England beat Sri Lanka by 190 runs with more than a day to spare, Lead the 03 match series 2 – 0

Sri Lanka Men’s Tour of England 2024 – ICC World Test Championship – 02nd Test – Lord’s, Midllesex, London, England – concluded on the 04th day

England put into bat, 427 all out – ( 102 Overs ) Joe Root 143 ( 18×4,206 balls ), Angus Atkinson 118 ( 4×6, 14×4, 115 balls ) – maiden test century – Ben Duckett 40, Harry Brook 33, Jamie Smith 21, Matthew Potts 21, Extras 13 – Ben Duckett / Daniel Lawrence 33 run opening stand, Ben Duckett / Joe Root 40 runs for the 03rd wicket, Joe Root / Harry Brook 48 runs for the 04th wicket, Joe Root / Jamie Smith 62 runs for the 05th wicket, Joe Root / Angus Atkinson 92 runs for the 07th wicket, Angus Atkinson / Matthew Potts 85 runs for the 08th wicket, Angus Atkinson / Oliver Stone 27 runs for the 09th wicket – Asitha Fernando 5 / 102 – only the 02nd Sri Lankan after Rumesh Rathnayake to capture 05 or more wickets at the home of cricket – Milan Rathnayake 2 / 89, Lahiru Kumara 2 / 101, Nishan Madushka 03 victims & 251 all out – ( 54.3 Overs ) Joe Root 103 ( 10×4, 121 balls ) – fastest test century – Harry Brook 37, Jamie Smith 26, Ben Duckett 24 – Ben Ducket / Daniel Lawrence 22 run opening stand, Oliver Pope / Joe Root 33 runs for the 03rd wicket, Joe Root / Harry Brook 58 runs for the 04th wicket, Joe Root / Jamie Smith 44 runs for the 05th wicket, Joe Root / Christopher Woakes 25 runs for the 06th wicket, Joe Root / Angus Atkinson 25 runs for the 07th wicket, Joe Root / Oliver Stone 23 runs for the 09th wicket – Asitha Fernando 3 / 52, Lahiru Kumara 3 / 53, Milan Rathnayake 2 / 36, Prabath Jayasuriya 2 / 105, Nishan Madushka 02 victims, Pathum Nissanka 02 catches.

Sri Lanka in reply, 196 all out – ( 55.3 Overs ) Kamindu Mendis 74, Dinesh Chandimal 23, Angelo Mathews 22, Extras 23 – lost the first 03 wickets for the addition of 17 runs – Angelo Mathews / Dinesh Chandimal 48 runs for the 04th wicket – the next 03 wickets fell for the addition of 04 runs – Matthew Potts 2 / 19, Christopher Woakes 2 / 21, Angus Atkinson 2 / 40, Oliver Stone 2 / 70 & 292 all out – ( 86.4 Overs ) Dinesh Chandimal 58, Dimuth Karunaratne 55, Skipper Dhananjaya De Silva 50, Milan Rathnayake 43, Angelo Mathews 36 –
Dimuth Karunaratne / Pathum Nissanka 24 runs for the 02nd wicket, Dimuth Karunaratne / Angelo Mathews 55 runs for the 04th wicket, Angelo Mathews / Dinesh Chandimal 59 runs for the 05th wicket – lost the next 03 wickets for the addition of 26 runs – Dhananjaya De Silva / Milan Rathnayake 73 runs for the 08th wicket – the last 03 wickets fell for the addition of 19 runs – Angus Atkinson 5 / 62, Christopher Woakes 2 / 46, Oliver Stone 2 / 56, Jamie Smith 02 victims, Joe Root 02 catches.

Player of the Match : Angus Atkinson – England
04th England Men’s player to score a century & claim a 05 wicket haul at Lord’s
Joe Root : England – 04th batter to score twin test hundreds at Lord’s, the home of cricket on his way to become the men’s cricketer to compile the most test centuries ( 34 )