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

.Gus Atkinson continued his Lord's love affair through taking five arches as England surged Sri Lanka by 190 jogs in the second Test to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in a three-match series.Sri Lanka, placed what will possess been a brand-new Exam report fourth-innings succeeding total amount of 483, were disregarded for 292 after herbal tea on the 4th day regardless of fifties coming from Dinesh Chandimal (58 ), Dimuth Karunaratne (55) and captain Dhananjaya de Silva (50 ). Quick bowler Atkinson, that scored his first superior 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 space honours boards in just his second Examination at God's after taking 12 arches on England debut against the West Indies in July.He additionally came to be merely the third England cricketer after Tony Greig and Ian Botham to rack up a century and also take 5 wickets in an innings of the exact same Test.Watch every sphere of the England v Sri Lanka Test series LIVE &amp unique to Fox Cricket, offered on Kayo. New to Kayo? Begin your totally free test today &gt Atkinson followed India's Vinoo Mankad (versus England in 1952) and also Botham (against Pakistan in 1978) as the only men to have accomplished that double at God's. The 26-year-old Surrey paceman's newest outstanding return helped England close a seventh subsequent win over Sri Lanka following their five-wicket excellence in last week's very first Test at Old Trafford." To jump on both honours panels is actually unbelievable," Atkinson said to Sky Sports." It will definitely take a while to sink in." This activity was actually also a private accomplishment for Joe Origin. For the first time in 145 suits at this amount, Origin created hundreds in both innings-- 143 and also 103-- to set a new report of 34 Test centuries by an England batsman.Sri Lanka possess little bit of time to regroup prior to the third Examination at The Oval starts on Friday.De Silva confessed he had been incorrect in opting to area on an excellent hitting pitch after succeeding the toss." Absolutely. I obtained it wrong," he said to the BBC, prior to adding: "Our team have actually reached enhance the very first innings whether we bat or even dish initially, that's what I will be telling my boys is actually that we've got to begin better." Gus Atkinson of England commemorates dismissing Dinesh Chandimal of Sri Lanka. Image by Gareth Copley/Getty ImagesSource: Getty ImagesSri Lanka returned to Sunday on 2-53, along with the odds stacked against all of them given the best gaining fourth-innings total amount in any sort of Test is actually the West Indies' 7-418 against Australia at Street John's in 2002/03. But Origin-- that on Sunday had actually taken his 200th Examination catch-- reprieved Karunaratne when dropping a challenging one-handed slip chance from the opener's edged trimmed Atkinson.Karunaratne, 36, steered and drew Atkinson for fours off successive distributions on his way to a 98-ball fifty including seven boundaries.The left-hander, nonetheless, was actually out quickly before lunch time when injury-plagued prompt bowler Olly Rock, in his initial Test for 3 years, produced a climbing 87 miles per hour (140 kmh) shipment that Karunaratne could merely handwear cover down the legside to wicketkeeper Jamie Smith.Chandimal counter-attacked early in the afternoon on his method to a rushing 42-ball fifty consisting of 40 runs in limits prior to Atkinson had him captured at brief leg off bat and also pad.Kamindu Mendis, boasting a stupendous Exam batting standard of 92 observing his third hundred in four Tests at Old Trafford, had actually created 74 in Sri Lanka's meagre first-innings 196. However the 25-year-old left-hander, once again batting reduced down the order, fell for simply 4 on Sunday when caught in the slips off Atkinson.Mendis's exit left Sri Lanka, who have actually today certainly not gained any one of their nine Examinations at Lord's, slipping towards loss at 200-7. De Silva kept England hanging around prior to playing on to Atkinson, that after that had Milan Rathnayake caught responsible for to complete his five-wicket haul.Chris Woakes possessed the last word when Lahiru Kumara holed out to Rock at mid-on. Later on, England stand-in leader Ollie Pope claimed was startled due to the meagre participation at Lord's on Sunday as his edge completed a convincing collection victory over Sri Lanka.While the opening up 3 times of the suit saw the ground close to its 31,000 capacity, simply some 9000 viewers existed as England finished a 190-run gain after tea on the fourth day of the 2nd Examination to take an undisputable 2-0 top in a three-match contest.Large groups for Exams have actually long been actually taken for provided at God's, which types itself as the 'Home of Cricket'. The expense of tickets might possess been actually a concern, nonetheless, with the most cost effective cost for grownups on Sunday morning beginning at u20a4 95 (AU$ 185)-- although Under-16s were actually accepted for $30. England's conflict with the West Indies at Lord's in July, aspect of a 3-0 whitewash of the Caribbean side, was around inside three times and that may have possessed an effect on breakthrough fourth-day sales as well.The lack of spectators was surely noticed by Pope." It was kind of unusual," he claimed." I assume a few of us have been actually strolling in on a daily basis and also it was actually much like 'jeez, it seems to be silent today'. I am actually not sure if individuals anticipated the activity to become performed by day 4 or not.".