.Gus Atkinson proceeded his Lord's relationship through taking five wickets as England thrashed Sri Lanka through 190 runs in the second Exam to take an unassailable 2-0 top in a three-match series.Sri Lanka, placed what would certainly have been a new Exam record fourth-innings gaining total of 483, were actually disregarded for 292 after tea on the 4th time even with fifties coming from Dinesh Chandimal (58 ), Dimuth Karunaratne (55) and leader Dhananjaya de Silva (50 ). Fast bowler Atkinson, who scored his maiden first-rate hundred in England's first-innings 427, led the strike with 5-62. Player-of-the-match Atkinson safeguarded a fifth mention on the clothing space honours panels in simply his second Examination at Lord's after taking 12 wickets on England launching versus the West Indies in July.He additionally ended up being merely the third England cricketer after Tony Greig as well as Ian Botham to score a century and take five gates in an innings of the very same Test.Watch every ball of the England v Sri Lanka Examination series LIVE & exclusive to Fox Cricket, accessible on Kayo. New to Kayo? Beginning your cost-free test today > Atkinson followed India's Vinoo Mankad (against England in 1952) as well as Botham (against Pakistan in 1978) as the only men to have actually attained that double at God's. The 26-year-old Surrey paceman's latest impressive yield assisted England seal off a 7th subsequent gain Sri Lanka following their five-wicket success in recently's very first Exam at Old Trafford." To jump on both honours panels is actually fabulous," Atkinson said to Sky Sports." It will definitely take a while to sink in." This video game was actually likewise a personal victory for Joe Root. For the very first time in 145 matches at this amount, Root helped make hundreds in each innings-- 143 and 103-- to set a new report of 34 Test centuries by an England batsman.Sri Lanka have little opportunity to regroup before the 3rd Test at The Oval beginnings on Friday.De Silva accepted he had erred in choosing to field on an excellent batting incline after gaining the flip." Certainly. I received it inappropriate," he told the BBC, just before adding: "Our team have got to improve on the very first innings whether our team baseball bat or even bowl first, that's what I will certainly be telling my young boys is actually that our company have actually come to begin much better." Gus Atkinson of England celebrates dismissing Dinesh Chandimal of Sri Lanka. Picture through Gareth Copley/Getty ImagesSource: Getty ImagesSri Lanka returned to Sunday on 2-53, with the odds piled versus them offered the highest succeeding fourth-innings overall in any type of Test is actually the West Indies' 7-418 versus Australia at St John's in 2002/03. Yet Root-- who on Sunday had actually taken his 200th Test catch-- reprieved Karunaratne when losing a difficult one-handed lapse opportunity from the opener's edged removed Atkinson.Karunaratne, 36, steered and also took Atkinson for fours off succeeding distributions on his method to a 98-ball fifty including seven boundaries.The left-hander, however, was out not long just before lunch time when injury-plagued fast bowler Olly Rock, in his very first Test for 3 years, created a climbing 87 mph (140 kmh) shipment that Karunaratne can merely handwear cover down the legside to wicketkeeper Jamie Smith.Chandimal counter-attacked early in the afternoon on his means to a rushing 42-ball fifty featuring 40 operates in boundaries just before Atkinson had him caught at brief lower leg off bat as well as pad.Kamindu Mendis, including an enormous Examination batting average of 92 observing his third hundred in four Tests at Old Trafford, had actually made 74 in Sri Lanka's minimal first-innings 196. But the 25-year-old left-hander, once more hitting low down the order, fell for simply 4 on Sunday when captured in the slips off Atkinson.Mendis's exit left behind Sri Lanka, who have actually now certainly not succeeded any one of their nine Tests at God's, slipping towards defeat at 200-7. De Silva maintained England waiting prior to playing on to Atkinson, who after that possessed Milan Rathnayake caught responsible for to finish his five-wicket haul.Chris Woakes possessed the final say when Lahiru Kumara holed bent on Stone at mid-on. Later on, England captain Ollie Pope said was actually amazed due to the minimal appearance at Lord's on Sunday as his side concluded a convincing series victory over Sri Lanka.While the opening up 3 days of the match observed the ground near to its own 31,000 capability, merely some 9000 spectators appeared as England finished a 190-run gain after tea on the 4th day of the second Examination to take an unassailable 2-0 top in a three-match contest.Large crowds for Exams have long been actually considered provided at Lord's, which types itself as the 'Home of Cricket'. The expense of tickets may possess been a concern, having said that, with the most cost effective rate for grownups on Sunday early morning starting at u20a4 95 (AU$ 185)-- although Under-16s were actually acknowledged for $30. England's meet with the West Indies at God's in July, portion of a 3-0 whitewash of the Caribbean side, was actually across inside 3 times and also may possess possessed an impact on development fourth-day sales as well.The absence of fans was actually certainly noticed by Pope." It was actually kind of odd," he said." I presume a few people have been strolling in each day and it was just like 'jeez, it seems to be silent today'. I am actually not exactly sure if folks expected the video game to become carried out through time 4 or otherwise.".