.Gus Atkinson proceeded his God's romance through taking five gates as England thrashed Sri Lanka by 190 jogs in the second Test to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in a three-match series.Sri Lanka, established what would have been a brand new Exam report fourth-innings succeeding total amount of 483, were actually dismissed for 292 after herbal tea on the fourth day even with fifties coming from Dinesh Chandimal (58 ), Dimuth Karunaratne (55) and leader Dhananjaya de Silva (fifty ). Swift bowler Atkinson, that scored his initial top-notch hundred in England's first-innings 427, led the attack along with 5-62. Player-of-the-match Atkinson protected a fifth reference on the clothing space honours boards in merely his 2nd Exam at Lord's after taking 12 arches on England launching versus the West Indies in July.He additionally ended up being only the third England cricketer after Tony Greig and also Ian Botham to score a century and take 5 openings in an innings of the very same Test.Watch every round of the England v Sri Lanka Test series LIVE & special to Fox Cricket, offered on Kayo. New to Kayo? Start your complimentary trial today > Atkinson complied with India's Vinoo Mankad (versus England in 1952) as well as Botham (against Pakistan in 1978) as the only men to have actually achieved that double at Lord's. The 26-year-old Surrey paceman's most current remarkable yield aided England secure a seventh successive draw Sri Lanka observing their five-wicket excellence in last week's initial Test at Old Trafford." To climb on each honours boards is amazing," Atkinson said to Sky Athletics." It will take a while to sink in." This activity was actually likewise a private victory for Joe Root. For the very first time in 145 suits at this degree, Origin created hundreds in both innings-- 143 as well as 103-- to specify a brand-new file of 34 Exam centuries by an England batsman.Sri Lanka have little bit of opportunity to regroup just before the 3rd Examination at The Oblong begins on Friday.De Silva accepted he had made a mistake in choosing to field on a good hitting incline after winning the pitch." Undoubtedly. I got it wrong," he informed the BBC, before incorporating: "Our team have got to enhance the first innings whether our experts baseball bat or dish initially, that's what I will certainly be telling my kids is that we've reached begin much better." Gus Atkinson of England commemorates putting away Dinesh Chandimal of Sri Lanka. Photograph through Gareth Copley/Getty ImagesSource: Getty ImagesSri Lanka returned to Sunday on 2-53, along with the possibilities piled versus them offered the best gaining fourth-innings overall in any type of Examination is the West Indies' 7-418 versus Australia at St John's in 2002/03. Yet Root-- who on Saturday had taken his 200th Examination catch-- reprieved Karunaratne when dropping a tough one-handed slip chance from the opener's edged cut off Atkinson.Karunaratne, 36, steered and drew Atkinson for fours off subsequent deliveries on his technique to a 98-ball fifty featuring seven boundaries.The left-hander, having said that, was out quickly prior to lunch when injury-plagued rapid bowler Olly Stone, in his very first Examination for three years, generated a climbing 87 mph (140 kmh) shipping that Karunaratne can only glove down the legside to wicketkeeper Jamie Smith.Chandimal counter-attacked early in the afternoon on his method to a dashing 42-ball fifty consisting of 40 runs in boundaries just before Atkinson had him recorded at brief lower leg off bat as well as pad.Kamindu Mendis, flaunting a stupendous Test batting average of 92 following his 3rd hundred in four Examinations at Old Trafford, had actually made 74 in Sri Lanka's minimal first-innings 196. However the 25-year-old left-hander, once again batting low down the order, succumbed to merely four on Sunday when caught in the slips off Atkinson.Mendis's departure left Sri Lanka, who have actually now not gained any of their nine Examinations at God's, slipping in the direction of loss at 200-7. De Silva kept England hanging around prior to playing on to Atkinson, that after that had Milan Rathnayake captured responsible for to complete his five-wicket haul.Chris Woakes had the last word when Lahiru Kumara holed bent on Stone at mid-on. Later, England captain Ollie Pope said was startled by the minimal participation at God's on Sunday as his edge finished up a persuading series triumph over Sri Lanka.While the opening up 3 times of the match found the ground near its own 31,000 ability, merely some 9000 spectators existed as England finished a 190-run gain after tea on the fourth time of the second Test to take an unassailable 2-0 top in a three-match contest.Large crowds for Tests have long been actually considered given at Lord's, which types on its own as the 'Home of Cricket'. The expense of tickets might possess been a problem, nonetheless, along with the most affordable price for adults on Sunday morning starting at u20a4 95 (AU$ 185)-- although Under-16s were actually acknowledged for $30. England's conflict with the West Indies at God's in July, component of a 3-0 whitewash of the Caribbean side, was actually around inside three days and that might have had an impact on breakthrough fourth-day sales as well.The absence of viewers was actually undoubtedly seen by Pope." It was type of bizarre," he stated." I presume a few of us have actually been walking in daily as well as it was actually just like 'jeez, it seems peaceful today'. I am actually unsure if folks expected the game to be performed through time 4 or not.".