It’s uncommon a participant scores a century in each innings however fails to win the man-of-the-match award, however that’s the destiny that befell Joe Root as he ceded the honour to all rounder Gus Atkinson as England swept apart Sri Lanka on Sunday.
Atkinson grew to become solely the third man to bag 5 wickets in an innings and rating a century in the identical Lord’s check, following India’s Vinoo Mankad in 1952 and Ian Botham for England in opposition to Pakistan in 1978.
“I couldn’t have requested for way more, to get on each honours boards is unbelievable and it’ll take a little bit of time to sink in,” Atkinson stated after serving to England to a 190-run win that gave his facet a 2-0 lead within the three check collection.
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“It’s nice to have the ability to assault and never fear about runs. Bodily it may be demanding, being aggressive each over, however I’m having fun with it very a lot,” Atkinson stated.
England captain Ollie Pope stated Atkinson’s skill to bowl close to the 90 miles per hour mark whereas providing swing and seam made him a harmful bowler, and backed him to maintain growing.
The Surrey quick bowler’s dream Check adopted on from a starring flip within the earlier collection in opposition to West Indies, together with a 12-wicket haul on debut, additionally at Lord’s.
“He’s fast, and seaming the ball each methods, so it’s a reasonably good headache for the batsman,” Sri Lanka captain Dhananjaya Da Silva instructed reporters about dealing with Atkinson.
Atkinson’s rise has come at an important second for England, following the successive retirements of its all-time biggest wicket taker Jimmy Anderson and his chief strike companion through the years, Stuart Broad.