.Joe Root set an England record of 34 Exam centuries as Sri Lanka were left with a mammoth chase to win the 2nd Exam at Lord's on Saturday.Root's 103, the star concoction's second thousand of the match after he made 143 in the initial innings, took England to a second-innings overall of 251 full blast on the 3rd day.That left Sri Lanka requiring 483 to level this three-Test set at 1-1 following England's five-wicket gain at Old Trafford last week.Watch every sphere of the England v Sri Lanka Test collection LIVE & special to Fox Cricket, available on Kayo. New to Kayo? Beginning your free of cost test today > Root was actually last man out after edging in front of retired England opener Alastair Cook's mark of thirty three Exam centuries.And having actually created the quickest century of his 145-Test career, off simply 111 balls, the 33-year-old Origin after that stored 2 catches at first lapse before poor illumination finished play for the day.Sri Lanka were actually 2-53 at stumps, requiring 430 more operates in an improbable journey to end a run of 6 succeeding Test defeats by England.His seventh Exam hundred at Lord's offered Origin single belongings of the report for the very most Test centuries at the 'Home of Cricket' he had actually shared with his fellow former England captains Graham Gooch and also Michael Vaughan.It was also the first time Root had actually created hundreds in each innings of an Examination, the Yorkshireman joining the West Indies' George Headley, Gooch and also Vaughan as the only cricketers to have actually accomplished that accomplishment at God's." That was really good fun," Origin told the BBC after the shut." It was actually undoubtedly a good scenario when you are much ahead of time in the game. But you intend to drive it ahead and get it into as solid a position as achievable." He incorporated: "It doesn't mean you can't rack up operates if every little thing isn't excellent as well as this is actually something I have actually learned. There are various other methods you may be efficient, you can easily rotate the strike, acquire a few boundaries away and it does obtain simpler." Root was actually accepted by his daddy, Matt, as he went back to the pavilion after the surface of his innings." Really pleased as well as good to share an instant with my papa walking off the industry," he said.Joe Origin of England. Photo through Gareth Copley/Getty ImagesSource: Getty ImagesEngland resumed on 1-25, currently 256 runs in advance, after putting away Sri Lanka for 196 in respond to their first-innings 427. Ollie Pope, 2 certainly not out overnight, finished a jog of 3 single-figure ratings since succeeding the injured Ben Stokes as England leader at the beginning of this series.But Pope, who prior to this paired had actually referred to the troubles of balancing the duty of captaincy along with his role as a No. 3 batsman, gave his opening away on 17. Asitha Fernando fell short and Pope backed away, simply for his square slash to flight directly to Prabath Jayasuriya at deep-seated point.Harry Creek was actually lost on 9 when Nishan Madushka went down a regular catch observing a top-edged slog sweep left-arm rewriter Jayasuriya.Jayasuriya performed put away Creek for 37, with Madushka making no mistake at deeper mid-wicket, and had Jamie Johnson lbw for 26 after the wicketkeeper overlooked a sweep.The peaceful Root, nonetheless, twice brushed up and then reverse-swept Jayasuriya for three fours in an over.After Gus Atkinson, new from his first five-star century of 118 in the initial innings, as well as Matthew Potts both joined simple progression, Origin-- then 88 certainly not out-- ran the risk of lacking companions prior to he got to three figures.But Olly Rock conducted company, along with a happy Origin visiting his hundred when he reduced Lahiru Kumara for a tenth four prior to he holed out off the paceman.England's Joe Root is actually embraced by his papa Matt. Photograph through Glyn KIRK/ AFPSource: AFP" He is actually very simply England's best, and it's absolutely right that he needs to have this report, on his own," Cook, who was England's captain in each of Origin's 1st 53 Examinations, mentioned on comments for the BBC's Exam Match Special." Take it in, Joe. We are actually seeing a genius." I don't assume there is actually a batsman that I can easily don't forget watching play (that allotments) the sense of inevitability regarding racking up operates that Joe Origin gives off. I called it when he was on around 6 today, that he was actually going to receive one hundred. I recognize he resides in terrific form, yet it is actually simply an enjoyment to see a professional, a craftsman at the workplace." That left behind Sri Lanka needing to have to bring in past history of their own, along with the highest possible fourth-innings total to succeed a suit in 147 years of Examination past history the West Indies' 7-418 versus Australia at Street John's in 2002/03. The corresponding report at God's is actually the West Indies' 1-344 versus England in 1984. Although the flood lamps were on, Pope deployed frontline content spinner Shoaib Bashir as well as Origin's part-time off-breaks in an offer to stop the match being actually stopped for bad light.But the umpires carried out allow England's quicks bowl as Atkinson had Madushka (13) edging to Origin before the injury-plagued Stone, in his very first Exam for 3 years, cleared away Pathum Nissanka (14) in comparable style.