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England vs Sri Lanka 2nd Exam scorecard, Gus Atkinson five-wicket haul and also century at Lord's, video, highlights

.Gus Atkinson proceeded his Lord's relationship through taking 5 wickets as England punished Sri Lanka by 190 runs in the second Exam to take an undisputable 2-0 lead in a three-match series.Sri Lanka, established what would possess been a new Exam report fourth-innings gaining total of 483, were rejected for 292 after herbal tea on the 4th time even with fifties from Dinesh Chandimal (58 ), Dimuth Karunaratne (55) as well as leader Dhananjaya de Silva (50 ). Swift bowler Atkinson, that scored his first first-class hundred in England's first-innings 427, led the strike with 5-62. Player-of-the-match Atkinson safeguarded a fifth reference on the dressing area honours boards in merely his 2nd Examination at Lord's after taking 12 arches on England launching versus the West Indies in July.He additionally came to be just the third England cricketer after Tony Greig as well as Ian Botham to rack up a century as well as take 5 openings in an innings of the same Test.Watch every sphere of the England v Sri Lanka Examination series LIVE &amp exclusive to Fox Cricket, readily available on Kayo. New to Kayo? Beginning your totally free test today &gt Atkinson adhered to India's Vinoo Mankad (versus England in 1952) and also Botham (against Pakistan in 1978) as the only guys to have actually achieved that double at God's. The 26-year-old Surrey paceman's most current exceptional yield aided England secure a seventh succeeding win over Sri Lanka following their five-wicket success in recently's initial Test at Old Trafford." To climb on both honours panels is actually awesome," Atkinson informed Skies Athletics." It is going to take an although to sink in." This game was also a private victory for Joe Root. For the first time in 145 suits at this level, Root helped make hundreds in both innings-- 143 as well as 103-- to specify a new file of 34 Examination centuries through an England batsman.Sri Lanka possess little opportunity to collect yourself before the third Examination at The Oval begins on Friday.De Silva acknowledged he had made a mistake in opting to field on a good hitting slope after gaining the flip." Certainly. I obtained it inappropriate," he said to the BBC, just before including: "Our experts have actually come to improve the very first innings whether our team bat or even dish to begin with, that's what I will be actually telling my boys is that we have actually reached start better." Gus Atkinson of England celebrates dismissing Dinesh Chandimal of Sri Lanka. Picture by Gareth Copley/Getty ImagesSource: Getty ImagesSri Lanka returned to Sunday on 2-53, with the odds piled versus them offered the greatest succeeding fourth-innings total in any Examination is the West Indies' 7-418 against Australia at Street John's in 2002/03. But Origin-- who on Saturday had taken his 200th Exam catch-- reprieved Karunaratne when going down a challenging one-handed slip chance coming from the opener's edged cut off Atkinson.Karunaratne, 36, drove and drew Atkinson for fours off subsequent deliveries on his technique to a 98-ball fifty consisting of 7 boundaries.The left-hander, nonetheless, was actually out shortly prior to lunch when injury-plagued swift bowler Olly Stone, in his 1st Exam for 3 years, made an increasing 87 mph (140 kmh) delivery that Karunaratne can only handwear cover down the legside to wicketkeeper Jamie Smith.Chandimal counter-attacked early in the mid-day on his way to a dashing 42-ball fifty featuring 40 runs in borders prior to Atkinson had him captured at brief leg off baseball bat and pad.Kamindu Mendis, including an immense Test hitting average of 92 observing his 3rd hundred in four Examinations at Old Trafford, had actually made 74 in Sri Lanka's meagre first-innings 196. However the 25-year-old left-hander, once again batting low down the order, succumbed to merely four on Sunday when caught in the doffs Atkinson.Mendis's departure left behind Sri Lanka, who have actually now certainly not gained some of their nine Tests at Lord's, slipping in the direction of loss at 200-7. De Silva kept England hanging around just before playing on to Atkinson, that after that possessed Milan Rathnayake recorded responsible for to accomplish his five-wicket haul.Chris Woakes had the final say when Lahiru Kumara holed out to Stone at mid-on. Later, England alternate captain Ollie Pope claimed was actually stunned by the meagre participation at Lord's on Sunday as his side finished up an effective collection triumph over Sri Lanka.While the opening up 3 times of the suit viewed the ground near to its own 31,000 capability, just some 9000 viewers existed as England accomplished a 190-run gain after herbal tea on the fourth day of the 2nd Examination to take an undisputable 2-0 lead in a three-match contest.Large groups for Examinations have actually long been actually considered given at God's, which types itself as the 'Home of Cricket'. The expense of tickets might have been actually a problem, nevertheless, along with the most affordable cost for adults on Sunday early morning starting at u20a4 95 (AU$ 185)-- although Under-16s were actually accepted for $30. England's conflict along with the West Indies at God's in July, component of a 3-0 whitewash of the Caribbean edge, was all around inside three times which might have had an influence on innovation fourth-day purchases as well.The shortage of viewers was undoubtedly observed by Pope." It was actually sort of unusual," he stated." I presume a few people have actually been actually strolling in on a daily basis as well as it was just like 'jeez, it appears silent today'. I am actually unsure if individuals expected the activity to be performed through day 4 or otherwise.".