.Joe Root set an England document of 34 Examination centuries as Sri Lanka were entrusted to a large hunt to succeed the 2nd Exam at God's on Saturday.Root's 103, the star concoction's second numerous the match after he made 143 in the 1st innings, took England to a second-innings total amount of 251 all out on the third day.That left Sri Lanka requiring 483 to level this three-Test collection at 1-1 observing England's five-wicket win at Old Trafford final week.Watch every ball of the England v Sri Lanka Test series LIVE & unique to Fox Cricket, on call on Kayo. New to Kayo? Start your free of charge trial today > Origin was final man out after edging in front of retired England opener Alastair Chef's score of 33 Exam centuries.And having actually helped make the quickest century of his 145-Test profession, off just 111 balls, the 33-year-old Root then stored pair of catches in the beginning slip prior to negative illumination ended bet the day.Sri Lanka were actually 2-53 at stumps, needing 430 even more operates in an unlikely quest to end an operate of six subsequent Test defeats through England.His seventh Examination hundred at Lord's gave Root only ownership of the document for the very most Examine centuries at the 'Home of Cricket' he had actually shown to his fellow past England captains Graham Gooch and Michael Vaughan.It was likewise the first time Root had created hundreds in each innings of a Test, the Yorkshireman signing up with the West Indies' George Headley, Gooch and also Vaughan as the only cricketers to have accomplished that task at Lord's." That was actually good exciting," Root told the BBC after the close." It was actually certainly a good condition when you are much ahead in the video game. But you would like to steer it forward and also receive it in to as sturdy a position as achievable." He incorporated: "It does not imply you can't score runs if every little thing isn't perfect as well as this is one thing I have discovered. There are other means you can be successful, you may rotate the strike, receive a few boundaries away and also it performs obtain less complicated." Root was taken advantage of through his papa, Matt, as he came back to the pavilion after the appearance of his innings." Incredibly pleased and also wonderful to share a moment along with my dad strolling off the area," he said.Joe Origin of England. Photo by Gareth Copley/Getty ImagesSource: Getty ImagesEngland returned to on 1-25, actually 256 runs ahead of time, after dismissing Sri Lanka for 196 in respond to their first-innings 427. Ollie Pope, 2 certainly not out overnight, ended a run of three single-figure ratings given that doing well the hurt Ben Stokes as England captain at the start of the series.But Pope, that before this match had spoken about the difficulties of harmonizing the accountability of captaincy along with his job as a No. 3 batsman, offered his opening away on 17. Asitha Fernando dropped short and also Pope retreated, just for his square cut down to take flight right to Prabath Jayasuriya at deep point.Harry Creek was gone down on 9 when Nishan Madushka went down a regimen catch adhering to a top-edged slog sweep left-arm content spinner Jayasuriya.Jayasuriya carried out put away Creek for 37, along with Madushka creating indisputable at deeper mid-wicket, and had Jamie Johnson lbw for 26 after the wicketkeeper skipped a sweep.The peaceful Origin, nevertheless, twice brushed up and after that reverse-swept Jayasuriya for three fours in an over.After Gus Atkinson, clean from his initial top-notch century of 118 in the initial innings, and also Matthew Potts both fell in fast sequence, Origin-- after that 88 certainly not out-- ran the risk of running out of partners just before he arrived at three figures.But Olly Stone conducted organization, along with a happy Origin heading to his hundred when he cut Lahiru Kumara for a tenth four prior to he holed out off the paceman.England's Joe Origin is actually embraced by his father Matt. Image through Glyn KIRK/ AFPSource: AFP" He is very simply England's best, as well as it's absolutely right that he should possess this document, on his own," Cook, who was actually England's leader in each of Root's initial 53 Examinations, said on discourse for the BBC's Examination Match Unique." Take it in, Joe. Our experts are enjoying a genius." I don't assume there's a batsman that I can bear in mind seeing play (that portions) the sense of inevitability regarding racking up runs that Joe Root emits. I called it when he was on around 6 today, that he was actually going to acquire one hundred. I know he's in fantastic kind, yet it's only a delight to view a master, a specialist at the workplace." That left Sri Lanka needing to create past of their very own, with the highest possible fourth-innings tot to gain a suit in 147 years of Test past the West Indies' 7-418 versus Australia at Street John's in 2002/03. The matching report at Lord's is the West Indies' 1-344 versus England in 1984. Although the floodlights were on, Pope released frontline spinner Shoaib Bashir and also Origin's part time off-breaks in a quote to cease the suit being actually stopped for negative light.But the umpires carried out permit England's quicks bowl as Atkinson possessed Madushka (thirteen) edging to Root just before the injury-plagued Rock, in his initial Exam for three years, took out Pathum Nissanka (14) in similar style.