.Joe Root prepared an England document of 34 Test centuries as Sri Lanka were entrusted to a mammoth hunt to win the second Exam at God's on Saturday.Root's 103, the superstar concoction's second dozens the suit after he created 143 in the initial innings, took England to a second-innings total of 251 all out on the third day.That left Sri Lanka requiring 483 to level this three-Test series at 1-1 following England's five-wicket win at Old Trafford final week.Watch every sphere of the England v Sri Lanka Test collection LIVE & unique to Fox Cricket, accessible on Kayo. New to Kayo? Beginning your complimentary trial today > Origin was last man out after edging before retired England opener Alastair Cook's score of thirty three Examination centuries.And having actually created the quickest century of his 145-Test job, off simply 111 balls, the 33-year-old Origin at that point kept two catches in the beginning slip just before negative lighting ended bet the day.Sri Lanka were actually 2-53 at stubs, needing to have 430 more operates in an improbable pursuit to finish a run of 6 successive Exam beats by England.His 7th Test hundred at Lord's provided Root exclusive things of the record for the most Test centuries at the 'Home of Cricket' he had shared with his fellow previous England leaders Graham Gooch and also Michael Vaughan.It was likewise the very first time Origin had produced hundreds in both innings of an Examination, the Yorkshireman joining the West Indies' George Headley, Gooch and also Vaughan as the only cricketers to have actually attained that feat at God's." That was great exciting," Root told the BBC after the close." It was actually obviously a good scenario when you are far ahead in the game. However you would like to drive it forward as well as acquire it in to as tough a position as achievable." He added: "It does not suggest you can't rack up runs if whatever isn't excellent as well as this is one thing I have learned. There are actually various other ways you could be successful, you may rotate the strike, get a couple of boundaries away and also it carries out get simpler." Root was actually embraced by his papa, Matt, as he came back to the structure after the appearance of his innings." Really glad as well as pleasant to discuss an instant with my father walking off the field," he said.Joe Origin of England. Picture by Gareth Copley/Getty ImagesSource: Getty ImagesEngland resumed on 1-25, already 256 operates ahead of time, after putting away Sri Lanka for 196 in respond to their first-innings 427. Ollie Pope, 2 not out overnight, ended a run of 3 single-figure scores because prospering the harmed Ben Stokes as England leader at the start of the series.But Pope, that prior to this suit had spoken about the challenges of harmonizing the task of captaincy with his task as a No. 3 batsman, provided his opening away on 17. Asitha Fernando went down short as well as Pope retreated, only for his straight slash to fly straight to Prabath Jayasuriya at deep point.Harry Brook was actually gone down on 9 when Nishan Madushka dropped a regimen drawback complying with a top-edged slog sweep left-arm content spinner Jayasuriya.Jayasuriya did dismiss Brook for 37, with Madushka making indisputable at deeper mid-wicket, and also possessed Jamie Johnson lbw for 26 after the wicketkeeper overlooked a sweep.The peaceful Root, nonetheless, twice swept and then reverse-swept Jayasuriya for three fours in an over.After Gus Atkinson, clean from his maiden first-rate century of 118 in the initial innings, as well as Matthew Potts both fell in simple succession, Origin-- at that point 88 certainly not out-- jeopardized running out of companions just before he hit 3 figures.But Olly Rock had firm, along with an elated Root going to his hundred when he cut Lahiru Kumara for a tenth 4 prior to he holed out off the paceman.England's Joe Root is actually embraced by his daddy Matt. Photo through Glyn KIRK/ AFPSource: AFP" He is rather just England's greatest, as well as it is actually absolutely right that he ought to possess this file, on his personal," Chef, that was England's captain in each of Root's first 53 Tests, stated on comments for the BBC's Examination Suit Unique." Take it in, Joe. Our company are actually enjoying a brilliant." I don't presume there's a batsman that I can always remember viewing play (that allotments) the sense of inevitability about scoring operates that Joe Root produces. I phoned it when he performed around 6 today, that he was actually going to get one hundred. I know he resides in wonderful kind, yet it is actually just an enjoyment to enjoy a professional, a specialist at work." That left Sri Lanka needing to make past history of their very own, along with the highest fourth-innings total to gain a match in 147 years of Examination past history the West Indies' 7-418 against Australia at Street John's in 2002/03. The corresponding record at Lord's is actually the West Indies' 1-344 against England in 1984. Although the floodlights were on, Pope deployed frontline rewriter Shoaib Bashir and Origin's part time off-breaks in a bid to stop the match being actually halted for bad light.But the umpires did let England's quicks bowl as Atkinson possessed Madushka (thirteen) edging to Root prior to the injury-plagued Rock, in his initial Exam for 3 years, cleared away Pathum Nissanka (14) in identical fashion.