Curran relentless to wrap up win for England

Sam Curran claimed the first fivewicket haul of his white-ball career as England wrapped up the Royal London Series against Sri Lanka with a game to spare at the Kia Oval.

The hosts sauntered to an eightwicket victory as Joe Root and Eoin Morgan piled on an unbroken stand of 140, comfortably chasing down a target of 242 to make it 2-0 heading to Sunday’s finale in Bristol.

Curran, above, was promoted to new-ball duties on his home ground and rose to the occasion with figures of five for 48, including three in his first nine deliveries – with the tourists slumping to a torrid 21 for four.

Dhananjaya De Silva’s 91 staved off the threat of outright humiliation as they reached the relative respectability of 241 for nine but that was still nowhere near enough to constrain the world champions.