Cricket

England vs Sri Lanka 2nd Test scorecard, Gus Atkinson five-wicket payload as well as century at Lord's, video, highlights

.Gus Atkinson continued his Lord's romance by taking five openings as England whipped Sri Lanka by 190 runs in the 2nd Test to take an undisputable 2-0 top in a three-match series.Sri Lanka, placed what will have been actually a new Examination document fourth-innings gaining total of 483, were actually dismissed for 292 after tea on the fourth time regardless of fifties coming from Dinesh Chandimal (58 ), Dimuth Karunaratne (55) as well as captain Dhananjaya de Silva (50 ). Fast bowler Atkinson, that scored his maiden top-notch hundred in England's first-innings 427, led the strike along with 5-62. Player-of-the-match Atkinson got a 5th reference on the clothing space honours panels in only his 2nd Exam at Lord's after taking 12 openings on England launching versus the West Indies in July.He likewise came to be merely the 3rd England cricketer after Tony Greig and also Ian Botham to score a century as well as take five openings in an innings of the same Test.Watch every round of the England v Sri Lanka Test set LIVE &amp exclusive to Fox Cricket, readily available on Kayo. New to Kayo? Begin your free of cost trial today &gt Atkinson observed India's Vinoo Mankad (against England in 1952) as well as Botham (against Pakistan in 1978) as the only males to have actually attained that double at Lord's. The 26-year-old Surrey paceman's most up-to-date impressive return helped England seal off a 7th succeeding draw Sri Lanka observing their five-wicket success in last week's first Exam at Old Trafford." To get on both honours panels is extraordinary," Atkinson told Skies Sports." It will take a while to penetrate." This video game was actually also a private conquest for Joe Origin. For the very first time in 145 suits at this level, Origin made hundreds in each innings-- 143 as well as 103-- to specify a brand new file of 34 Exam centuries by an England batsman.Sri Lanka possess little time to regroup prior to the 3rd Exam at The Oval starts on Friday.De Silva admitted he had made a mistake in deciding to area on a really good hitting pitch after succeeding the flip." Certainly. I obtained it incorrect," he informed the BBC, before incorporating: "Our company have actually got to improve the first innings whether we bat or dish first, that's what I will definitely be telling my kids is actually that our company have actually got to start better." Gus Atkinson of England celebrates putting away Dinesh Chandimal of Sri Lanka. Picture through Gareth Copley/Getty ImagesSource: Getty ImagesSri Lanka resumed Sunday on 2-53, with the odds piled against them given the greatest succeeding fourth-innings total in any kind of Test is actually the West Indies' 7-418 against Australia at Street John's in 2002/03. Yet Origin-- who on Sunday had taken his 200th Exam catch-- reprieved Karunaratne when dropping a hard one-handed lapse possibility from the opener's edged removed Atkinson.Karunaratne, 36, steered and took Atkinson for fours off successive distributions on his technique to a 98-ball fifty featuring seven boundaries.The left-hander, nevertheless, was actually out not long prior to lunch when injury-plagued prompt bowler Olly Stone, in his very first Exam for 3 years, generated a climbing 87 mph (140 kmh) delivery that Karunaratne can merely handwear cover down the legside to wicketkeeper Jamie Smith.Chandimal counter-attacked early in the mid-day on his way to a scurrying 42-ball fifty including 40 runs in boundaries before Atkinson had him caught at brief lower leg off bat as well as pad.Kamindu Mendis, flaunting an immense Exam batting standard of 92 following his 3rd hundred in 4 Tests at Old Trafford, had made 74 in Sri Lanka's small first-innings 196. However the 25-year-old left-hander, once again hitting reduced down the purchase, fell for simply 4 on Sunday when recorded in the slips off Atkinson.Mendis's departure left Sri Lanka, that have actually today not gained any one of their nine Exams at God's, slipping in the direction of loss at 200-7. De Silva maintained England hanging around prior to using to Atkinson, that after that had Milan Rathnayake caught responsible for to accomplish his five-wicket haul.Chris Woakes had the last word when Lahiru Kumara holed out to Stone at mid-on. Eventually, England stand-in captain Ollie Pope pointed out was actually surprised due to the meagre attendance at Lord's on Sunday as his edge wrapped up a convincing collection triumph over Sri Lanka.While the opening 3 times of the match viewed the ground near its 31,000 capability, just some 9000 observers appeared as England finished a 190-run win after tea on the 4th day of the second Exam to take an undisputable 2-0 lead in a three-match contest.Large groups for Examinations have long been actually considered approved at God's, which types on its own as the 'Home of Cricket'. The expense of tickets may have been actually a concern, nevertheless, with the cheapest rate for grownups on Sunday morning starting at u20a4 95 (AU$ 185)-- although Under-16s were actually confessed for $30. England's conflict with the West Indies at Lord's in July, aspect of a 3-0 whitewash of the Caribbean edge, was all around inside 3 times and that might possess had an influence on advance fourth-day sales as well.The absence of observers was absolutely discovered by Pope." It was type of bizarre," he mentioned." I think a few people have actually been walking in on a daily basis and also it was actually much like 'jeez, it seems to be quiet today'. I am actually not sure if people anticipated the activity to be carried out through time 4 or otherwise.".