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SL show resilience

AFP, Cairns
Fighting innings from skipper Marvan Atapattu and Kumar Sangakkara wrested the initiative from Australia on an encouraging second day's cricket for Sri Lanka in the second Test here on Saturday.
Sri Lanka, after restricting Australia to a first innings of 517 with the home side dropping their last seven wickets for 63, fought back to be 184 for two at the close with Atapattu unbeaten on 75 and Mahela Jayawardene on nine.
It was Sri Lanka's best day of the lopsided two-Test series with legspinner Upul Chandana kickstarting it all with five wickets to prevent Australia from shutting the door on the tourists with an unbeatable 600-plus first innings.
Atapattu and Sangakkara added 138 runs for the second wicket before Sangakkara holed out to long-on putting leg-spinner Shane Warne just six wickets away from equalling Muttiah Muralitharan's world record of 527 wickets.
Sangakkara, relieved of the onerous wicketkeeping role in this Test to concentrate on batting at number three, hit a belligerent 74 off 114 balls with eight boundaries.
Atapattu raised his 13th Test half-century in 139 minutes and was still there at stumps defying Australia's all-star bowling attack.
"We can go forward from here and we're confident after doing well today that we may be in with a good chance if we continue to bat well," Chandana said.
Vice-captain Adam Gilchrist said Australia had blown a great chance to bat Sri Lanka out of the Test.
"It's a bit disappointing. We had the opportunity to close Sri Lanka out of the game, but all credit to them, they bowled a better line and length today, pitched the ball up a bit more," Gilchrist said.
"We're going to have to work very hard to try and win this Test."
The Sri Lankan innings began precariously with Sanath Jayasuriya brilliantly caught by wicketkeeper Gilchrist for 13 in the fourth over to be 18 for one.
Gilchrist flung himself to his left to glove the catch one-handed virtually
out of the hands of Warne at first slip to send Jayasuriya on his way.
It looked an ominous start for the Sri Lankans after they were bowled over for 97 and 162 inside three days in last week's Darwin Test, but Atapattu and Sangakkara injected new belief into the tourists in their bid to avoid a fifth consecutive loss to the Australians.
Australia, resuming the day at 370 for two, lost their last seven wickets for 63 to be all out 30 minutes after lunch with Chandana taking 5-37 off 11 overs to finish the innings with 5-109 from 26 overs.
Chandana claimed the wickets of Damien Martyn (97), Simon Katich (1), Darren Lehmann (50), Warne (2) and Michael Kasprowicz (9).
"I bowled a flatter trajectory with the aim of trying to contain the Australian batsmen today and I'm confident that I can flight the ball and extract more turn if the need arises in this Test," Chandana said.
Young speedster Lasith Malinga, who took six wickets on his debut Test in Darwin, finished with 4-149 and ended the Australian innings when he claimed the wicket of the
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Seedangerous Gilchrist for 35 off 33 balls with two fours and two sixes.
Justin Langer added three runs to his overnight tally before he slashed at Malinga outside off-stump and edged head-high to Jayawardene at first slip after 24 minutes of play.
Langer's 162 -- his fifth score past 150 in Tests -- came in 412 minutes and he hit 22 boundaries off 284 balls. He put on 101 runs for the third wicket with Martyn.
Martyn, who resumed at 56, was becalmed for 40 minutes in the nineties and survived one big leg before wicket shout before falling lbw to Chandana in his next over.
Martyn left the wicket shaking his head having perished three runs short of his eighth Test century.
He faced 123 balls in 160 minutes with 13 fours and put on 62 runs for the fourth wicket with Lehmann.
Katich continued his run of low scores when he was bowled by Chandana for one, misjudging a pull shot.
Chandana struck twice more before lunch, coaxing Lehmann to hole out to Sangakkara at long-on for an attractive 50 off 55 balls with nine fours.
In the final over before lunch, Warne edged Chandana to Tilan Samaraweera at first slip for two.