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2 Number of times batsmen at No. 6 or lower have faced more balls in a Test innings against Australia than Dinesh Chandimals 356 in his innings of 132. Faf du Plessis had faced 376 balls in the Adelaide Test in 2012-13. The only other instance came in the 1938 Ashes at the Oval when Joe Hardstaff (jnr) faced exactly 400 balls in Englands first innings at the Oval.3 Number of centuries Chandimal has hit at No. 6 when he has come in to bat with Sri Lanka four down for less than 100 runs. Before this innings, he had hit 162 in Sri Lankas second innings in Galle last year. He had joined Angelo Mathews at the crease with Sri Lanka struggling at 92 for 4 facing a first-innings deficit of 192 runs. Before that innings, he had made 102 against Bangladesh in 2012-13 with Sri Lanka having lost four wickets on 69. Apart from these three hundreds, he has made two fifties in such situations and has scored 635 runs at 79.37 in nine such innings.2 Number of Test innings by Sri Lanka batsmen against Australia that have been longer than Chandimals 356-ball effort. Asanka Gurusinha had faced 399 balls for his 137 at the SSC in 1992, and Aravinda de Silva had faced 361 deliveries in Sri Lankas first innings at the Gabba in 1989-90. Chandimals 478-minutes innings is also the third-longest in terms of minutes batted, after Gurusinhas 525-minute and de Silvas 491-minute efforts in the aforementioned matches.1 Number of sixth-wicket stands in Tests for Sri Lanka than have been bigger than the 211-run partnership in this Test. Mahela Jayawardene and Prasanna Jayawardene had added 351 in Ahmedabad in 2009-10. This was only the third double-hundred stand for Sri Lankas sixth wicket in Tests. This is also the second 200-plus run stand for Sri Lanka against Australia for any wicket. Before this, Asanka Gurusinha and Arjuna Ranatunga had added 230 runs for the fourth wicket in 1992 at the same venue.80 Innings taken by Steven Smith to hit 4000 Test runs - which is joint-third for least by an Australia batsman. Neil Harvey had also taken 80 innings. Only Don Bradman (48 innings) and Matthew Hayden (77 innings) have made 4000 Test runs faster than Smith. However, Smith is the youngest Australia batsman to the milestone, at 27 years and 73 days, shaving Ricky Pontings record by 265 days.1986 Last time a pair added more runs for the sixth wicket in a Test against Australia. Ravi Shastri and Dilip Vengsarkar had added an unbeaten 298 in Indias first innings of the Mumbai Test. This was only the sixth 200-plus-run stand against Australia in Tests.2 Number of 200-run stands for the sixth wicket in Tests in Sri Lanka before this. Australias pair of Simon Katich and Justin Langer had added 218 runs at the same venue in 2003-04. The only other such stand in Sri Lanka came in 1987 between Jeff Crowe and Richard Hadlee, when the pair added an unbeaten 246 runs.1934 Only previous instance of No. 6 and No. 7 batsmen hitting hundreds in a Test innings against Australia. Maurice Leyland and Les Ames had got hundreds at Lords in the 1934 Ashes Test on that occasion. Dhananjaya de Silva and Dinesh Chandimal are the first Sri Lanka No. 6 and No. 7 to get hundreds in the same Test innings. This is also only the second time that two or more Sri Lanka batsmen have got hundreds in a Test innings against Australia. Gurusinha, Ranatunga and Romesh Kaluwitharana had got hundreds in Sri Lankas first innings at the same venue in 1992.1 Number of instances of teams scoring a total higher than Sri Lankas 355 after having lost their first five wicket for less than 50 runs. England had made 446 in their first innings of the Lords Test in 2010 against Pakistan after having been reduced to 47 for 5.0 Number of pacers who had taken three five-wicket hauls in a Test series in Sri Lanka before Mitchell Starc. Starcs five-wicket haul in the first innings of this match followed a pair of five-wicket hauls in Galle. He has taken 22 wickets at an average of 13.27 in this series.1999 Last time, before Starc in this series, an Australia pacer took three consecutive five-wicket hauls against the same opposition. Glenn McGrath had done this against West Indies in three consecutive innings in West Indies. Starcs is only the sixth such instance by an Australia fast bowler. Overall, he is only the eighth Australia fast bowler to take three or more consecutive five-fors in Tests.120 Runs added so far by the partnership between Shaun Marsh and Smith - Australias first century stand of this series. 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PAUL, Minn.NEW YORK -- As Jose Reyes jogged off the Citi Field diamond for the final time in 2011, he hoped it would not be the last time he would do so as a member of the New York Mets.He could not have imagined the circumstances that would surround his next appearance with the Mets.Reyes is expected to make his equally anticipated and controversial return to the Mets on Tuesday night in the second game of a three-game series against the Miami Marlins -- the team with whom Reyes signed a six-year contract following the 2011 season and the team that traded him to the Toronto Blue Jays after just one season in southern Florida.That Reyes is reuniting with the Mets against the Marlins will barely qualify as a subplot Tuesday. Reyes, who signed with the Mets as a 16-year-old in 1999 and made four All-Star teams while winning three National League stolen base crowns and one batting title during nine campaigns in New York, was suspended for the first 51 games of this season following an arrest on domestic violence charges in Hawaii last Halloween.Reyes wife, Katherine, accused Reyes of grabbing her by the throat before shoving her into a sliding glass door. Charges were dropped after she didnt cooperate with authorities.The Colorado Rockies, who acquired Reyes from the Blue Jays last July 28, designated him for assignment June 15 and released him 10 days later. The Mets, in need of a spark plug atop the lineup and a third baseman after David Wright underwent neck surgery, signed him to a minor league deal almost immediately.From a motivational standpoint, I dont think we would be able to find a player who is more determined, more highly motivated, to perform than Jose is today, Mets general manager Saandy Alderson said during a conference call June 25.dddddddddddd Part of that is coming home. Part of thats looking for vindication. Part of that is probably hoping to get past all the problems hes faced since the offseason -- problems he deserved to face.While Reyes will certainly be motivated, the Mets have no idea what kind of reception hell get, or what kind of production hell provide. He stole 24 bases last season but batted just .274 with a .310 on-base percentage and a .378 slugging percentage -- his lowest figures in each category since 2005.In addition, Reyes -- who will be making his major league debut at third base -- batted just .176 with no homers, two RBI and one stolen base in nine games for Double-A Binghamton. The Mets are banking on Reyes kicking into another gear once hes under the brighter lights.What he brings to the baseball field is something that could really be a kind of pick me up for this team and the fans, Wright said last week. The fans get into it, it kind of rubs off on the team.Mets left-hander Steven Matz is scheduled to take the mound against Marlins left-hander Wei-Yin Chen. Matz is 0-1 with an 11.57 ERA in two career starts against the Marlins while Chen is facing the Mets for the first time.The Mets came back from an early six-run deficit to win Mondays series opener, 8-6. New York (45-37) is 1 1/2 games behind the Los Angeles Dodgers in the race for the first NL wild card spot and four games behind the Washington Nationals in the NL East.Miami (43-40) is in fourth place in the wild card race, 2 1/2 games behind the Mets. ' ' '