Gillespie leads Aussies to victory
 |  Gillespie's nine-wicket match haul helped Australia to a series win in India |
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NAGPUR, India -- Jason Gillespie bowled Australia to their first series win on Indian soil since 1969 with a day to spare in the third match of the four-test series.
The Australian fast bowler followed a five-wicket haul in the first innings with four for 24 to give his side victory by 342 runs. They won the series 2-0.
Opener Virender Sehwag top-scored with 58 in India's meagre tally of 200 after Aakash Chopra, Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, Vangipurappu Laxman and Mohammad Kaif departed early.
Glenn McGrath, playing his 100th test, became the fourth bowler in history to take 450 wickets when he dismissed Tendulkar for two.
Parthiv Patel (32) and Ajit Agarkar (44 not out) put up some stiff resistance but wickets fell again in the final session despite flashy cameos by the tailenders.
"It's a wonderful occasional and it's wonderful to share it with a great bunch of people," said captain Adam Gilchrist. "It's an emotional time and a reward for lots of hard work and preparation."
India, set 543 for an improbable victory, began their chase with Chopra (1) falling soon after lunch when Gillespie uprooted his middle stump with an in-cutter.
Gillespie, helped by a green-tinged pitch, then bowled Dravid through the gate and Tendulkar's departure made it 20 for three.
It was soon 37 for five as Michael Kasprowicz had Laxman (2), who has avareged 10.6 this series, pulling straight to deep fine-leg and Kaif (7) edging to Gilchrist.
Sehwag and Patel kept alive India's faint hopes, batting fluently among the ruins in a 65-run stand for the sixth wicket.
But it was over for the hosts over once Sehwag was caught miscuing an attempted slog against leg spinner Shane Warne.
Australia had declared their second innings on 329 for five during the morning, Damien Martyn (97) and Michael Clarke (73) sharing in an attacking 148-run fourth-wicket stand.
Martyn, who had scored 114 in the first innings, narrowly missed his third consecutive century.
They started slowly but Clarke cut loose after the first hour, smashing Agarkar for a six and two fours off consecutive balls in a 21-run over that began the onslaught.
He then hit Zaheer Khan for boundaries through the off side before he was caught while trying to slog leg-spinner Kumble.
Martyn, however, kept the runs coming from the other end and looked set for another century but Khan had him edge an away swinger to wicketkeeper Patel.
Gilchrist declared immediately after Martyn's dismissal.
Australia scored 398 in their first innings and bowled India out for a paltry 185.
"We're disappointed that we couldn't compete well," Indian skipper Rahul Dravid said. "We're disappointed that the batsmen couldn't apply themselves."
Australia had taken an early lead in the four-match series by winning the first test in Bangalore. They had also led India 1-0 in 2001 but, on that occasion, the hosts won the last two tests to pull off a stunning resurgent win.
Younis hits crucial century
Younis Khan hit his first test century for two-and-a-half years and captain Inzamam-ul-Haq struck an undefeated 79 as Pakistan took control of the second test against Sri Lanka in Karachi.
The pair added 149 runs for the third wicket from 282 balls to propel Pakistan to 298 for four at the close of the second day, a first innings lead of 90.
Younis was caught at slip by Thilan Samaraweera off left arm spinner Rangana Herath for 124 four overs before the close after a 215-ball innings containing 12 fours and a six. He also shared a second wicket stand of 122 in 175 balls with Imran Farhat (72).
Sri Lanka took the second new ball immediately after Younis's dismissal and Chaminda Vaas bowled nightwatchman Riaz Afridi (9) to signal the end of play.
The Sri Lankans, who won the first test of the two-match series in Faisalabad by 201 runs, were dismissed for 208 runs on the opening day.
On Friday, their bowlers had to toil for 46 overs after getting rid of Yasir Hameed (3) and Farhat before lunch before they got another wicket.
Younis paced his innings perfectly and played Dilhara Fernando square after tea for two runs to reach his sixth test hundred from 164 balls.
It was his first century since he scored 153 against the West Indies at Sharjah in February 2002 in his first test since September last year.
"This is perhaps the most valuable and memorable hundred for me in my career. I was under pressure in this match to perform and I came good," said Younis.
"I have been out of the test team for more than a year now and I think this has done my chances of becoming a permanent member of the side a world of good.
"I knew before I went to bat that I needed to get a big score to convince everyone I was a top batsman. I was under pressure initially but than enjoyed the innings.
"Of my six hundreds I enjoyed this the most. The ball swung a bit but there is nothing wrong with the pitch."
Inzamam looked in fine form in his 157 balls and 208 minutes stay in the middle and raced to his 37th test half-century from only 91 balls, hitting five fours and a straight six off Herath.
Appearing in his 96th test, he also became the second Pakistani batsmen to score 7,000 test runs when he passed 66. He is now Pakistan's second highest test run-getter after Javed Miandad (8,832 runs).
The Sri Lankans enjoyed some success when Yasir was caught behind off Farveez Maharoof and Imran Farhat was trapped leg before by Chaminda Vaas.
Kumar Sangakkara kept wicket throughout the day in place of Romesh Kaluwitharana who is recovering from a hand injury he sustained on day one.
New Zealand secure victory
Left-arm spinner Daniel Vettori compiled his second-best return as New Zealand beat Bangladesh by an innings and 101 runs early on the fourth day of the second test to wrap up a 2-0 series victory.
Vettori followed his first innings of six for 70 to grab six for 100 in the second and help bowl Bangladesh out for 262 on Friday.
The 25-year-old was named player of the series after he took 20 wickets in the series. He also bowled New Zealand to victory in the first test, which they won by an innings and 99 runs, with six for 28 in the second innings.
The hosts had been chasing 363 to make New Zealand bat again after being bowled out for 182 in their first innings.
Captain Stephen Fleming, who was named man of the match, scored 202 and combined with Scott Styris (89) in a 204-run third wicket partnership as New Zealand amassed 545 for six declared in their only innings.
Bangladesh had resumed on 210 for eight with Mohammad Rafique on 30 and Tapash Baisya on 15.
Rafique only added one more run to his overnight score before he was caught by Mathew Sinclair off Vettori to give the spinner his third five-wicket haul of the series.
Baisya then proceeded to smash the New Zealand bowlers around the ground, especially off spinner Paul Wiseman, whom he hit for three successive fours.
Vettori also suffered with Baisya often coming down the pitch and lofting the ball back over the bowler's head, before he tried it once too often and was easily stumped by Brendon McCullum for his highest test score of 66.
