.Joe Root set an England record of 34 Exam centuries as Sri Lanka were actually entrusted a massive pursuit to gain the 2nd Examination at God's on Saturday.Root's 103, the celebrity batter's second hundred of the suit after he created 143 in the initial innings, took England to a second-innings overall of 251 fully on the third day.That left Sri Lanka requiring 483 to level this three-Test set at 1-1 adhering to England's five-wicket win at Old Trafford final week.Watch every sphere of the England v Sri Lanka Exam collection LIVE & special to Fox Cricket, accessible on Kayo. New to Kayo? Start your free of cost test today > Root was actually last male out after edging ahead of retired England opener Alastair Prepare's mark of thirty three Exam centuries.And having produced the quickest century of his 145-Test profession, off simply 111 receptions, the 33-year-old Root after that kept pair of catches at first slip prior to poor illumination finished bet the day.Sri Lanka were actually 2-53 at stubs, needing to have 430 additional runs in an unexpected journey to end a run of six subsequent Examination defeats by England.His seventh Exam hundred at Lord's offered Root main ownership of the document for the very most Evaluate centuries at the 'Home of Cricket' he had actually provided his fellow previous England leaders Graham Gooch and also Michael Vaughan.It was likewise the very first time Root had actually made hundreds in each innings of a Test, the Yorkshireman signing up with the West Indies' George Headley, Gooch as well as Vaughan as the only cricketers to have actually attained that feat at Lord's." That was actually good exciting," Origin told the BBC after the shut." It was clearly a great condition when you are actually far ahead in the game. But you would like to steer it onward and also receive it in to as powerful a setting as possible." He included: "It does not mean you can't rack up operates if whatever isn't excellent and this is actually something I have actually know. There are actually other techniques you can be effective, you can easily revolve the strike, receive a few borders away and it carries out acquire simpler." Origin was taken advantage of by his papa, Matt, as he went back to the structure after the finish of his innings." Incredibly happy and also pleasant to share a minute along with my papa strolling off the area," he said.Joe Origin of England. Image through Gareth Copley/Getty ImagesSource: Getty ImagesEngland resumed on 1-25, actually 256 runs in advance, after putting away Sri Lanka for 196 in reply to their first-innings 427. Ollie Pope, 2 certainly not out overnight, ended a jog of 3 single-figure credit ratings given that being successful the damaged Ben Stokes as England captain at the beginning of this particular series.But Pope, who before this match had actually spoken about the problems of balancing the accountability of captaincy along with his role as a No. 3 batsman, offered his opening away on 17. Asitha Fernando lost small and also Pope pulled back, just for his square cut down to take flight directly to Prabath Jayasuriya at deep-seated point.Harry Creek was lost on 9 when Nishan Madushka lost a routine drawback observing a top-edged slog sweep left-arm content spinner Jayasuriya.Jayasuriya did put away Creek for 37, along with Madushka making no mistake at deep-seated mid-wicket, and also possessed Jamie Johnson lbw for 26 after the wicketkeeper missed a sweep.The tranquil Root, nonetheless, two times swept and afterwards reverse-swept Jayasuriya for 3 fours in an over.After Gus Atkinson, new coming from his maiden first-rate century of 118 in the very first innings, and also Matthew Potts both fell in fast progression, Origin-- then 88 certainly not out-- risked losing companions before he got to 3 figures.But Olly Stone had company, with an elated Root mosting likely to his hundred when he cut Lahiru Kumara for a tenth four just before he holed out off the paceman.England's Joe Root is accepted by his father Matt. Image through Glyn KIRK/ AFPSource: AFP" He is actually quite merely England's greatest, and also it's absolutely right that he should possess this record, on his personal," Chef, who was England's leader in each of Root's initial 53 Examinations, pointed out on commentary for the BBC's Examination Suit Exclusive." Take it in, Joe. Our experts are actually seeing a brilliant." I do not believe there is actually a batsman that I can easily bear in mind viewing action (that portions) the sense of certainty regarding scoring operates that Joe Origin produces. I phoned it when he was on around 6 today, that he was actually going to get 100. I recognize he remains in excellent kind, but it's only a pleasure to check out a professional, a specialist at the office." That left Sri Lanka requiring to create background of their own, along with the highest fourth-innings complete to gain a match in 147 years of Exam past the West Indies' 7-418 against Australia at St John's in 2002/03. The corresponding record at God's is the West Indies' 1-344 against England in 1984. Although the flood lamps were on, Pope deployed frontline spinner Shoaib Bashir and Origin's part-time off-breaks in an offer to stop the match being halted for poor light.But the umpires performed let England's quicks bowl as Atkinson possessed Madushka (13) edging to Origin prior to the injury-plagued Stone, in his very first Exam for three years, eliminated Pathum Nissanka (14) in comparable fashion.