Overview

• England posted 253/9 in Colombo, anchored by Nat Sciver-Brunt's run-a-ball 117 for a record fifth Women's World Cup hundred.
• The captain added 2/25 with the ball and was named Player of the Match.
• Sophie Ecclestone returned 4/17, bowling 10 overs to trigger a middle-order collapse as Sri Lanka were all out for 164 in 45.4 overs.
• Sri Lanka's chase was disrupted when Chamari Athapaththu was stretchered off with a leg issue before returning, with Hasini Perera (35) and Harshitha Samarawickrama (33) top-scoring.
• England sit on six points from three games at the top of the table, with Sri Lanka seventh on one point and England set to face Pakistan next.