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England vs Sri Lanka 2nd Examination scorecard, Gus Atkinson five-wicket loot and also century at God's, video, highlights

.Gus Atkinson continued his Lord's romance through taking 5 openings as England thrashed Sri Lanka by 190 jogs in the second Examination to take an undisputable 2-0 lead in a three-match series.Sri Lanka, placed what would have been actually a brand new Test report fourth-innings gaining total amount of 483, were actually dismissed for 292 after tea on the 4th day even with fifties coming from Dinesh Chandimal (58 ), Dimuth Karunaratne (55) and also captain Dhananjaya de Silva (fifty ). Swift bowler Atkinson, that scored his first excellent hundred in England's first-innings 427, led the strike along with 5-62. Player-of-the-match Atkinson secured a fifth mention on the dressing area honours boards in merely his second Exam at Lord's after taking 12 arches on England launching against the West Indies in July.He likewise ended up being just the third England cricketer after Tony Greig and Ian Botham to rack up a century and take five arches in an innings of the exact same Test.Watch every ball of the England v Sri Lanka Test set LIVE &amp special to Fox Cricket, readily available on Kayo. New to Kayo? Beginning your totally free trial today &gt Atkinson complied with India's Vinoo Mankad (against England in 1952) and also Botham (against Pakistan in 1978) as the only guys to have achieved that dual at God's. The 26-year-old Surrey paceman's newest remarkable profit assisted England secure a 7th successive draw Sri Lanka observing their five-wicket excellence in last week's first Exam at Old Trafford." To jump on both honours boards is actually awesome," Atkinson said to Heavens Athletics." It will definitely take a while to sink in." This game was actually likewise a personal accomplishment for Joe Origin. For the very first time in 145 matches at this level, Origin produced hundreds in both innings-- 143 as well as 103-- to establish a brand-new record of 34 Test centuries by an England batsman.Sri Lanka have little opportunity to collect yourself before the 3rd Examination at The Egg-shaped starts on Friday.De Silva admitted he had actually been incorrect in deciding to field on a great hitting slope after winning the chuck." Undoubtedly. I acquired it inappropriate," he informed the BBC, just before including: "Our company have reached enhance the first innings whether our company baseball bat or dish first, that's what I will certainly be informing my boys is actually that our team have actually 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 resumed Sunday on 2-53, along with the possibilities stacked versus all of them provided the highest possible gaining fourth-innings total amount in any Exam is actually the West Indies' 7-418 against Australia at Street John's in 2002/03. Yet Root-- who on Sunday had taken his 200th Examination catch-- reprieved Karunaratne when dropping a tough one-handed lapse odds from the opener's edged trimmed Atkinson.Karunaratne, 36, drove and also took Atkinson for fours off successive shippings on his way to a 98-ball fifty including 7 boundaries.The left-hander, having said that, was actually out shortly just before lunch when injury-plagued quick bowler Olly Rock, in his initial Exam for 3 years, created a rising 87 mph (140 kmh) delivery 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 including 40 runs in perimeters just before Atkinson had him captured at brief leg off baseball bat as well as pad.Kamindu Mendis, flaunting a stupendous Examination batting average of 92 observing his 3rd hundred in 4 Exams at Old Trafford, had made 74 in Sri Lanka's minimal first-innings 196. But the 25-year-old left-hander, again hitting low down the purchase, fell for merely four on Sunday when recorded in the slips off Atkinson.Mendis's exit left behind Sri Lanka, who have now certainly not won any one of their nine Tests at God's, slipping in the direction of loss at 200-7. De Silva maintained England standing by just before playing on to Atkinson, who at that point possessed Milan Rathnayake caught behind to accomplish his five-wicket haul.Chris Woakes possessed the final say when Lahiru Kumara holed bent on Stone at mid-on. Later, England stand-in leader Ollie Pope said was amazed due to the small appearance at God's on Sunday as his side completed a convincing series success over Sri Lanka.While the opening 3 times of the suit saw the ground near to its own 31,000 capacity, just some 9000 observers appeared as England completed a 190-run gain after herbal tea on the 4th time of the 2nd Examination to take an unassailable 2-0 top in a three-match contest.Large crowds for Exams have long been actually taken for approved at God's, which designs on its own as the 'Home of Cricket'. The price of tickets might have been a problem, having said that, along with the most affordable price for adults on Sunday early morning starting at u20a4 95 (AU$ 185)-- although Under-16s were actually confessed for $30. England's conflict along with the West Indies at God's in July, portion of a 3-0 whitewash of the Caribbean edge, was actually across inside three times which may have had an impact on advance fourth-day sales as well.The lack of spectators was actually surely discovered through Pope." It was sort of bizarre," he claimed." I assume a few of us have been actually walking in each day and it was just like 'jeez, it appears quiet today'. I am actually not sure if individuals expected the video game to become performed through time four or not.".