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Something was seen in the second test match between England and Sri Lanka at Lord's that no one would have predicted. England's fast bowler Gus Atkinson, who returned unbeaten after scoring 74 runs on the first day, created history with the start of the second day. Gus Atkinson and Matthew Pott started the second day with England's innings at 358/7. Atkinson started the second day with a brilliant four. Shortly after this, a new record was made with the bat of an English bowler.
In fact, Atkinson scored a century in just 103 balls at Lord's. With this, he made not one or two but many records. Gus Atkinson did the great feat of scoring not only his first Test century but also his first century in first-class cricket. Interestingly, his century came while batting at number 8. In doing so, he became the sixth batsman to score a Test century, and the 8th batsman at Lord's.
Atkinson left Sachin and Kohli behind
With this century, Gus Atkinson achieved the feat that even the great Indian batsmen Sachin Tendulkar and Virat Kohli could not achieve. Playing his second Test match at the historic Lord's cricket ground, Atkinson scored a century here, while Sachin Tendulkar could not score a single century or half-century on this ground in his entire international career.
It is every batsman's dream to score a Test century at Lord's, the Mecca of cricket, but Sachin's dream never came true. The Master Blaster's highest score on this ground was just 37 runs. Virat Kohli's situation is similar here. Like Sachin, Kohli too could not score a half-century, let alone a century, at Lord's. His best score at Lord's is 45 runs which came in an ODI match. However, Kohli will have a chance to score big here in the future.
England in a strong position in Lord's Test
Gus Atkinson played a brilliant innings of 118 runs with the help of 15 fours and 4 sixes in 115 balls, due to which England's team could only score 427 runs in the first innings. In reply, Sri Lanka's first innings ended at 196 runs. On the basis of the first innings, England has taken a lead of 231 runs.