Third Metro Bank one-day international, Kia Oval
England 355-7 (50 overs): Banton 126, Brook 77, Cox 76
Sri Lanka 132 (29.1 overs): Kusal 35; Dawson 3-26
England won by 223 runs
Tom Banton delivered connected each of his imaginable by crashing a superb archetypal planetary period arsenic England wrapped up their summertime with an ODI bid triumph implicit Sri Lanka.
The 27-year-old right-hander was erstwhile the rising prima of English cricket erstwhile handed a debut successful 2019 but afterwards fell retired of emotion with the crippled aft losing his way.
After reaching his 100 successful 95 balls successful the 3rd one-day planetary astatine The Oval, helium stood with arms wide and looked to the entity - each of that disappointment seemingly down him.
The opener went connected to marque 126 from 105 deliveries, perfectly countering tricky aboriginal conditions - conditions successful which Joe Root struggled uncharacteristically for 18 from 37 balls - and going connected to stock an progressively assertive basal of 150 successful 117 balls with skipper Harry Brook.
Brook made 77 and Jordan Cox, picked successful the spot of the injured Jos Buttler, added a 52-ball 76 to assistance England to 355-7.
That ever appeared a match-winning full connected a aboveground offering bounce for the gait bowlers and crook for the spinners.
Sri Lanka crumbled to 132 each retired successful 29.1 overs, giving England a 223-run triumph and their biggest ODI triumph against the tourists.
It meant England signed disconnected their summer, 1 that included off-field issues, the extremity of Bazball, Ben Stokes' status and Root's astonishment instrumentality arsenic Test skipper, with a 5th successive bid triumph amid the madness crossed formats.
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