.Joe Root prepared an England record of 34 Exam centuries as Sri Lanka were entrusted to a monstrous hunt to gain the second Test at Lord's on Saturday.Root's 103, the star concoction's 2nd dozens the match after he made 143 in the very first innings, took England to a second-innings total of 251 fully on the 3rd day.That left Sri Lanka needing to have 483 to even this three-Test set at 1-1 complying with England's five-wicket win at Old Trafford last week.Watch every sphere of the England v Sri Lanka Examination series LIVE & unique to Fox Cricket, available on Kayo. New to Kayo? Beginning your totally free test today > Origin was final man out after edging before retired England opener Alastair Chef's mark of 33 Examination centuries.And having actually produced the quickest century of his 145-Test occupation, off only 111 receptions, the 33-year-old Root then stored two catches at first slip before negative light ended play for the day.Sri Lanka were actually 2-53 at stubs, requiring 430 additional operates in an unexpected mission to finish a run of six succeeding Examination beats by England.His seventh Examination hundred at Lord's offered Origin single belongings of the record for the most Test centuries at the 'Home of Cricket' he had actually provided his fellow previous England captains Graham Gooch as well as Michael Vaughan.It was additionally the first time Root had actually produced hundreds in both innings of a Test, the Yorkshireman joining the West Indies' George Headley, Gooch and Vaughan as the only cricketers to have actually achieved that task at God's." That was great enjoyable," Origin said to the BBC after the shut." It was certainly a great situation when you are actually much ahead in the activity. But you desire to steer it onward and also acquire it right into as strong a position as achievable." He added: "It doesn't indicate you can't rack up operates if every little thing isn't excellent as well as this is one thing I have found out. There are actually various other means you may be helpful, you may revolve the strike, obtain a handful of boundaries away and it carries out receive easier." Origin was taken advantage of through his father, Matt, as he came back to the pavilion after the finish of his innings." Really honored and also nice to discuss a moment with my papa strolling off the field," he said.Joe Root of England. Photograph through Gareth Copley/Getty ImagesSource: Getty ImagesEngland resumed on 1-25, actually 256 runs in advance, after putting away Sri Lanka for 196 in reply to their first-innings 427. Ollie Pope, 2 not out overnight, ended a jog of three single-figure scores given that succeeding the wounded Ben Stokes as England leader at the start of this series.But Pope, who prior to this match had actually referred to the troubles of harmonizing the obligation of captaincy along with his function as a No. 3 batsman, offered his arch away on 17. Asitha Fernando fell small and also Pope retreated, only for his square slash to fly right to Prabath Jayasuriya at deep-seated point.Harry Brook was actually lost on 9 when Nishan Madushka went down a routine drawback following a top-edged slog sweep off left-arm spinner Jayasuriya.Jayasuriya performed dismiss Brook for 37, along with Madushka making no mistake at deep-seated mid-wicket, and also possessed Jamie Smith lbw for 26 after the wicketkeeper missed a sweep.The tranquil Origin, however, two times brushed up and afterwards reverse-swept Jayasuriya for 3 fours in an over.After Gus Atkinson, clean coming from his maiden superior century of 118 in the 1st innings, and also Matthew Potts both fell in easy succession, Origin-- then 88 not out-- jeopardized losing partners just before he reached 3 figures.But Olly Stone held organization, with an elated Root going to his hundred when he cut Lahiru Kumara for a tenth 4 before he holed out off the paceman.England's Joe Root is taken advantage of by his father Matt. Picture by Glyn KIRK/ AFPSource: AFP" He is very merely England's greatest, and also it's absolutely right that he needs to have this document, on his own," Cook, that was England's leader in each of Origin's initial 53 Exams, mentioned on commentary for the BBC's Test Suit Exclusive." Take it in, Joe. We are watching a wizard." I do not presume there's a batsman that I can easily always remember enjoying play (that portions) the sense of inevitability about racking up runs that Joe Root releases. I contacted it when he got on approximately 6 today, that he was actually going to acquire 100. I know he's in fantastic form, yet it is actually simply a satisfaction to enjoy an expert, a specialist at work." That left Sri Lanka requiring to create record of their own, with the greatest fourth-innings total to gain a match in 147 years of Exam background the West Indies' 7-418 versus Australia at Street John's in 2002/03. The equivalent report at God's is the West Indies' 1-344 against England in 1984. Although the floodlights performed, Pope deployed frontline content spinner Shoaib Bashir and also Origin's part-time off-breaks in a bid to stop the match being actually stopped for poor light.But the umpires did permit England's quicks bowl as Atkinson had Madushka (thirteen) outlining to Root before the injury-plagued Rock, in his first Examination for 3 years, cleared away Pathum Nissanka (14) in identical fashion.