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England vs Sri Lanka second Exam scorecard, Gus Atkinson five-wicket loot and century at Lord's, video clip, highlights

.Gus Atkinson continued his Lord's romance through taking five openings as England whipped Sri Lanka by 190 runs in the second Exam to take an undisputable 2-0 top in a three-match series.Sri Lanka, put what would have been actually a brand-new Examination file fourth-innings winning overall of 483, were disregarded for 292 after herbal tea on the 4th day in spite of fifties from Dinesh Chandimal (58 ), Dimuth Karunaratne (55) and captain Dhananjaya de Silva (fifty ). Fast bowler Atkinson, that scored his first first-class hundred in England's first-innings 427, led the strike along with 5-62. Player-of-the-match Atkinson secured a 5th reference on the clothing space honours panels in merely his second Exam at God's after taking 12 gates on England launching versus the West Indies in July.He likewise ended up being only the 3rd England cricketer after Tony Greig and also Ian Botham to score a century and also take 5 arches in an innings of the exact same Test.Watch every round of the England v Sri Lanka Test set LIVE &amp unique to Fox Cricket, on call on Kayo. New to Kayo? Start your free of charge test today &gt Atkinson observed India's Vinoo Mankad (versus England in 1952) and Botham (against Pakistan in 1978) as the only guys to have accomplished that dual at Lord's. The 26-year-old Surrey paceman's most up-to-date exceptional yield helped England seal off a 7th subsequent gain Sri Lanka observing their five-wicket success in recently's initial Test at Old Trafford." To climb on both honours panels is amazing," Atkinson told Sky Athletics." It will certainly take an even though to sink in." This activity was also an individual conquest for Joe Origin. For the first time in 145 matches at this amount, Root produced hundreds in each innings-- 143 and 103-- to set a brand new document of 34 Exam centuries through an England batsman.Sri Lanka possess little bit of time to collect yourself prior to the 3rd Examination at The Oblong starts on Friday.De Silva accepted he had erred in opting to field on an excellent batting incline after winning the toss." Undoubtedly. I obtained it wrong," he informed the BBC, before including: "We have reached improve the initial innings whether we bat or dish initially, that's what I will definitely be actually informing my kids is that our company've got to start far better." Gus Atkinson of England celebrates putting away Dinesh Chandimal of Sri Lanka. Photo through Gareth Copley/Getty ImagesSource: Getty ImagesSri Lanka returned to Sunday on 2-53, with the chances stacked versus them given the greatest succeeding fourth-innings total in any Test is actually the West Indies' 7-418 against Australia at St John's in 2002/03. However Origin-- that on Saturday had actually taken his 200th Exam catch-- reprieved Karunaratne when falling a tough one-handed slip possibility coming from the opener's edged trimmed Atkinson.Karunaratne, 36, steered and also pulled Atkinson for fours off successive deliveries on his technique to a 98-ball fifty consisting of 7 boundaries.The left-hander, however, was out not long prior to lunch time when injury-plagued prompt bowler Olly Stone, in his 1st Test for three years, made a climbing 87 miles per hour (140 kmh) distribution that Karunaratne can merely glove down the legside to wicketkeeper Jamie Smith.Chandimal counter-attacked early in the afternoon on his way to a rushing 42-ball fifty featuring 40 operates in perimeters prior to Atkinson had him captured at short leg off bat as well as pad.Kamindu Mendis, including an immense Test batting average of 92 observing his 3rd hundred in four Tests at Old Trafford, had made 74 in Sri Lanka's small first-innings 196. Yet the 25-year-old left-hander, once again hitting low down the purchase, succumbed to only 4 on Sunday when recorded in the doffs Atkinson.Mendis's departure left Sri Lanka, who have actually now not won some of their nine Tests at Lord's, sliding towards defeat at 200-7. De Silva maintained England waiting prior to playing on to Atkinson, that after that possessed Milan Rathnayake recorded responsible for to accomplish his five-wicket haul.Chris Woakes possessed the last word when Lahiru Kumara holed bent on Rock at mid-on. Later, England stand-in captain Ollie Pope claimed was actually stunned due to the small participation at God's on Sunday as his side concluded an effective series success over Sri Lanka.While the opening up 3 times of the suit viewed the ground near to its 31,000 capacity, only some 9000 fans were present as England accomplished a 190-run gain after tea on the fourth day of the second Test to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in a three-match contest.Large groups for Examinations have actually long been taken for granted at God's, which designs itself as the 'Home of Cricket'. The price of tickets may possess been an issue, nonetheless, along with the most inexpensive rate for adults on Sunday early morning beginning at u20a4 95 (AU$ 185)-- although Under-16s were actually admitted for $30. England's experience with the West Indies at God's in July, part of a 3-0 whitewash of the Caribbean edge, was actually throughout inside three days and that might have had an influence on advance fourth-day sales as well.The lack of viewers was actually undoubtedly noticed by Pope." It was kind of bizarre," he mentioned." I assume a few of us have actually been actually strolling in every day and it was similar to 'jeez, it appears quiet today'. I am actually not exactly sure if individuals anticipated the game to become done by time four or not.".