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BRISBANE, Australia -- Australia notched up a massive 551-4 before declaring and reducing Sri Lanka to 31-2 at close of play on day two of the first Test at Brisbane.
Hussey has pushed his Test average to a superb 82.38 from 17 Tests after another century.
Michael Hussey, who was dropped while on 13, made 133 and Michael Clarke an unbeaten 145, with the pair sharing a brilliant stand of 245.
Brett Lee then took two wickets with the new ball before Marvan Atapattu, in his first Test for two years, dug in.
Australia started day two on 242-3, with Hussey 28 and Clarke on five -- and by lunch the scoreboard had moved onto 359-3, with Hussey on 85 and Clarke 64.
Hussey was the first to reach triple-figures, passing the milestone with a pair of leg-glanced fours off Chaminda Vaas.
His century pushed his incredible Test average to 82.38 from 17 Tests but he eventually fell 15 minutes before tea, driving Dilhara Fernando on the up to Atapattu at short cover.
With Australia in complete control, Clarke and Andrew Symonds (53 not out) played some bigger shots after tea leading to a typically imaginative declaration from captain Ricky Ponting, who gave his bowlers 16 overs at the Sri Lanka top order.
Mitchell Johnson bowled promisingly on his Test debut, but it was Lee who supplied the wickets.
Sanath Jayasuriya got the faintest of outside edges as he flayed well wide of the off-stump and Michael Vandort was undone by pace, also edging to Adam Gilchrist.
Atapattu made Stuart MacGill ponder his return to the Test fold by stroking him for three boundaries in a single over -- but it was a crumb of comfort for Sri Lanka in a day of misery. E-mail to a friend 
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