Kandy dangles on final day

Damien Martyn earlier scored a career-best 161 as Australia, who resumed on 320 for five after conceding a 91-run first-innings deficit, were bowled out for 442.

Australia made early inroads with the new ball as both Marvan Atapattu (8) and Avishka Gunawardene (9) were trapped lbw to leave Sri Lanka tottering on 36-2. Jayasuriya and Kumar Sangakkara launched an aggressive fightback, though, scoring 62 from 82 balls for the third wicket before Sangakkara was caught and bowled by Shane Warne for 29.

Mahela Jayawardene (13) stayed with Jayasuriya for 65 minutes as 76 runs were crashed from 97 balls before he nibbled at a rising delivery from fast bowler Jason Gillespie and was caught behind. Gillespie, who finished with three for 61, bowled a crucial 10-over spell and was rewarded with the prize scalp of Jayasuriya, who edged a catch to wicketkeeper Adam Gilchrist.

Captain Hashan Tillakaratne (7) added 21 for the sixth wicket with Tillakaratne Dilshan before Australia skipper Ricky Ponting took a diving one-handed catch at silly point.

Minutes before the close Dilshan, Sri Lanka’s last specialist batsman, was bowled by a sharp leg break from Warne that clipped the top off his off stump and the spinner finished with figures of three for 83 from 18 overs.

(Reuters)