.Joe Root established an England file of 34 Test centuries as Sri Lanka were actually entrusted a mammoth hunt to succeed the 2nd Exam at Lord's on Saturday.Root's 103, the star batter's 2nd dozens the match after he made 143 in the first innings, took England to a second-innings total of 251 all out on the third day.That left behind Sri Lanka requiring 483 to level this three-Test collection at 1-1 complying with England's five-wicket win at Old Trafford last week.Watch every round of the England v Sri Lanka Exam collection LIVE & exclusive to Fox Cricket, readily available on Kayo. New to Kayo? Beginning your totally free trial today > Origin was actually final guy out after edging in advance of retired England opener Alastair Cook's mark of 33 Exam centuries.And having actually made the quickest century of his 145-Test profession, off simply 111 receptions, the 33-year-old Origin then stored 2 catches initially slip just before poor light ended bet the day.Sri Lanka were 2-53 at stumps, requiring 430 more operates in an extremely unlikely journey to end a run of six succeeding Exam beats through England.His seventh Test hundred at Lord's gave Root single belongings of the document for the very most Test centuries at the 'Home of Cricket' he had actually shared with his fellow past England captains Graham Gooch as well as Michael Vaughan.It was also the first time Root had created hundreds in both innings of an Examination, the Yorkshireman participating in the West Indies' George Headley, Gooch and also Vaughan as the only cricketers to have obtained that task at God's." That was actually good fun," Root informed the BBC after the close." It was actually clearly a nice circumstance when you are actually far in advance in the video game. But you desire to drive it ahead as well as acquire it in to as powerful a placement as possible." He incorporated: "It doesn't indicate you can not rack up operates if every thing isn't perfect and this is one thing I have actually found out. There are actually other means you can be efficient, you may spin the strike, obtain a handful of borders away as well as it carries out acquire simpler." Root was actually embraced through his daddy, Matt, as he returned to the structure after the appearance of his innings." Incredibly happy and great to discuss a moment with my papa strolling off the area," he said.Joe Root of England. Photo by Gareth Copley/Getty ImagesSource: Getty ImagesEngland resumed on 1-25, actually 256 runs ahead, after putting away Sri Lanka for 196 in respond to their first-innings 427. Ollie Pope, 2 certainly not out overnight, finished a run of 3 single-figure ratings since being successful the hurt Ben Stokes as England captain at the beginning of this series.But Pope, that before this fit had actually spoken about the difficulties of harmonizing the duty of captaincy along with his function as a No. 3 batsman, offered his gate away on 17. Asitha Fernando went down small as well as Pope backed away, simply for his straight lower to flight directly to Prabath Jayasuriya at deep-seated point.Harry Brook was actually fallen on 9 when Nishan Madushka dropped a routine catch following a top-edged slog sweep off left-arm content spinner Jayasuriya.Jayasuriya carried out put away Creek for 37, with Madushka creating no mistake at deeper mid-wicket, and also had Jamie Johnson lbw for 26 after the wicketkeeper missed out on a sweep.The tranquil Root, nonetheless, two times brushed up and afterwards reverse-swept Jayasuriya for 3 fours in an over.After Gus Atkinson, clean from his maiden five-star century of 118 in the initial innings, as well as Matthew Potts both joined simple sequence, Root-- after that 88 not out-- risked running out of partners before he arrived at three figures.But Olly Rock held organization, along with a happy Origin going to his hundred when he reduced Lahiru Kumara for a tenth 4 just before he holed out off the paceman.England's Joe Origin is actually welcomed by his father Matt. Picture by Glyn KIRK/ AFPSource: AFP" He is actually rather merely England's greatest, and also it is actually absolutely right that he ought to possess this file, on his very own," Chef, that was England's captain in each of Origin's first 53 Tests, stated on comments for the BBC's Examination Match Special." Take it in, Joe. Our team are actually enjoying a wizard." I do not believe there is actually a batsman that I can easily remember enjoying action (who portions) the feeling of inevitability regarding racking up operates that Joe Root sends out. I contacted it when he was on approximately 6 today, that he was actually going to receive 100. I know he's in excellent type, but it is actually just a satisfaction to check out a professional, a specialist at the workplace." That left behind Sri Lanka requiring to bring in background of their very own, along with the best fourth-innings total to gain a suit in 147 years of Examination background the West Indies' 7-418 against Australia at Street John's in 2002/03. The equivalent record at Lord's is actually the West Indies' 1-344 versus England in 1984. Although the flood lamps performed, Pope deployed frontline spinner Shoaib Bashir and also Root's part-time off-breaks in a bid to cease the suit being actually halted for negative light.But the umpires did permit England's quicks bowl as Atkinson had Madushka (thirteen) outlining to Origin just before the injury-plagued Stone, in his initial Examination for three years, eliminated Pathum Nissanka (14) in similar style.