Jason Roy has hit the second-highest score for England in a one-day international to help chase down 308 and win the series against Sri Lanka.
Roy made 162 off 118 balls on Wednesday as England cruised to victory in the fourth ODI despite the challenging target for a 2-0 series lead with one game to play.
He fell just short of Robin Smith's England record of 167 not out, set against Australia in 1993.
England finished on 4-309 in 40.1 overs to win by six wickets after Sri Lanka made 5-305 in 42 overs in the rain-shortened game at the Oval.
Their victory target was revised to 308 on the Duckworth-Lewis method after Sri Lanka's innings was interrupted by rain but that made little difference as Roy led a masterful run chase.
The opener struck 13 fours and three sixes and finally fell just four overs from the end when he was beaten and bowled by a slower ball from Nuwan Pradeep (2-78).
Roy let out a shout of frustration and thumped his bat into the ground as he walked off but it was because he wanted to see his team home, he said, and not because he was six runs short of setting a new England record.
"What a day. Incredible win for the boys," Roy said. "It's just a shame I wasn't there in the end. I was pretty disappointed."
It was also England's second-highest successful run chase in ODIs.
"Unfortunately the bowling didn't work," Sri Lanka captain Angelo Mathews said.
England's easy victory came after Sri Lanka had provided its best batting performance of the series, with Danushka Gunathilaka, Kusal Mendis, Dinesh Chandimal and Mathews all making half-centuries after the Sri Lankans were put in to bat.
Mendis top-scored with 77 and Mathews was 67 not out. Mendis and Chandimal put together a 128-run partnership for the second wicket to get Sri Lanka out of early trouble when Kusal Perera was run out.
The final ODI is on Saturday at Cardiff.
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