.Joe Root specified an England document of 34 Exam centuries as Sri Lanka were entrusted to a monstrous chase to win the 2nd Exam at Lord's on Saturday.Root's 103, the star batter's second hundred of the suit after he created 143 in the very first 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 series at 1-1 adhering to England's five-wicket win at Old Trafford last week.Watch every round of the England v Sri Lanka Test series LIVE & special to Fox Cricket, available on Kayo. New to Kayo? Start your free of cost test today > Origin was last man out after edging ahead of retired England opener Alastair Prepare's mark of 33 Test centuries.And having actually created the quickest century of his 145-Test job, off merely 111 receptions, the 33-year-old Root at that point held two catches in the beginning slip before poor illumination finished bet the day.Sri Lanka were 2-53 at stumps, needing 430 even more runs in an improbable pursuit to end an operate of 6 successive Exam defeats by England.His seventh Test hundred at Lord's provided Root only possession of the document for the very most Check centuries at the 'Home of Cricket' he had actually shared with his fellow previous England captains Graham Gooch and also Michael Vaughan.It was additionally the first time Root had actually created hundreds in both 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 attained that accomplishment at Lord's." That was actually really good exciting," Origin said to the BBC after the close." It was actually clearly a great situation when you are much ahead of time in the game. However you want to steer it forward and receive it into as powerful a placement as possible." He added: "It doesn't indicate you can't rack up operates if everything isn't excellent as well as this is actually one thing I have know. There are various other means you may be reliable, you can revolve the strike, acquire a few limits away and also it does get easier." Root was embraced through his papa, Matt, as he came back to the pavilion after the coating of his innings." Very happy as well as wonderful to share an instant with my papa strolling off the field," he said.Joe Origin of England. Photo through Gareth Copley/Getty ImagesSource: Getty ImagesEngland resumed on 1-25, already 256 operates in advance, after dismissing Sri Lanka for 196 in respond to their first-innings 427. Ollie Pope, 2 not out overnight, finished a jog of three single-figure credit ratings because being successful the damaged Ben Stokes as England captain at the start of this particular series.But Pope, who prior to this suit had spoken about the difficulties of harmonizing the duty of captaincy along with his job as a No. 3 batsman, gave his wicket away on 17. Asitha Fernando went down short and also Pope retreated, just for his straight lower to fly straight to Prabath Jayasuriya at deeper point.Harry Creek was actually lost on 9 when Nishan Madushka dropped a regular catch following a top-edged slog sweep left-arm article spinner Jayasuriya.Jayasuriya performed dismiss Brook for 37, along with Madushka making no mistake at deep mid-wicket, and also possessed Jamie Johnson lbw for 26 after the wicketkeeper overlooked a sweep.The peaceful Origin, having said that, twice swept and afterwards reverse-swept Jayasuriya for 3 fours in an over.After Gus Atkinson, fresh coming from his maiden first-class century of 118 in the initial innings, and Matthew Potts both joined quick sequence, Root-- at that point 88 not out-- ran the risk of losing companions prior to he got to three figures.But Olly Rock conducted firm, with a happy Origin going to his hundred when he cut Lahiru Kumara for a tenth four just before he holed out off the paceman.England's Joe Origin is taken advantage of through his dad Matt. Picture through Glyn KIRK/ AFPSource: AFP" He is rather simply England's best, and also it is actually absolutely right that he must have this report, on his own," Cook, that was England's captain in each of Root's 1st 53 Exams, said on discourse for the BBC's Exam Suit Special." Take it in, Joe. Our experts are seeing a brilliant." I don't presume there's a batsman that I may bear in mind enjoying play (who portions) the feeling of certainty concerning racking up operates that Joe Root gives off. I called it when he got on approximately 6 today, that he was going to get 100. I know he resides in fantastic form, however it is actually simply a pleasure to view a master, a specialist at the office." That left behind Sri Lanka requiring to bring in background of their own, with the highest fourth-innings total to succeed a match in 147 years of Test past the West Indies' 7-418 against Australia at St John's in 2002/03. The matching document at God's is actually the West Indies' 1-344 versus England in 1984. Although the floodlights were on, Pope released frontline rewriter Shoaib Bashir as well as Root's part-time off-breaks in a proposal to stop the match being actually halted for negative light.But the moderators carried out permit England's quicks bowl as Atkinson had Madushka (13) bordering to Origin prior to the injury-plagued Rock, in his 1st Test for 3 years, removed Pathum Nissanka (14) in similar manner.