.Joe Root prepared an England record of 34 Exam centuries as Sri Lanka were entrusted a massive hunt to gain the second Examination at Lord's on Saturday.Root's 103, the celebrity batter's 2nd many the match after he created 143 in the first innings, took England to a second-innings total of 251 full blast on the third day.That left Sri Lanka requiring 483 to even this three-Test collection at 1-1 observing England's five-wicket succeed at Old Trafford final week.Watch every round of the England v Sri Lanka Examination collection LIVE & unique to Fox Cricket, on call on Kayo. New to Kayo? Begin your free of charge test today > Origin was actually last male out after edging in advance of retired England opener Alastair Chef's score of thirty three Test centuries.And having created the quickest century of his 145-Test profession, off merely 111 receptions, the 33-year-old Origin after that stored two catches in the beginning lapse before negative illumination finished play for the day.Sri Lanka were 2-53 at stumps, needing to have 430 additional runs in a not likely pursuit to finish an operate of six successive Examination defeats by England.His 7th Examination hundred at God's gave Origin exclusive ownership of the file for the most Check centuries at the 'Home of Cricket' he had actually shown to his fellow former England captains Graham Gooch and also Michael Vaughan.It was also the very first time Root had actually made hundreds in each innings of an Exam, the Yorkshireman signing up with the West Indies' George Headley, Gooch as well as Vaughan as the only cricketers to have actually accomplished that feat at God's." That was great enjoyable," Origin said to the BBC after the shut." It was certainly a wonderful circumstance when you are far in advance in the game. But you want to steer it onward and also acquire it right into as powerful a position as possible." He added: "It does not imply you can't rack up runs if every thing isn't best and also this is actually one thing I have actually know. There are actually other ways you could be efficient, you can easily spin the strike, receive a handful of limits away as well as it performs get less complicated." Origin was accepted through his father, Matt, as he came back to the pavilion after the surface of his innings." Quite happy and also good to share a minute with my father walking off the field," he said.Joe Origin of England. Photograph through Gareth Copley/Getty ImagesSource: Getty ImagesEngland resumed on 1-25, currently 256 operates ahead of time, after putting away Sri Lanka for 196 in respond to their first-innings 427. Ollie Pope, 2 not out overnight, ended a run of 3 single-figure ratings considering that succeeding the harmed Ben Stokes as England captain at the start of this particular series.But Pope, who before this fit had discussed the troubles of stabilizing the accountability of captaincy along with his duty as a No. 3 batsman, provided his wicket away on 17. Asitha Fernando fell small as well as Pope retreated, merely for his square cut down to take flight right to Prabath Jayasuriya at deep-seated point.Harry Creek was actually fallen on 9 when Nishan Madushka went down a routine catch complying with a top-edged slog sweep left-arm spinner Jayasuriya.Jayasuriya performed put away Brook for 37, along with Madushka making no mistake at deeper mid-wicket, as well as had Jamie Smith lbw for 26 after the wicketkeeper skipped a sweep.The calm Root, nevertheless, two times swept and after that reverse-swept Jayasuriya for 3 fours in an over.After Gus Atkinson, fresh from his maiden first-rate century of 118 in the initial innings, as well as Matthew Potts both fell in fast sequence, Origin-- at that point 88 not out-- risked running out of companions before he hit 3 figures.But Olly Stone hosted firm, along with an elated Root heading to his hundred when he reduced Lahiru Kumara for a tenth 4 just before he holed out off the paceman.England's Joe Root is embraced through his dad Matt. Photo through Glyn KIRK/ AFPSource: AFP" He is actually fairly merely England's greatest, as well as it's absolutely right that he ought to have this report, on his own," Prepare, who was England's leader in each of Root's very first 53 Examinations, claimed on discourse for the BBC's Examination Suit Unique." Take it in, Joe. We are actually enjoying a genius." I do not think there's a batsman that I can easily bear in mind seeing action (that allotments) the feeling of certainty regarding scoring runs that Joe Origin emits. I contacted it when he got on around 6 today, that he was going to obtain one hundred. I understand he remains in great type, however it's only a satisfaction to enjoy a master, a specialist at work." That left Sri Lanka needing to have to bring in past of their own, with the highest fourth-innings complete to win a match in 147 years of Examination past the West Indies' 7-418 against Australia at Street John's in 2002/03. The corresponding file at God's is the West Indies' 1-344 versus England in 1984. Although the floodlights got on, Pope set up frontline rewriter Shoaib Bashir as well as Root's part time off-breaks in an offer to quit the match being stopped for negative light.But the peacemakers carried out allow England's quicks bowl as Atkinson possessed Madushka (13) bordering to Root before the injury-plagued Rock, in his initial Test for 3 years, took out Pathum Nissanka (14) in similar fashion.