10.15pm: A comfortable margin in the end for England, although they were made to work for it. Sri Lanka were pretty well placed at 95 for 1 in their chase - albeit with Chamari Athapaththu also off the field with cramp - but were throttled by Sophie Ecclestone's immaculate spell of 4 for 17 through the middle overs. In the end, a total of 253, underpinned by Nat Sciver-Brunt's hundred, was too tall an ask for the joint-hosts, whose wait for a win in this World Cup goes on

England captain Nat Sciver-Brunt is named Player of the Match: [Plan?] "Build a partnership with Heather [Knight], so the batters at the end can accelerate. Didn't quite happen, but we talk about having a set batter in. Pitch was a bit stoppy, inconsistent. Happy I was able to do that today. Their spinners bowled well, so we had to be precise with our shots. Scoring down the ground was my best bet. [Baby celebration] I had thought about that before, scoring a century was very special."

Sri Lanka captain Chamari Athapaththu: "We bowled really good, but the last three overs we struggled and they scored 30-40 runs. The other thing is we dropped one catch, Nat Sciver, and catches win matches. [Improvement from India game] We improved a bit but we need to execute again in our next game. Feel my place is opening. We changed the batting order today as well. The next game is important and we have to talk about things in the meeting room. We had eight days off, but no excuses. As professionals we have to play our game. [Cramp] Feeling okay, was struggling in the first overs, but feel okay. Have two days' rest now."

Sciver-Brunt is back for more: "Think we started off really well, Amy and Tammy showed good intent. At the start it looked easy to score. There was a bit of inconsistency with the spinners, how it reacted off the wicket. For me, batting through, that allowed others to come in and play in different ways. Felt like I couldn't accelerate properly until the end when it came on more. Picking length is important, recognising what your strengths are. Not letting spinners settle, using lap sweeps, it's good to have that in your armoury. [Ecclestone] She's brilliant. To be able to hand her the ball and bowl ten straight through, not go for many and pick up four wickets. It's pretty special. She's grown in the last few months as well, we challenged her to do more. [Third win, perfect game yet?] Liked to have bigger partnerships with bat. In patches we've done really well."

And that's a wrap for this one, folks. Madushka's report is coming down the chute, and there'll be more to come from Fidel and the team. Stick around for that, and then make a date in your diary for tomorrow's titanic clash between India and Australia in Visakhapatnam. Ciao!

45.4
W
Smith to Prabodhani, OUT, pinged to cover, NSB holds on! Smith finally winkles out the last one, luring Prabodani into the drive again, and England have wrapped up a thumping win to go top of the group standings

KDU Prabodhani c Nat Sciver-Brunt b Smith 0 (18m 18b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0

45.3
0
Smith to Prabodhani, no run, nicely flighted, this grips and turns past the attempted drive
45.2
1
Smith to Ranaweera, 1 run, loopy delivery on leg, turned through square for one
45.1
0
Smith to Ranaweera, no run, full on the stumps, patted back

END OF OVER:
45 | 1 Run | SL-W: 163/9 (91 runs required from 30 balls, RR: 3.62, RRR: 18.20)

  • Udeshika Prabodhani0 (16b)
  • Inoka Ranaweera2 (13b)
  • Charlie Dean9-1-47-2
  • Linsey Smith8-1-21-0

"Where is Jofra Archer when you need to blast out the last wicket ??" I dunno, Chris, but I'd probably have turned to Bell by now...

44.6
0
Dean to Prabodhani, no run, zipped through, Prabodani stands tall and jabs down in defence again
44.5
0
Dean to Prabodhani, no run, touch quicker, 84kph/52mph and blocked in front of the stumps
44.4
0
Dean to Prabodhani, no run, lobbed up on the stumps, 48mph and takes the inside edge as Prabodani defends
44.3
1
Dean to Ranaweera, 1 run, touch shorter and she's back in the crease to cut through point
44.2
0
Dean to Ranaweera, no run, flighted, similar line, Ranaweera defends stoically
44.1
0
Dean to Ranaweera, no run, round the wicket, floated up straight, blocked

Slip is in

END OF OVER:
44 | (maiden) | SL-W: 162/9 (92 runs required from 36 balls, RR: 3.68, RRR: 15.33)

  • Udeshika Prabodhani0 (13b)
  • Inoka Ranaweera1 (10b)
  • Linsey Smith8-1-21-0
  • Charlie Dean8-1-46-2

The last pair refusing to give it away...

43.6
0
Smith to Prabodhani, no run, floated up and driven competently to cover. Maiden from Smith
43.5
0
Smith to Prabodhani, no run, bit more drop, slower pace and it draws an uppish poke... but nowhere near carrying

SL Women 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st18AMCJK AthapaththuGWHM Perera
1st19GWHM PereraRMVD Gunaratne
2nd58GWHM PereraH Samarawickrama
3rd3H SamarawickramaWK Dilhari
4th5AMCJK AthapaththuWK Dilhari
5th13AMCJK AthapaththuNND Silva
6th18MAA SanjeewaniNND Silva
7th11NND SilvaD Vihanga
8th12NND SilvaBMSM Kumari
9th0KDU PrabodhaniBMSM Kumari
10th7KDU PrabodhaniI Ranaweera