So the series back to 2-1 with a morale-boosting victory for England and now we move back to Colombo on Sunday, it's another day game so a 9am local/4.30am GMT start. See you then...

Presentation coming up, surely Jos Buttler is Man of the Match for a superb matchwinning innings. Indeed he is. Here's a novelty, the winning captain Alastair Cook: "It's great to get over the line. We got a great start with Mo and the lads played great to win the game. We should have cruised it better than we did but got there in the end. I think they showed how hard it is to defend. Our fifth bowlers didn't quite get it right. We felt 235 was par and we played well to get there. It was a great wicket and credit to the groundstaff. My back flared up during the break but it was nice to score a few runs."

And Angelo Mathews: "The batters put up a good fighting score but the conditions were a bit wet but I thought we were poor in the field. The Duckworth-Lewis you can't rely on it but our bowlers weren't up to it today. Catches and no-balls have cost us. Thirimanne batted brilliantly and played so well with the tail. Mahela will be back for Colombo but we don't need to panic."

Sri Lanka put a good total up with the bat via Kumar Sangakkara and Lahiru Thirimanne, plus a few handy cameos, but, under pressure with the ball for the first time in the series, they have been found wanting. For a while they looked to have another squeeze on in the middle but England played the seamers much better today and manourved the spinners well too.

England, like in the first ODI, got a great start to this chase via Moeen Ali's blitz but again they wobbled in the middle. This time they steadied through Root and Buttler and just when they needed a kick found that big over to get the chase really into gear and in the end they cantered home. It was Buttler who struck out just at the right time, found the boundary when needed, building around Root who apart from two strokes was largely unnoticed but played a crucial anchor role when England were losing wickets around him.

A superb partnership between Joe Root and Jos Buttler have brought England home by five wickets and they reduce the arrears in this series to 2-1. A badly-needed victory for England and the series to liven up this seven-match series as we prepare to go back to Colombo.

England going to cruise home now, what a difference one no-ball makes eh!