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England vs Sri Lanka second Exam scorecard, Gus Atkinson five-wicket haul as well as century at God's, video recording, highlights

.Gus Atkinson continued his God's romance through taking 5 openings as England whipped Sri Lanka by 190 runs in the 2nd Examination to take an unassailable 2-0 top in a three-match series.Sri Lanka, set what would certainly have been a brand new Examination report fourth-innings succeeding total amount of 483, were actually dismissed for 292 after herbal tea on the 4th day even with fifties from Dinesh Chandimal (58 ), Dimuth Karunaratne (55) and leader Dhananjaya de Silva (fifty ). Fast bowler Atkinson, who scored his first first-class hundred in England's first-innings 427, led the attack with 5-62. Player-of-the-match Atkinson got a fifth reference on the dressing area honours boards in merely his 2nd Examination at Lord's after taking 12 arches on England debut versus the West Indies in July.He also ended up being only the third England cricketer after Tony Greig and Ian Botham to rack up a century and also take 5 arches in an innings of the same Test.Watch every sphere of the England v Sri Lanka Exam set LIVE &amp special to Fox Cricket, offered on Kayo. New to Kayo? Begin your totally free trial today &gt Atkinson followed India's Vinoo Mankad (versus England in 1952) and also Botham (versus Pakistan in 1978) as the only males to have actually accomplished that dual at Lord's. The 26-year-old Surrey paceman's most current impressive return assisted England seal a 7th successive gain Sri Lanka observing their five-wicket success in last week's very first Test at Old Trafford." To get on both honours boards is actually awesome," Atkinson told Skies Athletics." It will take an although to sink in." This activity was additionally an individual triumph for Joe Origin. For the very first time in 145 suits at this amount, Root made hundreds in both innings-- 143 and 103-- to prepare a new report of 34 Examination centuries through an England batsman.Sri Lanka possess little opportunity to collect yourself just before the third Test at The Oval begins on Friday.De Silva acknowledged he had actually been incorrect in choosing to field on a good hitting pitch after succeeding the flip." Absolutely. I got it wrong," he told the BBC, before incorporating: "Our team have actually come to improve on the first innings whether our team bat or even dish to begin with, that's what I am going to be informing my boys is that we have actually come to begin much better." Gus Atkinson of England commemorates putting away Dinesh Chandimal of Sri Lanka. Photograph through Gareth Copley/Getty ImagesSource: Getty ImagesSri Lanka resumed Sunday on 2-53, along with the possibilities piled versus them provided the highest winning fourth-innings overall in any sort of Examination is the West Indies' 7-418 versus Australia at St John's in 2002/03. But Root-- that on Sunday had actually taken his 200th Exam catch-- reprieved Karunaratne when going down a tough one-handed lapse chance coming from the opener's edged trimmed Atkinson.Karunaratne, 36, drove and drew Atkinson for fours off subsequent distributions on his method to a 98-ball fifty consisting of 7 boundaries.The left-hander, having said that, was out soon just before lunch when injury-plagued fast bowler Olly Rock, in his initial Test for 3 years, generated a climbing 87 miles per hour (140 kmh) shipment that Karunaratne could simply handwear cover down the legside to wicketkeeper Jamie Smith.Chandimal counter-attacked early in the mid-day on his technique to a scurrying 42-ball fifty consisting of 40 operates in boundaries before Atkinson had him captured at short leg off baseball bat as well as pad.Kamindu Mendis, flaunting a colossal Exam batting standard of 92 observing his 3rd hundred in 4 Examinations at Old Trafford, had made 74 in Sri Lanka's meagre first-innings 196. However the 25-year-old left-hander, once more hitting low down the purchase, succumbed to simply four on Sunday when captured in the doffs Atkinson.Mendis's leave left Sri Lanka, that have now certainly not succeeded any of their 9 Examinations at God's, slipping towards defeat at 200-7. De Silva maintained England waiting just before playing on to Atkinson, who after that had Milan Rathnayake recorded behind to finish his five-wicket haul.Chris Woakes possessed the final say when Lahiru Kumara holed out to Rock at mid-on. Later, England leader Ollie Pope said was actually shocked due to the meagre participation at Lord's on Sunday as his side finished up an effective series success over Sri Lanka.While the opening up three days of the match found the ground near to its 31,000 capability, simply some 9000 observers existed as England completed a 190-run gain after tea on the 4th day of the 2nd Examination to take an unassailable 2-0 top in a three-match contest.Large groups for Examinations have long been considered granted at God's, which designs itself as the 'Home of Cricket'. The price of tickets might possess been actually a problem, however, along with the most affordable rate for adults on Sunday early morning beginning at u20a4 95 (AU$ 185)-- although Under-16s were acknowledged for $30. England's conflict along with the West Indies at God's in July, part of a 3-0 whitewash of the Caribbean edge, was all around inside 3 times which may possess possessed an effect on development fourth-day sales as well.The absence of viewers was surely observed through Pope." It was actually kind of bizarre," he claimed." I assume a few of us have been strolling in daily and it was actually just like 'jeez, it seems peaceful today'. I am actually unsure if people expected the activity to be carried out by time four or not.".