Summary

  • Day four, second Test, Lord's

  • England dismiss Sri Lanka for 292 to win by 190 runs and take unassailable 2-0 series lead

  • Karunaratne, Chandimal and Dhananjaya show resistance with fifties

  • Atkinson claims five-wicket haul to go with first-innings century

  • Watch highlights on Today at the Test from 19:00 BST on BBC Two and iPlayer

  • Third and final Test at The Oval starts on Friday, 6 September

Live Reporting

by Tom Mallows & Ffion Wynne

  1. Gus Atkinson goes off the field for a well-deserved breather.

    He's had a brilliant Test.

  2. SL 213-7

    Target 483

    Lovely!

    Dhananjaya de Silva predicts the short ball from Olly Stone and upper-cuts nicely over the slips for four.

    There isn't loads of pace in the pitch so Stone has got to really bang it in.

  3. MCC chief executive and secretary Guy Lavender has addressed the relatively sparse crowd at Lord's today...

    “Sales were slower for the fourth day of this match than v West Indies, likely in part to England’s dominant performance at Lord’s earlier this summer, and this Test being later than normal at the end of the school holidays," he said.

    "Earlier this year, we sold out the opening four days of the England v West Indies match and were close to doing so for the first three days of this match.

    "From the outset we priced U16 tickets at just £15 for weekend days of our Test matches and introduced a group discount for day four.

    "It is difficult to dynamically discount tickets in hindsight when thousands of supporters have applied through our 2023 ballot process and paid the full price.

    "Whilst our sales in 2024 have been the best outside an Ashes year, we will be paying particular attention to the structure of fourth day tickets in our pricing reviews given the way that Test cricket is now being played.”

  4. SL 205-7

    Target 483

    The short stuff is going to continue, but both De Silva and Rathnayake are happy to take it on with a couple of controlled pull shots to the sweepers on the boundary.

    Gus Atinkson gets the last ball a little wrong and it flies down the leg side to Jamie Smith, with the bowler releasing a grunt of frustration.

  5. Dhananjaya de Silva is the last of the recognised batters for Sri Lanka now.

  6. Alison Mitchell
    Commentator on BBC Test Match Special

    That was a nasty clunk on the helmet.

  7. SL 203-7

    Target 483

    Milan Rathnayake showed his abilities with the bat up at Old Trafford but I think we can safely say that Sri Lanka's already slim hopes of victory have dwindled.

    He joins Dhananjaya de Silva in the middle as the pair look to frustrate England a bit, and bat for some pride.

    Rathnayake is off the mark with a back-foot punch through the covers, before he's struck on the helmet by an Olly Stone bouncer. He's OK, and gets some attention from the physio while England's players also check on him.

  8. SL 200-7

    A wicket maiden for Gus Atkinson, who has figures of 3-41, including the half-centurion Dinesh Chandimal from a few overs ago.

  9. How's stat?!

    Andy Zaltzman
    Statistician on Test Match Special

    Gus Atkinson has taken at least two wickets in his first 10 innings for England.

    He is only the seventh bowler to achieve that milestone in the history of men's Test cricket and the first since Brett Lee, who made his debut in 1999.

  10. Sir Alastair Cook
    Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special

    That partnership was really Sri Lanka's last hope.

    Kamindu Mendis normally plays with such control. It just wasn't there for the shot.

  11. wicket

    WICKET

    Kamindu c Duckett b Atkinson 4 (SL 200-7)

    A rare failure for Kamindu Mendis in this series!

    The end is nigh for Sri Lanka as their star batter flashes at a wide delivery outside off stump, with the ball flying to Ben Duckett at second slip who makes no mistake.

    England edge closer to a comprehensive win.

  12. How's stat?!

    From data providers CricViz - England have taken 9 catches at short leg and leg slip off the quicks in the Bazball era.

    Sri Lanka and South Africa are the next highest sides with just two catches by comparison. A standout plan for this England side.

  13. Sir Alastair Cook
    Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special

    I have been very impressed by the tactics used by England this afternoon.

    They have bowled very straight with catchers in the leg side and it has worked.

  14. SL 200-6

    Target 483

    In fairness, he is only at eight today because Prabath Jayasuriya was sent in last night as the nightwatcher.

    Sri Lanka bring up their 200 with a wallop down the ground from Dhananjaya de Silva. Just need to double that, and then some, with the remaining four wickets.

    Easy.

  15. Michael Vaughan
    Former England captain on BBC Test Match Special

    It is crackers that he is so far down the order.

  16. Jonathan Agnew
    BBC cricket correspondent

    Kamindu Mendis has been the best player by miles for Sri Lanka, down at number eight.

  17. SL 195-6

    Target 483

    Got to feel for Dinesh Chandimal there, he was batting ever so well and would've been thinking of that honours board. It was a proper trudge back to the pavilion having done all the hard work.

    Kamindu Mendis, Sri Lanka's new star and my new favourite player, joins the skipper Dhananjaya de Silva in the middle.

  18. Jonathan Agnew
    BBC cricket correspondent

    That was the wicket England really wanted.

  19. wicket

    WICKET

    Chandimal c Lawrence b Atkinson 58 (SL 192-6)

    But there won't be any more!

    Such clever bowling from England, and the field is expertly set by Ollie Pope. Just back of a length from Atkinson, which has Dinesh Chandimal poking at it and getting an edge that pops up off his front pad to Dan Lawrence at short leg.

    England are closing in on victory now.

  20. Some glorious shots played by Dinesh Chandimal in this knock so far.