England moved into a strong place to win the collection towards Sri Lanka by taking a stranglehold on the second Take a look at at Lord’s after an unlikely century by quick bowler Gus Atkinson and one other batting collapse by the vacationer on Friday.
After Atkinson’s entertaining 118 led England to 427 all out, Sri Lanka was skittled for 196 in 55.3 overs to face a 231-run, first-innings deficit on Day 2 on the house of cricket.
England selected to not implement the follow-on and reached stumps on 25 for one, with a lead of 256.
Having gained the primary Take a look at in Manchester final week, England is on observe to wrap up a second straight collection victory this worldwide summer time — after a 3-0 win over West Indies final month.
Arguably the star of England’s Take a look at summer time has been Atkinson, who has his identify on each of the honours boards within the England dressing room at Lord’s.
He took 12 wickets there towards the Windies on debut, and has now starred with the bat by scoring a maiden Take a look at century with a show of crisp hitting that, at occasions, made him appear to be a top-order batter.
