England's bid to end a 25-year losing run in Sri Lanka ended in another dismal defeat in Dambulla on Monday.
The series win over India three weeks ago had raised expectations that England's developing one-day line-up finally had enough in their armoury to test Sri Lanka in their own conditions.
But the tourists were beaten by 119 runs, after being dismissed for a lowly 150 chasing Sri Lanka's competitive 269 for seven.
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