.Gus Atkinson continued his Lord's romance through taking 5 arches as England thrashed Sri Lanka by 190 jogs in the 2nd Examination to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in a three-match series.Sri Lanka, set what will have been actually a brand-new Test record fourth-innings winning overall of 483, were disregarded for 292 after herbal tea on the fourth day in spite of fifties from Dinesh Chandimal (58 ), Dimuth Karunaratne (55) and also leader Dhananjaya de Silva (50 ). Quick bowler Atkinson, that scored his maiden excellent hundred in England's first-innings 427, led the strike with 5-62. Player-of-the-match Atkinson got a fifth reference on the clothing space honours panels in simply his second Exam at Lord's after taking 12 wickets on England debut against the West Indies in July.He additionally became simply the third England cricketer after Tony Greig as well as Ian Botham to rack up a century as well as take five arches in an innings of the exact same Test.Watch every round of the England v Sri Lanka Exam set LIVE & exclusive to Fox Cricket, available on Kayo. New to Kayo? Begin your free of charge test today > Atkinson observed India's Vinoo Mankad (against England in 1952) and Botham (against Pakistan in 1978) as the only guys to have attained that dual at Lord's. The 26-year-old Surrey paceman's latest exceptional return aided England close a seventh successive gain Sri Lanka observing their five-wicket effectiveness in last week's initial Exam at Old Trafford." To climb on each honours boards is unbelievable," Atkinson informed Sky Sports." It will take an although to penetrate." This game was additionally an individual victory for Joe Root. For the very first time in 145 matches at this level, Root made hundreds in each innings-- 143 and also 103-- to prepare a brand-new record of 34 Examination centuries by an England batsman.Sri Lanka possess little bit of time to collect yourself just before the third Test at The Oblong starts on Friday.De Silva accepted he had actually made a mistake in deciding to industry on a good batting pitch after gaining the throw." Certainly. I received it incorrect," he informed the BBC, just before incorporating: "Our experts have come to improve on the very first innings whether our experts baseball bat or even dish to begin with, that's what I will definitely be telling my boys is that our team've come to start better." Gus Atkinson of England commemorates putting away Dinesh Chandimal of Sri Lanka. Photo through Gareth Copley/Getty ImagesSource: Getty ImagesSri Lanka returned to Sunday on 2-53, along with the possibilities stacked versus them provided the highest winning fourth-innings total amount in any sort of Examination is the West Indies' 7-418 against Australia at St John's in 2002/03. However Origin-- who on Saturday had actually taken his 200th Test catch-- reprieved Karunaratne when losing a challenging one-handed slip odds coming from the opener's edged cut off Atkinson.Karunaratne, 36, drove and drew Atkinson for fours off successive shipments on his technique to a 98-ball fifty featuring seven boundaries.The left-hander, however, was out soon prior to lunch when injury-plagued quick bowler Olly Stone, in his initial Test for 3 years, created a climbing 87 mph (140 kmh) shipment that Karunaratne could only handwear cover down the legside to wicketkeeper Jamie Smith.Chandimal counter-attacked early in the mid-day on his method to a dashing 42-ball fifty consisting of 40 operates in borders before Atkinson had him recorded at brief lower leg off baseball bat as well as pad.Kamindu Mendis, flaunting a colossal Examination batting average of 92 observing his 3rd hundred in four Examinations at Old Trafford, had created 74 in Sri Lanka's minimal first-innings 196. Yet the 25-year-old left-hander, once again hitting low down the purchase, succumbed to merely 4 on Sunday when caught in the doffs Atkinson.Mendis's leave left Sri Lanka, who have actually now certainly not succeeded any one of their nine Tests at Lord's, sliding towards loss at 200-7. De Silva maintained England hanging around prior to playing on to Atkinson, that after that had Milan Rathnayake recorded behind to complete his five-wicket haul.Chris Woakes had the final say when Lahiru Kumara holed bent on Stone at mid-on. Later, England alternate leader Ollie Pope claimed was actually amazed by the minimal participation at Lord's on Sunday as his side wrapped up a convincing series triumph over Sri Lanka.While the opening up three times of the suit found the ground near to its own 31,000 ability, only some 9000 viewers were present as England finished a 190-run gain after herbal tea on the 4th day of the 2nd Exam to take an unassailable 2-0 top in a three-match contest.Large groups for Exams have actually long been actually considered granted at Lord's, which types itself as the 'Home of Cricket'. The expense of tickets might have been actually a concern, nevertheless, along with the most affordable price for adults on Sunday early 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, part of a 3-0 whitewash of the Caribbean edge, was all over inside three days and also might possess had an impact on innovation fourth-day sales as well.The absence of observers was actually absolutely discovered through Pope." It was actually type of odd," he said." I assume a few of us have been actually strolling in daily and also it was much like 'jeez, it seems to be quiet today'. I am actually not sure if people counted on the game to be done through time 4 or not.".