England vs Sri Lanka 2nd Test 2024 Highlights

Watch the highlights of England vs Sri Lanka 2nd Test 2024 - Sri Lanka tour of England 3-match Test series of the 2nd Test match played between Sri Lanka and England at Lord's, London in 29th August to 01st September 2024.

Joe Root celebrates record-breaking 34th Test hundreds © Getty Images

Joe Root's both innings hundreds and Gus Atkinson's all-round display gives England massive 190-run victory over Sri Lanka and took an unassailable 2-0 lead to seal the series in a one-sided game of the second Test match.

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England's 190-run win was their second largest victory by terms of runs against Sri Lanka in Test matches after their 211-run win at Galle in 2018. 92 : Joe Root and Gus Atkinson equalled a joint fourth highest seventh-wicket partnership for England against Sri Lanka in Test matches. Joe Root became the first England batsman to scored five centuries against Sri Lanka in Test cricket history. 33 : Joe Root equalled a joint most hundreds hit for England 33 in Test matches, jointly with Alastair Cook's 33-centuries and the joint tenth mosst hundreds hit by any batsman in Tests, jointly with Alastair Cook. 6 : Joe Root equalled a joint most centuries hit by any batsman to Lord's in Test matches, jointly with Graham Gooch and Michael Vaughan. Gus Atkinson's 118 was the highest score by an England No.8 batsman at Lord's in Test matches, surpassing the previous record of 113 held by Ray Illingworth against West Indies in 1969 and the second highest-score by a No.8 batsman at Lord's in Tests. Gus Atkinson's 118 was the highest score by an England No.8 batsman against Sri Lanka in Test matches, surpassing the previous record of 66 held by Chris Woakes at same venue in 2016 and the second highest-score by a No.8 batsman against Sri Lanka in Tests after Daniel Vettori's 140 at Colombo (SSC) on his day in 2009. 85 : Gus Atkinson and Matthew Potts set up the second highest eighth-wicket partnership for England against Sri Lanka in Tests, The highest is 102-run stand between Alec Stewart and Ashley Giles at Manchester in 2002. Asitha Fernando's 5 for 102 was his second best bowling performance for Sri Lanka in Test matches and the second best-bowling-figures by an Sri Lankan bowler against England at Lord's in Tests after Rumesh Ratnayake's 5 for 69 in 1991. England's 427 was their 12th highest score against Sri Lanka in Test matches and It is their sixth highest total against Sri Lanka at Lord's in Tests. Sri Lanka's 196 was their third lowest score against England at Lord's in Test matches. 34 : Joe Root hit the most centuries by an England batsman in Test cricket history, beating Alastair Cook's 33-centuries record. 34 : Joe Root equalled a joint sixth most centuries hit by any batsman in Test matches, jointly with Sunil Gavaskar, Mahela Jayawardene, Brian Lara and Younis Khan. Joe Root became the 13th England batsman to score centuries in both innings in an Test match, only the first England batsman to score hundreds in both innings against Sri Lanka in an Test match and overall the sixth player to hit both innings centuries against Sri Lanka in an Test match. Joe Root became the third England player to score centuries in both innings in an Test match at the Lord's after Graham Gooch and Michael Vaughan. Joe Root became the fourth player to score hundreds in both innings in an Test match at the Lord's after George Headley, Graham Gooch and Michael Vaughan. Joe Root became the second England batsman to score centuries in both innings at No.4 in an Test match after Michael Vaughan and overall the 14th player in Test cricket. 50 : Joe Root became the first England batsman to hit 50 centuries in International cricket history and overall the ninth player to hit 50 or more hundreds. 7 : Joe Root hit the most centuries by any player at Lord's in Test cricket history, beating Graham Gooch and Michael Vaughan's 6-hundreds record. 2022 : Joe Root became the leading run-scorer at Lord's in Test cricket history, surpassing the previous record of Graham Gooch's 2015-runs record and the fifth highest aggregate by a batsman at a venue in Test cricket. 6733 : Joe Root became the leading run-scorer in England in Test matches, going past Alastair Cook's record of 6568 runs. Joe Root became the first England fielder to take 200 catches in Test cricket history and He's joint third most catches taken by a fielder in Tests, jointly with Jacques Kallis. England's 251 was their eighth lowest score in the second innings against Sri Lanka in Tests. Sri Lanka's 292 was their highest fourth Innings total against England in Tests, previous highest was 285 at same venue in 1991.

