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Root and Buttler craft big England win

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Despite an interruption for rain, Jason Roy and James Vince gave England a positive start  PA Photos
Vince settled well into his maiden ODI innings  PA Photos
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But on 34, Roy holed out to Kusal Perera at midwicket  PA Photos
Vince brought up his maiden fifty, from 54 balls  PA Photos
Joe Root was typically busy as he launched his innings  PA Photos
The 41-run stand ended when Vince was stumped by Dinesh Chandimal off Danushka Gunathilaka for 51  PA Photos
Root pressed on to make his second successive fifty  PA Photos
He and Jos Buttler ran hard between the wickets in a 109-run partnership  PA Photos
Buttler scored his last 45 runs from 20 balls ...  PA Photos
before being bowled by a Chaminda Bandara yorker  PA Photos
David Willey trapped Kusal Perera lbw early in Sri Lanka's chase  PA Photos
... before Liam Plunkett removed Danushka Gunathilaka for 48  PA Photos
Plunkett then bowled Angelo Mathews with a yorker  PA Photos
Adil Rashid bowled Upul Tharanga first ball during another economical spell  PA Photos
Rashid had Dasun Shanaka stumped for 22 and ended with three wickets as England romped to a 122-run win  PA Photos
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