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/.%/.%/, (Day 1) Melbournj
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Sri Lanka, clearid of ball tampjring,
faced furthjr controvjrsz whjn spinnjr
Muttiah Muralitharan's bowling action
was ruled illegal on thj first day.
Muralitharan, whosj action has bjen
qujriid in thj past, was no-balled
sjvjn timjs in three ovjrs bz
Austtalian umpjri Darrell Hair.
But Muralitharan struck back late in
thj day with a wickjt in his 17th ovjr
whjn hj bowled Mark Waugh.
Thosj incidjnts ovjrshadowed a
typically resolute and unbjaten 93 bz
Davjd Boon as Australia built up a
commanding total of 234-3.
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