Gus Atkinson helps England take 2- 0 lead

 England secured a hard- fought palm by 190 runs on the fourth autumn at Lord's and took an untouchable 2- 0 lead in the series against Sri Lanka. It was their fifth palm on the witch this summer and alternate under the stage- in captain Ollie Pope. Gus Atkinson, who scored a century in the first innings, starred in the alternate with a five- gate haul that helped drift out Sri Lanka for 292. The palm came soon after Tea, with the new ball leading to three quick lattices. 

Dhananjaya de Silva, who made his 16th Test fifty, outside- edged an Atkinson delivery onto his wholes and Milan Rathnayake edged before soon after. Chris Woakes wrapped up the innings and the palm with an out- pace delivery to Lahiru Kumara on what was a slow pitch on offer. utmost of the damage was done by England in the autumn but the alternate session started with a flurry of boundaries from Dinesh Chandimal, the batter chancing the middle of the club against Shoaib Bashir's offspin but not relatively suitable to do the same against Chris Woakes. 

The leader sailed a probing six- over spell but with no lattices to show for. Chandimal, meanwhile, went on to make a half- century off 42 balls, the quickest by a Sri Lankan at Lord's. In the process, Chandimal added a half- century stage for the fifth gate but England broke through soon after the corner with the gate of Angelo Mathews. It was a nice set- up by Shoaib Bashir, who went round the gate and got the batter dicing tomid-off. Chandimal was eventually undone in a fresh spell from Gus Atkinson when he outside- edged onto his pad and lofted a catch to short leg. 

The leader struck again in his coming over and transferred back the in- form Kamindu Mendis caught- behind. commander, Dhananjaya de Silva and Milan Rathnayake came together and added 73 runs for the eighth gate. De Silva in particular looked emotional during his 70- ball stay and brought up his 16th Test fifty with a drive down the ground. 

He was castled as a delivery by Atkinson kept low, soon after which the batter diced on. before in the morning session, England reduced Sri Lanka to 136 for 4 despite a flexible half- century from Dimuth Karunaratne, whose redundancy

just before the break set Sri Lanka back. Karunaratne and Angelo Mathews had earlier sustained the chase with a 50- run stage after Prabath Jayasuriya fell beforehand. England's bowlers, led by Olly Stone, subsidized on crucial moments to keep Sri Lanka under pressure. detail scoresSri Lanka 196 & 260/7( Chandimal 58, de Silva 50; Atkinson 5- 62) lost to England 427 & 251 by 190 runs