.Joe Root set an England record of 34 Examination centuries as Sri Lanka were entrusted to a monstrous pursuit to succeed the second Examination at God's on Saturday.Root's 103, the star concoction's second numerous the match after he made 143 in the first innings, took England to a second-innings total amount of 251 fully on the third day.That left Sri Lanka needing to have 483 to level this three-Test series at 1-1 observing England's five-wicket succeed at Old Trafford final week.Watch every sphere of the England v Sri Lanka Test series LIVE & unique to Fox Cricket, readily available on Kayo. New to Kayo? Beginning your free trial today > Origin was actually final guy out after edging in advance of retired England opener Alastair Prepare's mark of thirty three Exam centuries.And having actually helped make the quickest century of his 145-Test occupation, off just 111 balls, the 33-year-old Root then held pair of catches initially lapse before negative illumination ended play for the day.Sri Lanka were actually 2-53 at stumps, needing to have 430 additional operates in an extremely unlikely journey to end an operate of 6 successive Examination defeats through England.His seventh Examination hundred at God's gave Root main things of the record for the most Check centuries at the 'Home of Cricket' he had actually shown to his fellow previous England leaders Graham Gooch and also Michael Vaughan.It was additionally the very first time Origin had actually produced 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 obtained that accomplishment at Lord's." That was actually really good enjoyable," Origin said to the BBC after the close." It was definitely a good circumstance when you are far in advance in the video game. But you desire to steer it onward and also receive it into as powerful a position as possible." He incorporated: "It does not mean you can't rack up runs if every little thing isn't best and this is actually something I have learned. There are actually other ways you could be successful, you can turn the strike, get a couple of perimeters away and also it carries out obtain much easier." Origin was actually accepted through his papa, Matt, as he went back to the canopy after the coating of his innings." Very glad and also wonderful to discuss a minute along with my daddy walking off the field," he said.Joe Origin of England. Picture by Gareth Copley/Getty ImagesSource: Getty ImagesEngland resumed on 1-25, currently 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 credit ratings because being successful the damaged Ben Stokes as England leader at the beginning of this particular series.But Pope, that before this paired had actually referred to the difficulties of stabilizing the accountability of captaincy with his part as a No. 3 batsman, gave his opening away on 17. Asitha Fernando dropped short and Pope retreated, just for his square slash to fly directly to Prabath Jayasuriya at deeper point.Harry Creek was actually gone down on 9 when Nishan Madushka went down a regular drawback 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 deep mid-wicket, and had Jamie Smith lbw for 26 after the wicketkeeper overlooked a sweep.The tranquil Origin, nevertheless, two times swept and after that reverse-swept Jayasuriya for 3 fours in an over.After Gus Atkinson, fresh coming from his initial first-rate century of 118 in the very first innings, and also Matthew Potts both fell in easy progression, Root-- then 88 not out-- took the chance of lacking companions just before he reached 3 figures.But Olly Stone held firm, with a happy Origin heading to his hundred when he cut Lahiru Kumara for a tenth 4 just before he holed out off the paceman.England's Joe Origin is embraced through his papa Matt. Image through Glyn KIRK/ AFPSource: AFP" He is fairly simply England's ultimate, and also it is actually dead-on that he should possess this report, on his very own," Chef, who was actually England's leader in each of Origin's 1st 53 Examinations, said on commentary for the BBC's Examination Suit Unique." Take it in, Joe. We are actually checking out a genius." I do not believe there is actually a batsman that I can always remember seeing play (who portions) the feeling of certainty about scoring runs that Joe Root sends out. I called it when he performed approximately 6 today, that he was going to receive one hundred. I know he resides in wonderful type, but it's simply a satisfaction to see a master, an artisan at the office." That left behind Sri Lanka requiring to bring in history of their very own, with the greatest fourth-innings total to gain a suit in 147 years of Exam history the West Indies' 7-418 versus Australia at Street John's in 2002/03. The corresponding document at Lord's is the West Indies' 1-344 versus England in 1984. Although the floodlights performed, Pope set up frontline article spinner Shoaib Bashir as well as Origin's part time off-breaks in a quote to stop the suit being actually stopped for poor light.But the peacemakers did allow England's quicks bowl as Atkinson had Madushka (thirteen) bordering to Root before the injury-plagued Rock, in his initial Exam for 3 years, took out Pathum Nissanka (14) in comparable manner.