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

.Gus Atkinson continued his God's romance by taking five openings as England surged Sri Lanka through 190 jogs in the second Test to take an undisputable 2-0 top in a three-match series.Sri Lanka, put what would have been actually a new Test document fourth-innings winning total amount of 483, were actually dismissed for 292 after herbal tea on the 4th day even with fifties coming from Dinesh Chandimal (58 ), Dimuth Karunaratne (55) and also leader Dhananjaya de Silva (50 ). Rapid bowler Atkinson, that scored his initial excellent hundred in England's first-innings 427, led the attack along with 5-62. Player-of-the-match Atkinson secured a 5th mention on the clothing room honours boards in merely his second Examination at God's after taking 12 arches on England launching against the West Indies in July.He also ended up being just the third England cricketer after Tony Greig and Ian Botham to rack up a century and take five wickets in an innings of the same Test.Watch every sphere of the England v Sri Lanka Examination collection LIVE &amp exclusive to Fox Cricket, accessible on Kayo. New to Kayo? Beginning your free of cost test today &gt Atkinson followed India's Vinoo Mankad (versus England in 1952) and also Botham (versus Pakistan in 1978) as the only guys to have actually attained that double at Lord's. The 26-year-old Surrey paceman's newest impressive return helped England seal a 7th succeeding sway Sri Lanka following their five-wicket success in last week's first Exam at Old Trafford." To climb on both honours panels is actually unbelievable," Atkinson said to Skies Athletics." It will definitely take a while to sink in." This game was additionally a private triumph for Joe Origin. For the very first time in 145 matches at this degree, Root produced hundreds in both innings-- 143 and also 103-- to specify a brand new document of 34 Examination centuries through an England batsman.Sri Lanka have little time to regroup before the 3rd Examination at The Oblong starts on Friday.De Silva admitted he had actually been incorrect in choosing to area on an excellent batting incline after succeeding the flip." Certainly. I received it wrong," he said to the BBC, just before adding: "Our team have come to enhance the 1st innings whether our team bat or even dish first, that's what I will certainly be actually informing my children is that we've reached begin better." Gus Atkinson of England commemorates putting away Dinesh Chandimal of Sri Lanka. Image by Gareth Copley/Getty ImagesSource: Getty ImagesSri Lanka resumed Sunday on 2-53, along with the possibilities stacked versus them provided the highest winning fourth-innings overall in any type of Test is the West Indies' 7-418 versus Australia at Street John's in 2002/03. However Root-- that on Saturday had taken his 200th Exam catch-- reprieved Karunaratne when going down a challenging one-handed lapse possibility coming from the opener's edged removed Atkinson.Karunaratne, 36, drove and pulled Atkinson for fours off succeeding distributions on his way to a 98-ball fifty including seven boundaries.The left-hander, having said that, was out soon prior to lunch when injury-plagued rapid bowler Olly Stone, in his very first Exam for three years, generated an increasing 87 mph (140 kmh) shipment that Karunaratne could simply handwear cover down the legside to wicketkeeper Jamie Smith.Chandimal counter-attacked early in the afternoon on his method to a dashing 42-ball fifty consisting of 40 runs in boundaries just before Atkinson had him captured at brief lower leg off baseball bat and also pad.Kamindu Mendis, including a huge Exam hitting average of 92 observing his 3rd hundred in 4 Exams at Old Trafford, had made 74 in Sri Lanka's small first-innings 196. However the 25-year-old left-hander, once more batting low down the order, fell for only 4 on Sunday when caught in the slips off Atkinson.Mendis's exit left Sri Lanka, that have now certainly not won some of their nine Tests at God's, slipping in the direction of defeat at 200-7. De Silva maintained England waiting prior to playing on to Atkinson, that at that point possessed Milan Rathnayake captured responsible for to complete his five-wicket haul.Chris Woakes possessed the last word when Lahiru Kumara holed bent on Stone at mid-on. Later, England alternate leader Ollie Pope pointed out was amazed by the meagre presence at God's on Sunday as his side finished up a persuading set triumph over Sri Lanka.While the opening up three times of the suit viewed the ground near its own 31,000 capacity, just some 9000 fans were present as England finished a 190-run gain after tea on the fourth time of the second Exam to take an undisputable 2-0 lead in a three-match contest.Large groups for Tests have actually long been actually taken for granted at Lord's, which styles on its own as the 'Home of Cricket'. The price of tickets might have been actually a problem, nonetheless, along with the most affordable rate for grownups on Sunday morning starting at u20a4 95 (AU$ 185)-- although Under-16s were actually admitted 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 days and that may possess had an impact on innovation fourth-day purchases as well.The lack of viewers was definitely noticed by Pope." It was actually type of bizarre," he stated." I believe a few people have actually been actually strolling in on a daily basis as well as it was actually much like 'jeez, it seems to be peaceful today'. I'm not sure if folks anticipated the game to be performed through day four or not.".