
Martyn was all elegance, driving he ball fluently through the covers in the way to his 16th Test half-entury which included eight fours.
Australia were left to claw their ray back into the match after a ecord 79-run stand for the last ticket between Sri Lankan tail-nders Vaas and Muralitharan.
(COREBOARD coreboard at stumps on the sec-md day of die secondTest between Australia and Sri Lanka at the isgiriya Stadium in Kandy on Vednesday:
lUSTRALIA: first innings 120 (M layden 54; M Muralltharan 4 -48, N ioysa4-54)
IRI LANKA: First innings (over-iight92-7) itapattuc Gilchrist bK'wicz 9 ayasuriya lbw b K'wicz 1
lunawardcnelbwbK'wicz 13 angakkurac Symonds bGUIespic 5 ayawardene c Symonds b Warne 17 'illakaratnec Gilchrist bWarne 16 hlshanlbwbWarne 0
faasnotout 68
loysacGilchrist bK'wicz 4