England extended its white-ball dominance over Sri Lanka by winning the first one-day international by 89 runs on the back of a 67 by captain Harry Brook and a five-wicket haul by part-time spinner Will Jacks.
It comes after England won the T20 series between the countries 3-0 last week.
Jacks (5-22) had also contributed with the bat by providing crucial late-innings runs for England with 46 not out before the hosts were restricted to 265.
Sri Lanka never threatened on a slow, low pitch and was all out for 176.
Brook hit England’s only half-century but contributions also came from opener Ben Duckett (32), Joe Root (44) and Jos Buttler (31).
For the visitors, debutant legspinner Sachindu Colombage (3-44) claimed the wickets of Root and Buttler in an impressive first international cricket match.
Colombage, a 28-year-old spinner with an unusual action and plenty of drift in his deliveries, bowled Root – who become the eighth batter to pass 23,000 runs in international cricket – for
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