London: After Gus Atkinson’s century, England’s quick bowlers managed to wrap up Sri Lanka cheaply on the second day of the second Check of the three-match sequence. In reply to England’s 427 runs within the first innings, Sri Lanka’s crew was all out for 196 runs. Chris Woakes, Ollie Stone, Gus Atkinson and Matt Potts took two wickets every. Kamindu Mendis performed the largest innings of 74 runs for Sri Lanka. Within the second innings, England has scored 25 runs for one wicket. The crew has a lead of 256 runs.
Atkinson was earlier profitable in inscribing his identify on the ‘Honor Board’ of batsmen at Lord’s Stadium after taking part in an innings of 118 runs. His identify is already on the ‘Honor Board’ of bowlers. The 26-year-old quick bowler took seven wickets for 45 runs within the first innings and 5 wickets for 61 runs within the second innings towards West Indies in his debut Check final month. He’s the sixth participant to attain a century at Lord’s floor in addition to take 10 wickets in a Check.
Earlier, Atkinson grew to become the second participant after Joe Root (143) to attain a century on this match. He accomplished his century in 103 balls with a robust straight drive. His 118-run innings was ended by Milan Ratnayake by taking an excellent catch off Asitha Fernando. Atkinson hit 14 fours and 4 sixes in his 115-ball innings. This quick bowler’s batting confirmed the glimpse of a top-order batsman. Due to his innings, England, who began the day at 358 for seven, scored 427 runs within the first innings.
After this, England bowlers dismissed each the Sri Lankan openers Nishan Madushanka (07) and Dimuth Karunaratne (07) by lunch. Each the batsmen performed the ball on the stumps in the identical method. Stone tasted the wicket after three years in Check by sending Karunaratne to the pavilion. After lunch, he obtained Pathum Nissanka (12) caught by Potts. Sri Lanka misplaced three wickets inside 4 runs within the second session of the day and the crew’s rating went from 83 runs for 3 wickets to 87 runs for six wickets.
Potts dismissed veteran Angelo Matthews (22) and captain Dhananjay de Silva (0) inside 4 balls. Quickly after this, Dinesh Chandimal (23) performed the ball of Atkinson into the fingers of Dan Lawrence. Sri Lankan batsmen had no reply to the wonderful line size of England’s quick bowlers. Ratnayake (19) obtained an outdoor edge off Woakes and Jamie Smith behind the wicket made no mistake. Kamindu Mendis then held the innings collectively and accomplished his half-century. He was the final wicket to get out.