Gus Atkinson continued his Lord’s love affair by taking 5 wickets as England thrashed Sri Lanka by 190 runs within the second Take a look at on Sunday to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in a three-match collection. Sri Lanka, set what would have been a brand new Take a look at report fourth-innings profitable complete of 483, had been dismissed for 292 after tea on the fourth day regardless of fifties from Dinesh Chandimal (58), Dimuth Karunaratne (55) and captain Dhananjaya de Silva (50). Quick bowler Atkinson, who scored his maiden first-class hundred in England’s first-innings 427, led the assault with 5-62. Participant-of-the-match Atkinson secured a fifth point out on the dressing room honours boards in simply his second Take a look at at Lord’s after taking 12 wickets on England debut in opposition to the West Indies in July. (
He additionally turned simply the third England cricketer after Tony Greig and Ian Botham to attain a century and take 5 wickets in an innings of the identical Take a look at.
Atkinson adopted India’s Vinoo Mankad (in opposition to England in 1952) and Botham (in opposition to Pakistan in 1978) as the one males to have achieved that double at Lord’s.
The 26-year-old Surrey paceman’s newest spectacular return helped England seal a seventh successive win over Sri Lanka following their five-wicket success in final week’s first Take a look at at Previous Trafford.
“To get on each honours boards is unimaginable,” Atkinson advised Sky Sports activities. “It should take some time to sink in.”
This recreation was additionally a private triumph for Joe Root.
For the primary time in 145 matches at this degree, Root made lots of in each innings — 143 and 103 — to set a brand new report of 34 Take a look at centuries by an England batsman.
Sri Lanka have little time to regroup earlier than the third Take a look at at The Oval begins on Friday.
De Silva admitted he had erred in opting to area on a superb batting pitch after profitable the toss.
“Undoubtedly. I bought it flawed,” he advised the BBC, earlier than including: “We’ve got bought to enhance on the primary innings whether or not we bat or bowl first, that is what I might be telling my boys is that we have got to start out higher.”
Sri Lanka resumed Sunday on 53-2, with the percentages stacked in opposition to them given the very best profitable fourth-innings complete in any Take a look at is the West Indies’ 418-7 in opposition to Australia at St John’s in 2002/03.
However Root — who on Saturday had taken his two hundredth Take a look at catch — reprieved Karunaratne when dropping a tricky one-handed slip probability from the opener’s edged lower off Atkinson.
Stone strikes
Karunaratne, 36, drove and pulled Atkinson for fours off successive deliveries on his strategy to a 98-ball fifty together with seven boundaries.
The left-hander, nonetheless, was out shortly earlier than lunch when injury-plagued quick bowler Olly Stone, in his first Take a look at for 3 years, produced a rising 87 mph (140 kmh) supply that Karunaratne might solely glove down the legside to wicketkeeper Jamie Smith.
Chandimal counter-attacked early within the afternoon on his strategy to a dashing 42-ball fifty together with 40 runs in boundaries earlier than Atkinson had him caught at brief leg off bat and pad.
Kamindu Mendis, boasting a colossal Take a look at batting common of 92 following his third hundred in 4 Checks at Previous Trafford, had made 74 in Sri Lanka’s meagre first-innings 196.
However the 25-year-old left-hander, once more batting low down the order, fell for simply 4 on Sunday when caught within the slips off Atkinson.
Mendis’s exit left Sri Lanka, who’ve not gained any of their 9 Checks at Lord’s, slipping in the direction of defeat at 200-7.
De Silva saved England ready earlier than enjoying on to Atkinson, who then had Milan Rathnayake caught behind to finish his five-wicket haul.
Chris Woakes had the ultimate say when Lahiru Kumara holed out to Stone at mid-on.
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