Colombo, Oct 11 (PTI) England skipper Nat Sciver-Brunt attributed her century and big victory against Sri Lanka in the Women's World Cup match here on Saturday to not allowing the rival spinners to settle down on a pitch that was slow and offering quite a bit of turn.

England registered a massive 89-run win against the home team by scoring 253/9 and then dismissing Sri Lanka for 164. This is the former champions' third successive win in the tournament and propelled Sciver-Brunt's side to the top of the points table.

"Not letting spinners settle, using lap sweeps, it's good to have that in your armoury," said Sciver-Brunt, who played a match-winning knock of 117 off as many deliveries, after the win.

"The pitch was a bit stoppy, inconsistent. Happy I was able to do that (score a century)

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