.Joe Root set an England report of 34 Exam centuries as Sri Lanka were left with a mammoth chase to win the second Test at Lord's on Saturday.Root's 103, the star batter's 2nd thousand of the match after he created 143 in the 1st innings, took England to a second-innings overall of 251 fully on the 3rd day.That left Sri Lanka needing 483 to even this three-Test set at 1-1 observing England's five-wicket succeed at Old Trafford final week.Watch every ball of the England v Sri Lanka Test collection LIVE & exclusive to Fox Cricket, offered on Kayo. New to Kayo? Beginning your free of cost test today > Origin was final guy out after edging in front of retired England opener Alastair Prepare's mark of 33 Exam centuries.And having actually produced the quickest century of his 145-Test career, off only 111 receptions, the 33-year-old Origin at that point stored pair of catches in the beginning slip just before poor light ended bet the day.Sri Lanka were actually 2-53 at stubs, needing to have 430 additional operates in a not likely quest to finish a run of six succeeding Exam beats by England.His 7th Test hundred at God's offered Origin only ownership of the report for the most Test centuries at the 'Home of Cricket' he had shared with his fellow former England leaders Graham Gooch and Michael Vaughan.It was additionally the very first time Root had created hundreds in each innings of an Exam, the Yorkshireman joining the West Indies' George Headley, Gooch and also Vaughan as the only cricketers to have actually achieved that feat at Lord's." That was good enjoyable," Origin informed the BBC after the close." It was actually definitely a great situation when you are far ahead of time in the game. However you wish to drive it onward and obtain it in to as tough a setting as feasible." He included: "It does not imply you can not score operates if every little thing isn't ideal and this is one thing I have actually discovered. There are various other methods you may be efficient, you can turn the strike, acquire a handful of boundaries away as well as it does acquire easier." Origin was actually accepted by his father, Matt, as he went back to the canopy after the finish of his innings." Really happy and also nice to discuss a minute with my daddy walking off the field," he said.Joe Root of England. Image by Gareth Copley/Getty ImagesSource: Getty ImagesEngland resumed on 1-25, actually 256 runs ahead, after dismissing Sri Lanka for 196 in respond to their first-innings 427. Ollie Pope, 2 certainly not out overnight, ended a run of 3 single-figure ratings considering that being successful the damaged Ben Stokes as England captain at the start of the series.But Pope, who prior to this suit had actually referred to the troubles of harmonizing the accountability of captaincy with his part as a No. 3 batsman, offered his opening away on 17. Asitha Fernando went down small as well as Pope pulled back, simply for his square lower to flight directly to Prabath Jayasuriya at deeper point.Harry Brook was actually gone down on 9 when Nishan Madushka fell a routine catch complying with a top-edged slog sweep left-arm content spinner Jayasuriya.Jayasuriya carried out put away Brook for 37, along with Madushka making no mistake at deep-seated mid-wicket, and also possessed Jamie Smith lbw for 26 after the wicketkeeper missed a sweep.The calm Origin, nevertheless, twice brushed up and after that reverse-swept Jayasuriya for 3 fours in an over.After Gus Atkinson, clean from his initial top-notch century of 118 in the very first innings, and also Matthew Potts both fell in easy succession, Root-- at that point 88 not out-- took the chance of lacking partners just before he reached 3 figures.But Olly Rock hosted firm, with a happy Root visiting his hundred when he reduced Lahiru Kumara for a tenth four prior to he holed out off the paceman.England's Joe Origin is taken advantage of by his dad Matt. Photograph by Glyn KIRK/ AFPSource: AFP" He is very merely England's biggest, and it's absolutely right that he must have this file, on his own," Cook, who was England's leader in each of Root's very first 53 Examinations, claimed on commentary for the BBC's Test Suit Special." Take it in, Joe. Our experts are viewing a wizard." I don't presume there is actually a batsman that I can easily bear in mind viewing action (that portions) the feeling of destiny regarding scoring operates that Joe Root sends out. I phoned it when he was on about 6 today, that he was actually going to receive one hundred. I recognize he remains in fantastic type, however it's just an enjoyment to watch a professional, an artisan at work." That left Sri Lanka requiring to make background of their very own, along with the greatest fourth-innings total to succeed a suit in 147 years of Test past history the West Indies' 7-418 versus Australia at St John's in 2002/03. The matching document at God's is the West Indies' 1-344 against England in 1984. Although the floodlights got on, Pope released frontline article spinner Shoaib Bashir and Origin's part time off-breaks in a proposal to stop the match being stopped for negative light.But the peacemakers did let England's quicks bowl as Atkinson had Madushka (13) bordering to Root before the injury-plagued Rock, in his very first Examination for three years, removed Pathum Nissanka (14) in comparable style.