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

.Gus Atkinson continued his God's love affair by taking 5 arches as England punished Sri Lanka through 190 runs in the second Test to take an undisputable 2-0 lead in a three-match series.Sri Lanka, set what would certainly possess been actually a brand new Examination record fourth-innings succeeding total amount of 483, were actually disregarded for 292 after tea on the 4th time regardless of fifties from Dinesh Chandimal (58 ), Dimuth Karunaratne (55) as well as leader Dhananjaya de Silva (50 ). Prompt bowler Atkinson, that scored his initial five-star hundred in England's first-innings 427, led the strike along with 5-62. Player-of-the-match Atkinson safeguarded a 5th mention on the clothing space honours boards in just his 2nd Examination at Lord's after taking 12 arches on England launching versus the West Indies in July.He also ended up being merely the third England cricketer after Tony Greig and Ian Botham to rack up a century and also take 5 openings in an innings of the same Test.Watch every ball of the England v Sri Lanka Exam collection LIVE &amp unique to Fox Cricket, accessible on Kayo. New to Kayo? Begin your free trial today &gt Atkinson complied with India's Vinoo Mankad (versus England in 1952) as well as Botham (versus Pakistan in 1978) as the only guys to have obtained that double at Lord's. The 26-year-old Surrey paceman's most current exceptional return assisted England close a seventh subsequent sway Sri Lanka observing their five-wicket success in last week's very first Exam at Old Trafford." To hop on each honours panels is incredible," Atkinson informed Heavens Athletics." It will take a while to sink in." This activity was actually additionally a private conquest for Joe Origin. For the very first time in 145 matches at this degree, Origin made hundreds in both innings-- 143 as well as 103-- to establish a brand new document of 34 Examination centuries by an England batsman.Sri Lanka possess little opportunity to regroup before the 3rd Test at The Oval beginnings on Friday.De Silva admitted he had erred in opting to field on a great batting pitch after succeeding the throw." Most definitely. I got it inappropriate," he said to the BBC, prior to including: "Our experts have got to improve the 1st innings whether our company baseball bat or bowl first, that's what I am going to be telling my boys is actually that our team have actually come to start far better." Gus Atkinson of England celebrates dismissing Dinesh Chandimal of Sri Lanka. Photograph through Gareth Copley/Getty ImagesSource: Getty ImagesSri Lanka returned to Sunday on 2-53, along with the possibilities piled versus all of them offered the best succeeding fourth-innings total amount in any type of Test is actually the West Indies' 7-418 against Australia at Street John's in 2002/03. But Root-- that on Sunday had actually taken his 200th Test catch-- reprieved Karunaratne when losing a challenging one-handed lapse possibility from the opener's edged cut off Atkinson.Karunaratne, 36, steered and pulled Atkinson for fours off subsequent shippings on his way to a 98-ball fifty including 7 boundaries.The left-hander, having said that, was actually out soon before lunch when injury-plagued prompt bowler Olly Rock, in his very first Test for 3 years, produced a rising 87 mph (140 kmh) shipping that Karunaratne can simply glove down the legside to wicketkeeper Jamie Smith.Chandimal counter-attacked early in the mid-day on his technique to a rushing 42-ball fifty featuring 40 operates in perimeters before Atkinson had him caught at short lower leg off bat and pad.Kamindu Mendis, flaunting a colossal Exam batting average of 92 following his third hundred in four Tests at Old Trafford, had created 74 in Sri Lanka's minimal first-innings 196. But the 25-year-old left-hander, once again hitting low down the purchase, succumbed to merely four on Sunday when captured in the doffs Atkinson.Mendis's exit left Sri Lanka, that have actually today not succeeded some of their 9 Exams at Lord's, sliding towards defeat at 200-7. De Silva always kept England hanging around before playing on to Atkinson, that at that point possessed Milan Rathnayake caught responsible for to complete his five-wicket haul.Chris Woakes possessed the last word when Lahiru Kumara holed bent on Rock at mid-on. Later on, England stand-in leader Ollie Pope pointed out was stunned due to the small presence at Lord's on Sunday as his side concluded a persuading series victory over Sri Lanka.While the opening three times of the suit saw the ground near its own 31,000 capability, only some 9000 spectators existed as England accomplished a 190-run gain after herbal tea on the fourth time of the 2nd Test to take an undisputable 2-0 lead in a three-match contest.Large crowds for Examinations have long been taken for given at Lord's, which types on its own as the 'Home of Cricket'. The price of tickets might have been an issue, however, along with the least expensive rate for adults on Sunday early morning starting at u20a4 95 (AU$ 185)-- although Under-16s were actually accepted for $30. England's experience along with the West Indies at God's in July, portion of a 3-0 whitewash of the Caribbean side, was all over inside three times which might possess possessed an influence on advancement fourth-day sales as well.The absence of viewers was actually absolutely noticed through Pope." It was kind of strange," he claimed." I believe a few of us have actually been wandering in daily and it was actually much like 'jeez, it appears peaceful today'. I'm unsure if individuals expected the game to become performed by day four or otherwise.".