{"id":124580,"date":"2024-08-30T15:07:17","date_gmt":"2024-08-30T15:07:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/30\/gus-atkinson-smashes-test-hundred-at-lords-to-equal-ian-bothams-historic-record-for-england\/"},"modified":"2024-08-30T15:07:18","modified_gmt":"2024-08-30T15:07:18","slug":"gus-atkinson-smashes-test-hundred-at-lords-to-equal-ian-bothams-historic-record-for-england","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/30\/gus-atkinson-smashes-test-hundred-at-lords-to-equal-ian-bothams-historic-record-for-england\/","title":{"rendered":"Gus Atkinson smashes Test hundred at Lord&#8217;s to equal Ian Botham&#8217;s historic record for England"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/resize.indiatvnews.com\/en\/centered\/newbucket\/1200_675\/2024\/08\/indiatv-2024-08-30t164025-1725024977.jpg?fit=1200,675&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Gus Atkinson smashes Test hundred at Lord&#8217;s to equal Ian Botham&#8217;s historic record for England\" title=\"Gus Atkinson smashes Test hundred at Lord&#8217;s to equal Ian Botham&#8217;s historic record for England\" \/><\/div><p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"content\">\n<div class=\"atimgbign\" id=\"story-featured-image\" style=\"display: inline-block;\">\n<figure class=\"artbigimg row\"><figcaption><span class=\"author\">Image Source : GETTY<\/span> Gus Atkinson during the second Test match against Sri Lanka at Lord&#8217;s on August 30, 2024<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"artconfp\">Gus Atkinson continues to witness a dream start to his Test career with a sensational century at Lord&#8217;s on Friday, August 30. The right-arm pacer smashed 118 runs off 115 balls to help England post a big total of 427 in their first innings of the second Test match against Sri Lanka.  <!-- \/8323530\/ITv_Desktop_VDO_1X1 -->\n  <\/p>\n<p>Playing in his only fifth Test, Atkinson became the second English player to score a century and take a ten-fer\u00a0at Lord&#8217;s in the same year. The legendary all-rounder Ian Botham was the only English cricketer to achieve this unique feat against Pakistan in June 1978.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The former Indian cricketer Vinoo Mankad was the first and only non-English cricketer to score a hundred and take a five-fer in an innings at London&#8217;s iconic cricket ground. Former English cricketers\u00a0Gubby Allen,\u00a0Stuart Broad and the current pace spearhead Chris Woakes have previously scored a century and have taken a five-wicket haul at Lord&#8217;s but in different seasons.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Before Atkinson&#8217;s heroics, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatvnews.com\/topic\/joe-root\" rel=\"noopener\">Joe Root<\/a> registered his record-equalling sixth Test hundred at Lord&#8217;s on Day 1. Root scored his 33rd century to also equal Alastair Cook&#8217;s record for most Test hundreds for the Three Lions. Root top-scored with 143 runs off 206 balls and Atkinson added 118 runs to help England score 427 runs in 102 overs.    <\/p>\n<p>After a dominating display with a bat, England also proved their brilliance with a ball. England bowlers made an instant impact Woakes and\u00a0Olly Stone removing both openers Nishan Madushka cheaply and then Matthew Pots and Atkinson contributed to hammer the visitors&#8217; middle order.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Kamindu Mendis, the centurion in the first Test match in Manchester, scored an unbeaten 22 to push Sri Lanka past a 100-run total but at the expense of seven wickets inside 30 overs. Stone, Woakes and Potts took two wickets each while Atkinson bagged one for the hosts.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async>\nfunction loadFacebookScript(){\n!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\nn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;\nn.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\nt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,\ndocument,'script','https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\nfbq('init', '529056027274737');\nfbq('track', 'PageView');\n}\nwindow.addEventListener('load', (event) => {\n\tsetTimeout(function(){\n        loadFacebookScript();\n\t}, 5000);\n});\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatvnews.com\/sports\/cricket\/gus-atkinson-smashes-test-hundred-at-lord-s-to-equal-ian-botham-s-historic-record-for-england-2024-08-30-949652\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image Source : GETTY Gus Atkinson during the second Test match against Sri Lanka at Lord&#8217;s on August 30, 2024 Gus Atkinson continues to witness a dream start to his Test career with a sensational century at Lord&#8217;s on Friday, August 30. 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