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Australia tighten grip

AFP, Sydney
Adam Gilchrist upstaged Ricky Ponting's fourth Test double-century with an exhilarating hundred as Australia went on a third day run rampage al Pakistan's expense in the final cricket Tbst at the Sydney Cricket Ground onTiiesday.
Gilchrist crashed 113 off 120 balls, his 13th Test century in 65Tests whizzing off 109 balls, to accelerate the Aussics out of reach of the beleaguered tourists with a first innings of 5G8, a 264-run lead and two days left toplay.
^Skifif’dr'Writing joined ©on 1 BfStBHah and; Greg Chajipdf fn an exclusive club as the only Australian batsmen to score four double Test centuries as he accumulated 207 in over eight hours, but it was Gilchrist's fireworks that set the SCG crowd alight.
Gilchrist underlined his reputation as world cricket's foremost entertain er withaspectacul ar hitting display that crushed the spirits of the hapless Pakistan bowlers.
The swashbuckling wicketkeeper, promoted to number six from his usual number seven place in the batting order, pounded 14 fours and five sixes in 139 pulsating minutes to have the home fans roaringwi th delight.
Gilchrist resumed on 17 and plundered 88 twis off 75 balls to reach hisquickfire century Tuesday.
Pakistan readied stumps at 67 for one with Yasir Hameed on 40 and Younis Khan not out five and needing
a further 198 runs to make Australia bat again in a secminglost cause.
The tourists lost fust-innings centurion Salman Butt for 21 in the 10th over when leg-spinner Stuart MacGill struck with the first ball of Jiis opening over having him caught
at firstslipbyWame.
Gilchrist almost brought up his memorable century with three consecutive sixes off nonplussed paccmah Mohammad Asif, but his last hit took a bounce just inside the
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He perished going for another extravagant shot, stumped off legspinner Danish Kaneria, ending a 153-run fifth-Wicket stand with Ponting of which he contributed the lion's share of 113.
Gilchrist has scored centuries against all the other nine Testplaying nations, with the exception of Bangladesh. The sweethitting left-hander has amassed 4,109 runs at a Test average of 52.67.
Ponting registered the highest score by an Australian against Pakistan in a SCG Test when he passed Greg Chappell's 182.'
He was bowled by Navedul Hasan when he played on in the 125th over of the innings leaving Australia 529 for sLx. He cracked 30 boundaries off332 balls.
Kaneria claimed 7-188 off 49.3 overs with three of his victims, Damien Martyn (67), Michael Clarke (35) and Gilchrist all stumped off his bowling.
It was the third lime in Tests the wrist-spinner had captured seven wickets in an innings following his 7-77 against Bangladesh and 7-118 against Sri Lanka.
Pakistan had some successes towards the end of Australia's 554-minute innings taking the last five wickets for39.
Kaneria picked up debutant Shane Watson (31), Glenn McGrath (9) and Shane Warne (16), while paceman Naved claimed Ponting and Jason Gillespie (0) to finish with 3-107 off 26 overs.
The third day's play got under way at 1:30 pm (0230 GMT) after rain washed out the entire morning session but play was extended withatotalof70 overs bowled.
Australia are in line for their third straight victory over Pakistan inside four days after huge victories in the Perth (491 runs) and Melbourne (nine wickets) Tests. SCOREBOARD
Scoreboard at stumps on the third day of the third and final Test between Australia and Pakistan at
the Sydney Cricket Ground on TUesday:
PAKIST/\N: First innings 304 (Butt 108, Hameed 58; MacGill 5-87, McGrath 4-50)
AUSTRALIA: First innings (over-night340-4)
Langer bNaved 13
Hayden bKaneria 26
PontingbNaved 207
Martyn st Kamran bKaneria 67
Clarke st Kamran bKaneria 35 Gilchrist st Kamran bKaneria 113
Watson cAsif bKaneria 31
Warne cYounis bKaneria 16
Gillespie lbw b Naved 0
McGrath cYousufbKaneria 9
MacG|ll,notoul , 9
Extras: (b-6, lb-13, w-3,nb-20) 42 Total: (All out in 133.3 overs) 568 Fall of wickets: 1-26,2-83,3-257,4-318, 5-471, 6-529, 7-535, 8-537, 9-556
Bowler O M R W
Shoaib 15 2 69 0
Naved 26 3 107 3
Asif 16 3 72 0
Kaneria 49.3 7 188 7
Afridi 27 3 113 0
PAKISTAN: Second innings
Butt cWarneb MacGill 21
Hameed not out 40
Younis not out 5
Extras: (nb-1) 1
Total: (For I wkt in 14.4 overs) 67 Fallofwicket: 1-46
To bat: Youhana, Kamal, Afridi, Akmal, Naved, Akhtar. Kaneria, Asif
Bowler O M R W
McGrath 4 0 25 0
Gillespie 4 1 16 0
Warne 3.4 0 12 0
MacGill 3 0 14 1