.Joe Root prepared an England record of 34 Examination centuries as Sri Lanka were actually entrusted a mammoth chase to succeed the second Exam at Lord's on Saturday.Root's 103, the star concoction's 2nd thousand of the suit after he made 143 in the first innings, took England to a second-innings total amount of 251 all out on the third day.That left Sri Lanka requiring 483 to level this three-Test series at 1-1 observing England's five-wicket gain at Old Trafford last week.Watch every round of the England v Sri Lanka Exam collection LIVE & unique to Fox Cricket, offered on Kayo. New to Kayo? Start your free of charge trial today > Root was last man out after edging in advance of retired England opener Alastair Chef's mark of 33 Examination centuries.And having actually made the quickest century of his 145-Test job, off simply 111 balls, the 33-year-old Origin after that kept 2 catches at first slip before negative light finished bet the day.Sri Lanka were actually 2-53 at stubs, needing 430 more operates in an extremely unlikely quest to finish an operate of six succeeding Examination defeats through England.His seventh Exam hundred at God's provided Root exclusive possession of the document for the most Examine centuries at the 'Home of Cricket' he had actually shared with his fellow previous England leaders Graham Gooch as well as Michael Vaughan.It was actually also the very first time Root had produced hundreds in both innings of an Exam, the Yorkshireman joining the West Indies' George Headley, Gooch and Vaughan as the only cricketers to have attained that feat at Lord's." That was really good enjoyable," Origin told the BBC after the close." It was actually definitely a nice condition when you are actually far in advance in the game. But you desire to steer it ahead and also acquire it in to as tough a posture as achievable." He incorporated: "It doesn't suggest you can not rack up runs if every little thing isn't ideal and also this is actually one thing I have actually learned. There are actually other methods you can be reliable, you may turn the strike, get a handful of perimeters away and also it performs receive easier." Root was embraced by his dad, Matt, as he came back to the structure after the coating of his innings." Incredibly happy and also nice to discuss a moment with my papa walking off the field," he said.Joe Root of England. Image by Gareth Copley/Getty ImagesSource: Getty ImagesEngland resumed on 1-25, currently 256 runs ahead, after putting away Sri Lanka for 196 in reply to their first-innings 427. Ollie Pope, 2 certainly not out overnight, finished a jog of 3 single-figure scores considering that prospering the harmed Ben Stokes as England leader at the start of this particular series.But Pope, that before this suit had actually referred to the challenges of balancing the responsibility of captaincy along with his task as a No. 3 batsman, offered his gate away on 17. Asitha Fernando went down short and also Pope retreated, simply for his straight lower to pilot right to Prabath Jayasuriya at deep point.Harry Brook was actually fallen on 9 when Nishan Madushka lost a routine drawback complying with a top-edged slog sweep left-arm article spinner Jayasuriya.Jayasuriya did dismiss Creek for 37, with Madushka making no mistake at deep mid-wicket, and had Jamie Johnson lbw for 26 after the wicketkeeper skipped a sweep.The tranquil Origin, nonetheless, two times swept and after that reverse-swept Jayasuriya for 3 fours in an over.After Gus Atkinson, fresh coming from his initial top-notch century of 118 in the very first innings, as well as Matthew Potts both fell in quick sequence, Origin-- at that point 88 not out-- risked lacking companions just before he reached three figures.But Olly Stone hosted company, along with an elated Root mosting likely to his hundred when he reduced Lahiru Kumara for a tenth 4 prior to he holed out off the paceman.England's Joe Root is actually taken advantage of by his dad Matt. Picture through Glyn KIRK/ AFPSource: AFP" He is actually pretty simply England's biggest, and also it's absolutely right that he ought to possess this record, on his very own," Cook, that was England's leader in each of Root's very first 53 Examinations, stated on commentary for the BBC's Test Match Special." Take it in, Joe. Our company are actually enjoying a wizard." I do not believe there is actually a batsman that I can easily don't forget enjoying play (who reveals) the feeling of certainty about scoring operates that Joe Origin gives off. I called it when he got on about 6 today, that he was actually going to acquire one hundred. I understand he's in fantastic kind, yet it's only an enjoyment to watch a professional, a craftsman at the office." That left Sri Lanka needing to have to bring in background of their very own, with the highest fourth-innings total to win a match in 147 years of Examination history the West Indies' 7-418 versus Australia at St John's in 2002/03. The corresponding record at God's is the West Indies' 1-344 against England in 1984. Although the flood lamps performed, Pope set up frontline rewriter Shoaib Bashir and Origin's part-time off-breaks in a quote to cease the suit being actually halted for poor light.But the moderators performed allow England's quicks bowl as Atkinson possessed Madushka (thirteen) bordering to Origin prior to the injury-plagued Stone, in his first Examination for three years, eliminated Pathum Nissanka (14) in identical fashion trend.