England thrashed Sri Lanka by 190 runs in the second test at Lord’s on Sunday to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series.
Gus Atkinson took five wickets to get himself on the Lord's honours board for the second time in the match as England sealed a comprehensive 190-run win over Sri Lanka on Sunday, taking an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-test series.
Angelo Mathews had looked typically assured after the lunch interval before chipping a catch to Chris Woakes at mid on from the bowling of Shoaib Bashir. One strange subplot of the series has been Sri Lanka's refusal to promote their most effective batsman so far, Kamindu Mendis, up the order. That was as good as it got for Sri Lanka however, as Rathnayake swung once too often at a short ball to give Atkinson his fifth before Woakes induced Lahiru Kumara to sky one and end proceedings.
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