.Joe Root established an England record of 34 Exam centuries as Sri Lanka were actually entrusted to a colossal pursuit to succeed the second Examination at God's on Saturday.Root's 103, the star batter's 2nd dozens the match after he created 143 in the initial innings, took England to a second-innings total amount of 251 full blast on the third day.That left behind Sri Lanka needing to have 483 to level this three-Test series at 1-1 complying with England's five-wicket gain at Old Trafford final week.Watch every sphere of the England v Sri Lanka Exam series LIVE & special to Fox Cricket, available on Kayo. New to Kayo? Begin your totally free trial today > Origin was actually last guy out after edging in front of retired England opener Alastair Chef's mark of 33 Exam centuries.And having actually created the quickest century of his 145-Test occupation, off merely 111 receptions, the 33-year-old Root after that stored two catches in the beginning slip before bad illumination finished bet the day.Sri Lanka were actually 2-53 at stubs, needing 430 more runs in an unexpected mission to end a run of six successive Test defeats through England.His seventh Test hundred at God's gave Origin main ownership of the file for the most Test centuries at the 'Home of Cricket' he had shared with his fellow previous England captains Graham Gooch as well as Michael Vaughan.It was actually likewise the very first time Origin had made hundreds in both innings of an Exam, the Yorkshireman participating in the West Indies' George Headley, Gooch as well as Vaughan as the only cricketers to have actually attained that accomplishment at God's." That was actually really good exciting," Origin told the BBC after the close." It was actually definitely a pleasant circumstance when you are actually far ahead of time in the game. Yet you would like to steer it onward and also obtain it into as solid a position as possible." He incorporated: "It doesn't indicate you can't rack up runs if every little thing isn't excellent and also this is actually something I have actually learned. There are other techniques you can be helpful, you can easily rotate the strike, acquire a couple of boundaries away and also it carries out receive much easier." Origin was actually taken advantage of by his father, Matt, as he came back to the structure after the surface of his innings." Quite pleased as well as wonderful to share a minute along with my dad strolling off the area," he said.Joe Origin of England. Picture by Gareth Copley/Getty ImagesSource: Getty ImagesEngland resumed on 1-25, currently 256 operates ahead, after putting away Sri Lanka for 196 in respond to their first-innings 427. Ollie Pope, 2 not out overnight, finished a jog of three single-figure scores given that prospering the wounded Ben Stokes as England captain at the beginning of the series.But Pope, that just before this match had actually discussed the difficulties of balancing the task of captaincy along with his function as a No. 3 batsman, offered his wicket away on 17. Asitha Fernando fell small and also Pope backed away, only for his square lower to pilot right to Prabath Jayasuriya at deep point.Harry Creek was dropped on 9 when Nishan Madushka went down a regimen catch observing a top-edged slog sweep off left-arm content spinner Jayasuriya.Jayasuriya performed dismiss Creek for 37, with Madushka making indisputable at deep mid-wicket, and also had Jamie Smith lbw for 26 after the wicketkeeper missed out on a sweep.The tranquil Root, however, twice brushed up and then reverse-swept Jayasuriya for 3 fours in an over.After Gus Atkinson, fresh from his maiden five-star century of 118 in the 1st innings, and also Matthew Potts both fell in simple progression, Root-- after that 88 not out-- took the chance of lacking partners prior to he hit 3 figures.But Olly Rock conducted company, with a happy Root visiting his hundred when he cut Lahiru Kumara for a tenth four prior to he holed out off the paceman.England's Joe Root is actually accepted by his father Matt. Picture by Glyn KIRK/ AFPSource: AFP" He is quite simply England's greatest, and also it is actually absolutely right that he needs to possess this file, on his very own," Chef, who was England's captain in each of Origin's very first 53 Examinations, mentioned on commentary for the BBC's Exam Match Exclusive." Take it in, Joe. We are watching a wizard." I don't assume there's a batsman that I may always remember watching play (that shares) the sense of certainty concerning scoring operates that Joe Origin emits. I phoned it when he performed around 6 today, that he was actually going to receive one hundred. I understand he resides in excellent form, yet it's merely a delight to check out a master, a craftsman at the office." That left behind Sri Lanka needing to have to make past history of their very own, along with the highest fourth-innings total to succeed a match in 147 years of Examination background the West Indies' 7-418 versus Australia at St John's in 2002/03. The equivalent document at God's is actually the West Indies' 1-344 versus England in 1984. Although the floodlights got on, Pope released frontline article spinner Shoaib Bashir and Origin's part-time off-breaks in an offer to quit the suit being actually halted for negative light.But the umpires performed let England's quicks bowl as Atkinson possessed Madushka (13) outlining to Root before the injury-plagued Stone, in his very first Examination for three years, removed Pathum Nissanka (14) in similar fashion trend.