Sam Curran claimed the primary five-wicket haul of his white-ball profession as England received the one-day worldwide collection towards Sri Lanka with a recreation to spare on the Oval on Thursday.
The hosts sauntered to an eight-wicket victory as Joe Root and Eoin Morgan piled on an unbroken stand of 140, comfortably chasing down a goal of 242 to make it 2-0 heading to Sunday’s finale in Bristol.
Curran was promoted to new-ball duties on his house floor and rose to the event with figures of 5-48, together with three in his first 9 deliveries because the vacationers slumped to a woeful 21-4.
Dhananjaya De Silva’s glorious 91 staved off the specter of outright humiliation as they reached the relative respectability of 241-9 however that was nonetheless nowhere close to sufficient to constrain the world champions.
Root picked up exactly the place he left off in making a match-winning 79 not out in Durham on Tuesday, easing to a chic 68 not out, however Morgan’s knock got here with added significance. He had gone 15 innings and 10 months with out a world half-century however hit his method again into kind with 75 not out, together with eight fours and a six.
England rested Chris Woakes, its four-wicket player-of-the-match on Tuesday, however discovered Curran greater than able to fill his footwear.
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Wicketless and relatively costly at Chester-le-Avenue, he was revitalised on the Oval, taking two wickets in his first over as a pushy, attacking size and a touch of swing condemned Kusal Perera and Avishka Fernando to lbws.
Pathum Nissanka misplaced his center stump as Curran cashed in on a reckless drive. When Charith Asalanka joined within the exodus within the seventh over, flapping a David Willey bouncer to brief mid-wicket, it already seemed a misplaced trigger.
Step ahead De Silva, who first confirmed his teammates methods to utilise the fielding restrictions after which set about placing on 65 with Wanindu Hasaranga and 78 with Dasun Shanaka.
De Silva was notably sturdy on the pull, drove ebulliently when he sniffed a half-volley, and confirmed admirable nous when he stepped away and redirected Mark Wooden’s 90 mph (145 kph) tempo to the third-man ropes. His effort was worthy of a maiden century, however he fell 9 brief when he pulled Willey into the protected arms of Root.
England’s middle-over work was lacklustre, as Tom Curran and Adil Rashid despatched down 20 wicketless overs for 93, however the youthful Curran banked his first worldwide 5-for as he and Willey (4-64) rebooted their double act. Neither is understood for pace or bounce however collectively they took six wickets from insistent short-pitched bowling.
The chase was led off by Jason Roy on his return from hamstring hassle. He dominated the powerplay, scoring 41 of England’s 65 runs as he stood tall and hit the ropes exhausting.
Jonny Bairstow dragged down his stumps on 29 however Roy continued doling out the punishment and sped to 60 when De Silva threw himself within the air to tug off a top quality catch.
That cleared the stage for Root and Morgan, who rapidly set to work. Root picked out the gaps with minimalist steers and pushes. There was extra ebb and move about Morgan, however he roared into life with 4 fours in six deliveries from Chamika Karunaratne.
He reached his 50 at precisely a run-a-ball, 13 faster than his companion, and entertained the group with a trademark reverse sweep earlier than charging Hasaranga for six. Root’s work was finished when Morgan dragged the successful runs via sq. leg, leaving seven overs unused and little question concerning the steadiness of energy.
