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Final Test heading for thrilling finish by JULIAN LINDEN, SYDNEY, Jan 4 (Reuters) - Michael Vaughan scored an unbeaten century for England on Saturday after Adam Gilchrist blasted a hundred for Australia to lay the foundations for a thrilling end to the fifth and final Ashes test. Vaughan made 113 not out to help England finish the day on 218 for two in their second innings after Gilchrist made 133 to guide Australia to a first innings total of 363, just one run ahead of England's 362. With England 217 runs ahead with eight second innings wickets in hand and two days still to play, the match seems headed towards a tight finish after Australia easily won the first four games. Vaughan overtook Matthew Hayden as the leading runscorer in the series (563) with his third hundred following his 177 in Adelaide and 145 in Melbourne, becoming the first Englishman since Chris Broad in 1986-87 to make three tons in an Ashes series. The 28-year-old Vaughan made a duck in the first innings but responded with a classic second innings knock that featured 16 fours and a six to every part of the Sydney Cricket Ground. He reached his fifty off 66 balls then hit Damien Martyn for successive fours to pass 100 from 147 deliveries. He was dropped by Justin Langer on 102 but survived to fight another day, sharing an unbroken 94-run partnership with his captain Nasser Hussain (34 not out). Valuable contributions Vaughan was well supported by the rest of England's top order with first innings centurion Mark Butcher (34) and opener Marcus Trescothick (22) making valuable contributions against an Australian attack badly missing Glenn McGrath and Shane Warne. Their efforts helped swing the balance back England's way after Australia had fought hard for a one-run lead on the first innings thanks to Gilchrist's swashbuckling display. The big-hitting left-hander smashed 18 fours in his 122-ball knock and shared a crucial 82-run ninth-wicket partnership with tailender Jason Gillespie to help Australia sneak past England. ENGLAND - 1ST INNINGS 362
AUSTRALIA - 1ST INNINGS
(overnight 237-5)
J. Langer c Hoggard b Caddick 25
M. Hayden lbw b Caddick 15
R. Ponting c Stewart b Caddick 7
D. Martyn c Caddick b Harmison 26
S. Waugh c Butcher b Hoggard 102
M. Love c Trescothick b Harmison 0
A. Gilchrist c Stewart b Harmison 133
A. Bichel c Crawley b Hoggard 4
B. Lee c Stewart b Hoggard 0
J. Gillespie not out 31
S. MacGill c Hussain b Hoggard 1
Extras (B-2, LB-6, W-2, NB-9) 19
TOTAL (all out, 80.3 overs) 363
FALL OF WICKETS: 1-36, 2-45, 3-56, 4-146, 5-150,
6-241, 7-267,8-267, 9-349, 10-363.
BOWLING: Hoggard 21.3-4-92-4(nb-5),Caddick23-3-121-3(nb-2)
Harmison 20-4-70-3 (w-2 nb-2), Dawson 16-0-72-0
ENGLAND - 2ND INNINGS
M. Trescothick b Lee 22
M. Vaughan not out 113
M. Butcher c Hayden b MacGill 34
N. Hussain not out 34
Extras (B-5, LB-7, W-1, NB-2) 15
TOTAL (for two wickets) 218
FALL OF WICKETS: 1-37, 2-124.
TO BAT: R. Key, J. Crawley, A. Stewart, R. Dawson,
A. Caddick,M. Hoggard, S. Harmison.
BOWLING (to date): Gillespie8-2-36-0,Lee 10-1-45-1 (nb-1),
MacGill 23-2-76-1, Bichel 10-0-32-0
(w-1 nb-1),Martyn3-1-14-0,Waugh 4-2-3-0.
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