.Joe Root specified an England report of 34 Exam centuries as Sri Lanka were entrusted a massive chase to succeed the second Exam at Lord's on Saturday.Root's 103, the celebrity batter's second thousand of the suit after he created 143 in the initial innings, took England to a second-innings overall of 251 full blast on the third day.That left Sri Lanka needing to have 483 to level this three-Test collection at 1-1 observing England's five-wicket gain at Old Trafford last week.Watch every sphere of the England v Sri Lanka Exam set LIVE & exclusive to Fox Cricket, accessible on Kayo. New to Kayo? Beginning your complimentary trial today > Origin was final guy out after edging ahead of retired England opener Alastair Chef's mark of 33 Test centuries.And having made the quickest century of his 145-Test occupation, off merely 111 receptions, the 33-year-old Root at that point stored pair of catches in the beginning slip before bad light finished bet the day.Sri Lanka were actually 2-53 at stumps, needing 430 additional operates in a not likely mission to finish an operate of 6 successive Exam beats by England.His seventh Exam hundred at Lord's gave Origin exclusive ownership of the report for the very most Test centuries at the 'Home of Cricket' he had actually provided his fellow previous England leaders Graham Gooch and also Michael Vaughan.It was actually also the very first time Origin had actually made hundreds in both innings of an Exam, the Yorkshireman signing up with the West Indies' George Headley, Gooch and also Vaughan as the only cricketers to have actually attained that accomplishment at God's." That was good exciting," Origin informed the BBC after the close." It was clearly a wonderful situation when you are actually much ahead of time in the video game. Yet you would like to steer it ahead and receive it right into as sturdy a position as achievable." He incorporated: "It does not indicate you can not rack up operates if every thing isn't best and also this is actually one thing I have actually found out. There are actually various other ways you can be successful, you can turn the strike, obtain a couple of boundaries away as well as it performs acquire easier." Origin was accepted through his daddy, Matt, as he came back to the canopy after the coating of his innings." Quite happy as well as pleasant to share an instant with my daddy strolling off the area," he said.Joe Origin of England. Image by Gareth Copley/Getty ImagesSource: Getty ImagesEngland returned to on 1-25, presently 256 runs in advance, after putting away Sri Lanka for 196 in respond to their first-innings 427. Ollie Pope, 2 not out overnight, finished a run of 3 single-figure credit ratings due to the fact that prospering the wounded Ben Stokes as England captain at the start of the series.But Pope, that just before this paired had actually mentioned the troubles of stabilizing the task of captaincy with his role as a No. 3 batsman, offered his gate away on 17. Asitha Fernando dropped small as well as Pope pulled back, just for his straight lower to flight right to Prabath Jayasuriya at deeper point.Harry Creek was gone down on 9 when Nishan Madushka went down a routine catch adhering to a top-edged slog sweep left-arm article spinner Jayasuriya.Jayasuriya carried out dismiss Creek for 37, with Madushka creating indisputable at deep mid-wicket, and also had Jamie Johnson lbw for 26 after the wicketkeeper missed out on a sweep.The peaceful Root, having said that, two times brushed up and afterwards reverse-swept Jayasuriya for three fours in an over.After Gus Atkinson, new coming from his first five-star century of 118 in the first innings, as well as Matthew Potts both fell in easy succession, Root-- then 88 not out-- took the chance of losing partners just before he hit three figures.But Olly Stone conducted firm, along with an elated Root visiting his hundred when he reduced Lahiru Kumara for a tenth four just before he holed out off the paceman.England's Joe Root is accepted by his father Matt. Photo by Glyn KIRK/ AFPSource: AFP" He is actually rather just England's ultimate, and it is actually absolutely right that he should possess this document, on his very own," Chef, who was actually England's captain in each of Origin's very first 53 Examinations, said on comments for the BBC's Exam Match Special." Take it in, Joe. We are actually checking out a wizard." I do not presume there is actually a batsman that I can easily always remember viewing play (that allotments) the sense of destiny concerning scoring operates that Joe Root sends out. I called it when he performed about 6 today, that he was actually going to get 100. I know he remains in excellent type, but it's only a satisfaction to view a professional, a specialist at the office." That left behind Sri Lanka needing to bring in past history of their very own, along with the highest fourth-innings tot to gain a match in 147 years of Examination record the West Indies' 7-418 versus Australia at Street John's in 2002/03. The corresponding record at God's is the West Indies' 1-344 against England in 1984. Although the floodlights got on, Pope released frontline rewriter Shoaib Bashir and also Origin's part-time off-breaks in a bid to quit the match being stopped for negative light.But the peacemakers did allow England's quicks bowl as Atkinson had Madushka (thirteen) bordering to Origin just before the injury-plagued Stone, in his first Test for 3 years, cleared away Pathum Nissanka (14) in identical manner.