.Joe Root prepared an England record of 34 Test centuries as Sri Lanka were left with a colossal hunt to gain the 2nd Examination at God's on Saturday.Root's 103, the star batter's second thousand of the match after he created 143 in the very first innings, took England to a second-innings total 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 following England's five-wicket win at Old Trafford final week.Watch every ball of the England v Sri Lanka Examination set LIVE & unique to Fox Cricket, offered on Kayo. New to Kayo? Begin your complimentary trial today > Root was last guy out after edging in front of retired England opener Alastair Cook's mark of 33 Examination centuries.And having produced the quickest century of his 145-Test career, off just 111 receptions, the 33-year-old Origin at that point kept 2 catches in the beginning lapse before negative light finished play for the day.Sri Lanka were actually 2-53 at stubs, needing to have 430 even more operates in an unexpected pursuit to end an operate of 6 successive Exam defeats through England.His 7th Examination hundred at Lord's gave Origin single property of the document for the most Examine centuries at the 'Home of Cricket' he had actually provided his fellow previous England captains Graham Gooch and also Michael Vaughan.It was actually also the very first time Root had actually created hundreds in both innings of a Test, the Yorkshireman joining the West Indies' George Headley, Gooch and also Vaughan as the only cricketers to have attained that accomplishment at God's." That was actually really good exciting," Origin told the BBC after the shut." It was actually clearly a nice situation when you are much ahead of time in the game. However you would like to drive it onward and obtain it right into as strong a setting as feasible." He included: "It doesn't indicate you can't rack up runs if everything isn't ideal and also this is something I have actually found out. There are actually other ways you may be effective, you may turn the strike, acquire a few limits away as well as it does obtain easier." Root was taken advantage of through his dad, Matt, as he went back to the pavilion after the finish of his innings." Incredibly honored and wonderful to discuss an instant along with my father walking off the area," he said.Joe Origin of England. Image through Gareth Copley/Getty ImagesSource: Getty ImagesEngland resumed on 1-25, actually 256 runs in advance, after dismissing Sri Lanka for 196 in respond to their first-innings 427. Ollie Pope, 2 not out overnight, ended a run of 3 single-figure credit ratings since doing well the wounded Ben Stokes as England leader at the beginning of this series.But Pope, that just before this suit had spoken about the difficulties of balancing the responsibility of captaincy along with his function as a No. 3 batsman, offered his arch away on 17. Asitha Fernando fell small and Pope pulled back, only for his straight slash to fly directly to Prabath Jayasuriya at deep-seated point.Harry Brook was fallen on 9 when Nishan Madushka dropped a regimen catch complying with a top-edged slog sweep off left-arm article spinner Jayasuriya.Jayasuriya did dismiss Creek for 37, along with Madushka creating indisputable at deep mid-wicket, and also had Jamie Smith lbw for 26 after the wicketkeeper overlooked a sweep.The calm Root, nevertheless, twice swept and afterwards reverse-swept Jayasuriya for three fours in an over.After Gus Atkinson, clean from his first superior century of 118 in the very first innings, as well as Matthew Potts both joined quick progression, Root-- after that 88 not out-- ran the risk of lacking partners before he got to 3 figures.But Olly Rock hosted agency, with a happy Origin heading to his hundred when he reduced Lahiru Kumara for a tenth four just before he holed out off the paceman.England's Joe Origin is actually embraced through his dad Matt. Photograph through Glyn KIRK/ AFPSource: AFP" He is actually pretty just England's ultimate, and it is actually absolutely right that he needs to possess this file, on his personal," Chef, who was England's leader in each of Origin's initial 53 Tests, pointed out on commentary for the BBC's Test Match Exclusive." Take it in, Joe. Our team are checking out a brilliant." I do not presume there is actually a batsman that I may bear in mind enjoying action (who portions) the sense of certainty about racking up runs that Joe Root sends out. I contacted it when he performed about 6 today, that he was actually going to get one hundred. I recognize he's in great type, however it's only a pleasure to watch a master, a craftsman at work." That left Sri Lanka needing to have to bring in past of their personal, along with the greatest fourth-innings complete to succeed a match in 147 years of Exam past history the West Indies' 7-418 versus Australia at Street John's in 2002/03. The equivalent record at God's is the West Indies' 1-344 versus England in 1984. Although the floodlights were on, Pope set up frontline article spinner Shoaib Bashir and Root's part time off-breaks in a proposal to cease the match being actually halted for negative light.But the moderators performed permit England's quicks bowl as Atkinson possessed Madushka (thirteen) edging to Origin before the injury-plagued Rock, in his very first Exam for three years, removed Pathum Nissanka (14) in similar fashion.