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Joe Root and Jos Buttler laid the stage for England's predominant 122-run win over Sri Lanka in the fifth and last one-day universal in Cardiff on Saturday.

Root top-scored with 93 as England made 324 for seven.

Together with man-of-the-match Buttler, who made a regularly fast 70, he put on 109 for the fifth wicket. Sri Lanka's pursuit never got going and they were knocked down some pins out for 202 with more than seven overs to save. That gave England a persuading 3-0 arrangement win, with one tie and one no outcome.

It was additional evidence of the advancement England ha made in ODI cricket subsequent to their mortifying first-round way out from a year ago's World Cup, which incorporated a nine-wicket whipping by Sri Lanka in Wellington.

Angelo Mathews, the Sri Lanka skipper, picked to bowl first Saturday subsequent to winning the hurl on a green-tinged pitch.

Man-of-the-arrangement Jason Roy, who scored a brilliant 162 on his Surrey home ground amid England's six-wicket win at The Oval on Wednesday, again looked in great touch with a run-a-ball 34.

Be that as it may, there was to be no third hundred this arrangement after his 112 not out at Edgbaston, with Roy lifting paceman Suranga Lakmal to profound square leg.

James Vince, opening set up of the harmed Alex Hales, denoted his lady ODI innings with a jazzy fifty preceding thoughtlessly getting himself befuddled in the wake of charging at off-spinner Danushka Gunathilaka. His way out left England 108 for two.

Britain commander Eoin Morgan made 20 that incorporated a taking off six over long-on off leg-spinner Seekkugge Prasanna.

In any case, the left-hander additionally tumbled to Gunathilaka when he cut the off-spinner to cover sweeper Kusal Mendis.

It was the 21st progressive innings in all universal cricket where the Irishman had neglected to make a fifty. Gunathilaka, best known as a batsman, took an ODI best three for 48.

Buttler, scooping fours and propelling Lakmal for a stupendous six over long-off, included new force. His 45-ball innings finished when he was knocked down some pins by debutant Chaminda Bandara for the left-arm seamer's first universal wicket.

Root then invert cleared a Bandara full hurl for four to raise 300.

Toward the begin of the last once again, Root — dropped on 90 — was 93 not out.

Yet, there was to be no ninth ODI century for the Yorkshireman, as the principal conveyance of the 50th over saw him played by Pradeep to end a 106-ball thump including six fours.

Sri Lanka were soon nine for one at a sunny Sophia Gardens when Kusal Perera was lbw to David Willey. Gunathilaka, in a decent all-round exertion, made 48 preceding he too was lbw, to Liam Plunkett.

Mathews disobediently drove Plunkett down the ground for four however next ball the quick bowler thumped his stumps over to the delight of a group where numerous fans were all the while observing Wales' stun 3-1 Euro 2016 football quarter-last win over Belgium in Lille on Friday.

Plunkett, proceeding with his great shape this arrangement, took three for 44.

Sri Lanka's 105 for four got to be 105 for five when Upul Tharanga was knocked down some pins by leg-spinner Adil Rashid for a brilliant duck.

Willey finished the match with three wickets in seven balls.

Nine wickets were imparted by Yorkshire bowlers to the next Sri Lanka rejection seeing their district partner Jonny Bairstow run out Kusal Mendis in conjunction with Lancashire wicket-guardian Buttler.

Sri Lanka will have one final chance for a win on either English or Welsh soil this visit when they confront England in a solitary Twenty20 global at Southampton on Tuesday.

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