.Joe Root set an England file of 34 Examination centuries as Sri Lanka were left with a massive chase to succeed the second Exam at Lord's on Saturday.Root's 103, the star batter's 2nd thousand of the suit after he made 143 in the 1st innings, took England to a second-innings overall of 251 full blast on the 3rd day.That left behind Sri Lanka needing to have 483 to level this three-Test series at 1-1 adhering to England's five-wicket succeed at Old Trafford last week.Watch every ball of the England v Sri Lanka Examination collection LIVE & unique to Fox Cricket, accessible on Kayo. New to Kayo? Begin your free test today > Root was actually last male out after edging before retired England opener Alastair Chef's mark of thirty three Test centuries.And having actually produced the quickest century of his 145-Test job, off simply 111 receptions, the 33-year-old Root at that point kept 2 catches initially lapse before bad light ended play for the day.Sri Lanka were actually 2-53 at stumps, requiring 430 more runs in an unlikely pursuit to finish an operate of six succeeding Test defeats through England.His seventh Examination hundred at God's provided Origin exclusive ownership of the report for the most Test centuries at the 'Home of Cricket' he had provided his fellow past England leaders Graham Gooch and also Michael Vaughan.It was additionally the first time Origin had helped make 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 obtained that feat at God's." That was great enjoyable," Origin informed the BBC after the close." It was obviously a great situation when you are much ahead of time in the video game. But you intend to drive it onward and also obtain it in to as strong a posture as achievable." He incorporated: "It does not suggest you can not score operates if every thing isn't best and this is actually something I have found out. There are actually other methods you could be effective, you can spin the strike, obtain a few perimeters away and it carries out acquire simpler." Origin was actually accepted by his daddy, Matt, as he returned to the pavilion after the appearance of his innings." Incredibly proud and wonderful to discuss an instant along with my father strolling off the field," he said.Joe Origin of England. Picture through Gareth Copley/Getty ImagesSource: Getty ImagesEngland resumed on 1-25, already 256 operates in advance, after putting away Sri Lanka for 196 in respond to their first-innings 427. Ollie Pope, 2 not out overnight, ended a run of three single-figure ratings because doing well the injured Ben Stokes as England captain at the beginning of the series.But Pope, who just before this suit had actually spoken about the challenges of balancing the responsibility of captaincy with his part as a No. 3 batsman, provided his gate away on 17. Asitha Fernando fell small and Pope retreated, only for his straight cut down to fly directly to Prabath Jayasuriya at deep-seated point.Harry Brook was lost on 9 when Nishan Madushka dropped a regular catch following a top-edged slog sweep off left-arm content spinner Jayasuriya.Jayasuriya carried out put away Brook for 37, along with Madushka creating indisputable at deep mid-wicket, and possessed Jamie Smith lbw for 26 after the wicketkeeper missed a sweep.The serene Root, nonetheless, twice swept and then reverse-swept Jayasuriya for three fours in an over.After Gus Atkinson, new coming from his initial excellent century of 118 in the 1st innings, and Matthew Potts both joined fast sequence, Origin-- at that point 88 not out-- took the chance of losing companions prior to he got to 3 figures.But Olly Stone hosted firm, along with a happy Origin mosting likely to his hundred when he cut Lahiru Kumara for a tenth four before he holed out off the paceman.England's Joe Origin is actually embraced by his father Matt. Image through Glyn KIRK/ AFPSource: AFP" He is actually fairly merely England's biggest, and it is actually dead-on that he needs to have this record, on his very own," Chef, that was England's captain in each of Origin's 1st 53 Tests, said on comments for the BBC's Exam Match Exclusive." Take it in, Joe. We are enjoying a brilliant." I don't presume there's a batsman that I may always remember seeing action (that portions) the sense of certainty regarding racking up runs that Joe Origin emits. I called it when he performed around 6 today, that he was going to acquire 100. I understand he resides in great type, however it is actually only an enjoyment to enjoy a professional, an artisan at the workplace." That left Sri Lanka needing to have to create past of their own, along with the highest fourth-innings complete to win a match in 147 years of Test history the West Indies' 7-418 versus Australia at St John's in 2002/03. The equivalent report at God's is the West Indies' 1-344 against England in 1984. Although the floodlights got on, Pope set up frontline spinner Shoaib Bashir and Origin's part-time off-breaks in an offer to quit the suit being stopped for bad light.But the moderators carried out permit England's quicks bowl as Atkinson possessed Madushka (thirteen) outlining to Root prior to the injury-plagued Rock, in his 1st Test for 3 years, eliminated Pathum Nissanka (14) in identical style.