ENGLAND comfortably beat Sri Lanka again in the second one-day international at The Oval to clinch the series with a game to spare.
Sam Curran took 5-48 – his first five-wicket haul for England – as the hosts restricted Sri Lanka to 241-9 from 50 overs.
Curran took three wickets in his first two overs and, at 21-4, Sri Lanka were in danger of being dismissed before many of the 14,000-strong Oval crowd had taken their seats.
Dhananjaya de Silva rescued the hosts with a run-a-ball 91 but England still cruised to their target with seven overs and eight wickets to spare on a flat pitch.
Jason Roy, fit again after a hamstring niggle, hit 60 from 52 balls, sharing an opening stand of 76 with Jonny Bairstow.
The Surrey right-hander clubbed seamer Chamika Karunaratne to mid-wicket in the 18th over but England were well ahead of the required rate and Joe Root (75*) and Eoin Morgan (68*) eased them to victory with a chanceless unbroken stand of 140.
It sealed a fifth heavy defeat for Sri Lanka in five matches on this white-ball tour – these ODIs following a dominant 3-0 win for England in the Twenty20 series.
The final ODI takes place in Bristol on Sunday.

Landmark moment for Curran on home ground
Curran has become such a regular in England sides across all formats that it is a surprise a first five-wicket haul has taken until his 47th international.
Handed the new ball in the absence of injured Jofra Archer and rested Chris Woakes, he targeted the stumps early on and had Kusal Perera and Avishka Fernando lbw within his first four balls, for 0 and two respectively, and bowled Pathum Nissanka through the gate an over later.
The 23-year-old returned later in the innings and bowled short, claiming the wickets of Wanindu Hasaranga and Karunaratne with bouncers.
When Karunaratne edged a pull through to Bairstow for Curran’s fifth, the left-armer looked to the sky and celebrated with his arms wide. He looked relieved and was soon given hugs by brother Tom and his other team-mates.
Spectators, increased to 50% capacity as part of the government’s pilot programme, were bowing as Surrey’s Curran took the applause on his home ground. (BBC Sport)