.Joe Root set an England document of 34 Examination centuries as Sri Lanka were actually entrusted a mammoth chase to succeed the 2nd Examination at God's on Saturday.Root's 103, the star batter's 2nd many the suit after he created 143 in the initial innings, took England to a second-innings total amount of 251 fully on the 3rd day.That left behind Sri Lanka needing 483 to even this three-Test series at 1-1 following England's five-wicket gain at Old Trafford final week.Watch every ball of the England v Sri Lanka Test collection LIVE & exclusive to Fox Cricket, accessible on Kayo. New to Kayo? Beginning your complimentary test today > Origin was actually last guy out after edging in front of retired England opener Alastair Prepare's mark of 33 Test centuries.And having helped make the quickest century of his 145-Test occupation, off merely 111 receptions, the 33-year-old Root after that kept 2 catches initially slip just before negative light finished play for the day.Sri Lanka were actually 2-53 at stumps, needing 430 additional runs in an unlikely journey to end an operate of 6 subsequent Test defeats by England.His 7th Test hundred at God's gave Origin only property of the record for the very most Check centuries at the 'Home of Cricket' he had actually shown to his fellow past England captains Graham Gooch and also Michael Vaughan.It was actually additionally the first time Root had actually created hundreds in both innings of an Exam, the Yorkshireman joining the West Indies' George Headley, Gooch and also Vaughan as the only cricketers to have actually obtained that feat at God's." That was great exciting," Origin told the BBC after the shut." It was actually obviously a good circumstance when you are far in advance in the game. However you would like to drive it forward and receive it in to as sturdy a position as feasible." He added: "It does not suggest you can't score runs if every thing isn't excellent and this is one thing I have actually found out. There are actually other means you may be effective, you can easily revolve the strike, acquire a couple of borders away and also it does get easier." Root was embraced through his dad, Matt, as he came back to the pavilion after the surface of his innings." Extremely happy and wonderful to discuss a moment with my papa walking off the field," he said.Joe Root of England. Photograph by Gareth Copley/Getty ImagesSource: Getty ImagesEngland resumed on 1-25, currently 256 operates in advance, after putting away Sri Lanka for 196 in reply to their first-innings 427. Ollie Pope, 2 certainly not out overnight, finished a jog of 3 single-figure credit ratings given that prospering the hurt Ben Stokes as England captain at the beginning of this series.But Pope, who just before this match had actually referred to the challenges of balancing the obligation of captaincy with his function as a No. 3 batsman, offered his wicket away on 17. Asitha Fernando went down short as well as Pope backed away, simply for his straight lower to flight right to Prabath Jayasuriya at deep point.Harry Brook was actually lost on 9 when Nishan Madushka dropped a routine drawback observing a top-edged slog sweep left-arm content spinner Jayasuriya.Jayasuriya did put away Brook for 37, along with Madushka making no mistake at deep mid-wicket, and had Jamie Smith lbw for 26 after the wicketkeeper overlooked a sweep.The serene Origin, nonetheless, twice swept and then reverse-swept Jayasuriya for three fours in an over.After Gus Atkinson, clean coming from his first five-star century of 118 in the initial innings, and Matthew Potts both fell in quick progression, Root-- after that 88 not out-- risked running out of partners prior to he arrived at 3 figures.But Olly Rock held firm, with an elated Root visiting his hundred when he cut Lahiru Kumara for a tenth 4 just before he holed out off the paceman.England's Joe Root is accepted through his daddy Matt. Image by Glyn KIRK/ AFPSource: AFP" He is actually pretty merely England's greatest, and also it's dead-on that he should possess this document, on his own," Prepare, who was actually England's leader in each of Origin's 1st 53 Tests, mentioned on comments for the BBC's Exam Suit Exclusive." Take it in, Joe. We are actually watching a brilliant." I don't assume there's a batsman that I can easily bear in mind viewing action (who allotments) the sense of certainty regarding racking up operates that Joe Origin sends out. I phoned it when he performed about 6 today, that he was going to acquire 100. I know he's in great kind, however it's only a delight to see a professional, an artisan at the office." That left Sri Lanka needing to make record of their very own, along with the greatest fourth-innings complete to win a match in 147 years of Exam past history the West Indies' 7-418 versus Australia at Street John's in 2002/03. The matching document at God's is actually the West Indies' 1-344 versus England in 1984. Although the flood lamps got on, Pope released frontline rewriter Shoaib Bashir and Root's part-time off-breaks in a quote to stop the match being halted for poor light.But the peacemakers carried out let England's quicks bowl as Atkinson had Madushka (thirteen) outlining to Root before the injury-plagued Stone, in his first Test for 3 years, cleared away Pathum Nissanka (14) in similar fashion trend.