Sri Lanka’s lamentable tour of England ended with lakes forming on the outfield and a gaggle of hardy spectators singing Sweet Caroline in the rain, the visitors having avoided a sixth successive defeat despite another callow collapse.

For Eoin Morgan’s hosts it meant a 2-0 ODI series win to follow a 3-0 victory in the similarly one-sided Twenty20s; had the heavens not opened after rolling Sri Lanka for 166 in 42 overs – Tom Curran claiming four for 35 and two apiece for Chris Woakes and David Willey – a clean sweep would surely have followed.

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