* Masterclass Joe Root's record-equal 33rd Test hundred and Gus Atkinson's whirlwind unbeaten 74 puts England in control in the opening day of the second Test match.

* Kamindu Mendis' fightback for Sri Lanka but England grab control after No.8 batsman Gus Atkinson's record-breaking century in the day two of the second Test match.

* Joe Root's record-breaking 34th Test hundred with twins tons as England set Sri Lanka target of 483 in the day three of the second Test match.

* Gus Atkinson's five-wicket haul takes honours once again as England win by 190 runs against Sri Lanka, despite a fifties from Dimuth Karunaratne, Dinesh Chandimal and Dhananjaya de Silva in the day four of the second Test match.

England 1st Innings scored 427 for all-out in 102 overs with top scorer by Joe Root cracked a 143 off 206-balls - which was his 33rd Test hundred and his fifth century against Sri Lanka in Tests - including 18-fours with strike rate of 69.41.

Gus Atkinson hammered a 118 off 115-balls - which was his 1st Test hundred - including 5-fours & 4-sixes with strike rate of 91.35, Ben Duckett blasted a 40 off 47-balls including 4-fours with strike rate of 85.10.

Harry Brook hit 33 off 45-balls including 5-fours, Jamie Smith struck 21 off 57-balls including 4-fours, Matthew Potts scored 21 off 43-balls with 4-fours, Matthew Potts hit a unbeaten 20 off 33-balls contained 4-fours and Olly Stone 15.

1st Innings Sri Lanka best bowler by Asitha Fernando claimed a 4-wickets for 102-runs in 24-overs including two maidens, Milan Rathnayake, Lahiru Kumara both took 2-wickets and one for Prabath Jayasuriya.

Sri Lanka 1st Innings scored 196 for all-out in 55.3 overs with top scorer by Kamindu Mendis cracked a 74 off 120-balls including 8-fours & 3-sixes.

Dinesh Chandimal struck 23 off 33-balls including 3-fours, Angelo Mathews scored 22 off 36-balls included three-fours and Milan Rathnayake hit 19 off 14-balls included 4-fours with strike rate of 135.71.

1st Innings England best bowler by Matthew Potts, Chris Woakes, Gus Atkinson, Olly Stone each took 2-wickets and one for Shoaib Bashir.

England 2nd Innings scored 251 for all-out in 54.3 overs with top scorer by Joe Root blasted a 103 off 121-balls - which was his 34th Test hundred and his sixth century against Sri Lanka in Tests - including 10-fours with strike rate of 85.12.

Harry Brook hammered a 37 off 36-balls including 4-fours & a six with strike rate of 102.77, Jamie Smith struck 26 off 34-balls included 3-fours, Ben Duckett scored 24 off 38-balls with 2-fours and Ollie Pope 17.

2nd Innings Sri Lanka best bowler by Asitha Fernando picked up 3-wickets for 52-runs in 13-overs, Lahiru Kumara captured three-wickets for 53-runs in 12.3-overs, Milan Rathnayake and Prabath Jayasuriya both took 2-wickets.

Sri Lanka 2nd Innings scored 292 for all-out in 86.4 overs with top scorer by Dinesh Chandimal hammered a 58 off 62-balls including 11-fours with strike rate of 93.54.

Dimuth Karunaratne cracked a 55 off 129-balls including seven boundaries, Dhananjaya de Silva blasted a 50 off 71-balls included 7-fours with strike rate of 70.42.

Milan Rathnayake hammered a 43 off 56-balls including seven boundaries with strike rate of 76.78 and Angelo Mathews scored 36 off 91-balls contained three-fours.

2nd Innings England best bowler by Gus Atkinson claimed a 5-wickets for 62-runs in 16-overs including four maidens, Chris Woakes, Olly Stone both took 2-wickets and one for Shoaib Bashir.

Gus Atkinson named Player of the match for his all-round performance to capture seven wickets and made is career-best 118.

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