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Warne leads Australia to victory over Sri Lanka
"Shane Warne spun Australia to a series-clinching 27-run victory over Sri Lanka on the fifth and final day of the second Test in Kandy on Saturday. Warne snapped up 5 for 90 as Sri Lanka, who started the day needing 51 runs with three wickets remaining having been set an improbable 352-run victory target, were bowled out for 324 in 73.1 overs. With the win, Australia lead the three-match series 2-0. The 34-year-old Warne finished with 10 for 155 in the match, his second consecutive 10-wicket haul in his second game back for Australia after a 12-months drugs ban. Warne extended his series tally to 20 wickets at 15.7 and his career haul to 511 scalps, giving him a chance of breaking Courtney Walsh's 519-wicket world record during the third and final Test next week." [more]
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Warne and Gillespie star in Australian win
Shane Warne and Jason Gillespie were the stars of the show at Kandy, requiring only 6.1 overs on the fifth morning to take the three Sri Lankan wickets which gave Australia an unbeatable 2-0 lead in the three-Test series. Sri Lanka, who started the day needing 51 to win, came unstuck as they tried to sprint towards the target and were eventually bowled out for 324, an agonising 27 runs shy of a remarkable Test win. [more]
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Jayasuriya leads Lankan run chase - Cricket - www.smh.com.au
The fifth day of the second Test won't enter a second session, or possibly a second hour. After a gripping fourth day's play at Kandy's Asgiriya International Stadium on Friday, Australia require only three wickets for a series-clinching victory, while Sri Lanka need just 51 runs to square the best-of-three contest. Friday contained a season's worth of drama inside three sessions. From Damien Martyn's highest Test score (161) to Muttiah Muralitharan's five-wicket haul of the series; from Sanath Jayasuriya's dashing ton, to the late day heroics of Shane Warne and Jason Gillespie, the second Test has ebbed and flowed at an astonishing rate. Jayasuriya cut, drove and hooked Sri Lanka into contention, scoring a swashbuckling century and severely eroding Australia's once intimidating 351-run lead. After Muralitharan (5-173) spun out Australia's tail before lunch - Jayasuriya (131) put the hosts back in the game. [more]
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Windows XP SP2 Available for Download
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