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Aussies enjoy run feast

AFP, Cairns
Openers Justin Langer and Matthew Hayden amassed their sixth double-century partnership to build an imposing platform for Australia to bat Sri Lanka out of the second cricket Test here Friday.
It all went pear-shaped for the Sri Lankans from the time they sent Australia into bat and spent the opening day chasing leather around the Cazaly Stadium as the home side got away to a flyer.
Milestones came and went for the two left-handers with the Sri Lankans incapable of staunching the flow of runs in the second Test match to be played at the picturesque North Queensland ground.
They put on their best stand in Tests of 255 before Hayden fell for 117 -- his 19th century in 55 Tests -in the 65th over and moved above the legendary English 1920s opening pair of Jack Hobbs and Herbert
Sutcliffe as the fifth most-prolific scoring opening pair in Tests.
Langer was still there at the close of the first day with his 19th Test hundred in 76 Tests on 159 with 22 fours with Damien Martyn raising his 16th Test half-century to be unbeaten 56 and Australia in full flow at 370 for two off 90 overs.
Australia crushed Sri Lanka by 149 runs inside three days in the first Darwin Test last week in their fourth consecutive Test victory over the Sri Lankans in four months.
In 58 innings since they came together at The Oval against England in August 2001, Langer and Hayden have accumulated 3,490 runs at an average of 60.17 each time they come out to bat in Tests.
Only crack West Indian pair Gordon Greenidge and Desmond Haynes (16) and Hobbs-Sutcliffe (15) have generated more century opening stands in Test cricket than the Australian duo's eleven.
But Langer and Hayden have more double century stands than any other combination in Test his-
tory.
The avalanche of runs only added to the frustration of Sri Lankan skipper Marvan Atapattu, who won the toss, sent the home side in and watched in dismay as his bowlers failed to take advantage of the early pitch life.
"There was something there for the bowlers but we just didn't put enough balls in the right zones, particularly against Australia," Sri Lankan coach John Dyson said.
"We will have to make them work really hard for their runs tomorrow morning and it means we will have to bat particularly well in our first innings."
Atapattu puzzled when he chose not to use the searing pace of young tearaway Lasith Malinga until the 19th over of the innings, even preferring to call on the off-spin of Tilan Samaraweera as first change.
"I was very surprised (with the early spin) on that sort of wicket where it was offering some bounce
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and seam and it gave us the opportunity to basically soften that new ball and that was a huge advantage for us," Langer said.
Nuwan Zoysa did not help his skipper's game plan with a dreadful opening spell of three overs to concede 17 runs and forcing Atapattu to take him out of the attack and introducing Samaraweera on a fast bowlers' wicket. Zoysa didn't bowl after tea.
Such was the innocuous attack that it came as no surprise when Hayden got himself out to a rank long-hop outside leg stump from Samaraweera and found a diving Sanath Jayasuriya at backward square leg.
He batted for 275 minutes, faced 185 balls and hit 14 boundaries and two sixes.
Skipper Ricky Ponting, who missed the Darwin Test through a family bereavement, was all-action in his 33 minutes at the crease smacking three fours before he fell to a catch by Atapattu in the covers off Malinga for 22 leaving the home side at 291 for two.
Langer's century came off an overthrow when Upul Chandana attempted to throw down the wicket from point only to give the little lefthander an extra run for his century. He has a reputation as a big-innings player and has been now past 150 five times in Tests.
SCOREBOARD
Scoreboard at stumps on the opening day of the second Test between Australia and Sri Lanka at Cazaly Stadium on Friday:
AUSTRALIA: First innings
Langer not out 159
Hayden c Jayasuriya b Samaraweera 117
Ponting c Atapattu b Malinga 22 Martyn not out 56
Extras: (b-7, lb-3, nb-5, w-1) 16
Total: (For 2 wkts in 90 overs) 370 Fall of wkts: 1-255, 2-291
Bowler O M R W
Vaas 21 2 77 0
Zoysa 11 2 53 0
Samaraweera 17 3 55 1
Malinga 20 2 83 1
Chandana 15 1 72 0
Jayasuriya 6 0 20 0
Toss: Sri Lanka