England extended its own record in one-day international cricket by 37 runs after smashing the highest-ever total of 481-6 as it beat Australia by 242 runs in the third ODI on Tuesday.
Australia was bowled out for 239 with 13 overs to spare - their biggest ODI defeat in terms of runs and England's largest ODI win.
England now has an insurmountable 3-0 lead in the five-match series.
No 3 Alex Hales hit 16 fours and five sixes in reaching 147 off 92 balls, and opener Jonny Bairstow scored 139 - also off 92 deliveries - in his fourth ODI century in the last six games as England went on a run rampage from the onset.
England held the previous innings record when it scored 444-3 against Pakistan in 2016 at the same Trent Bridge ground.
Australia, which won the toss and chose to field, never looked like reaching the huge target as spinners Adil Rashid (4-47) and Moeen Ali (3-28) shared seven wickets between them.
"Certainly a day for everyone in that changing room to be very proud of," England captain Eoin Morgan said.
"The level of intensity was different to anything we've done in the last three years. It was as close to a complete performance as we've got to. There are two more opportunities to score big runs."
Australia's previous heaviest ODI defeat was 32 years ago when it was beaten by New Zealand by 206 runs at Adelaide in 1986.
Australian captain Tim Paine's decision to bowl first backfired spectacularly against England's top-order batsmen. Seamer Andrew Tye finished on 0-100 off nine overs while the other two fast bowlers - Marcus Stoinis (0-85) and Billy Stanlake (0-74) - also went for plenty.
Bairstow's opening partner, Jason Roy, hammered 82 and missed out on a second successive century before Morgan hit England's quickest ODI half-century off only 21 balls, and 67 off 30 deliveries.
Morgan, playing in his 180th ODI, became England's all-time leading scorer in the 50-over format with 5,443 runs as he surpassed Ian Bell's 5,416 runs.
Fast bowler Jhye Richardson took 3-92 when he dismissed Hales and Morgan off successive deliveries in his last over but by that time more than enough damage had been done.
Australia had its chances early on. Bairstow successfully overturned an lbw decision through television referral on 27 and then, on 30, Stoinis couldn't hold onto a difficult chance while running back at mid-on.
Australian opener Travis Head top-scored with 51 off 39 before offering a soft return catch to Ali and Rashid hurried the collapse with four quick wickets.
"That was some of the best striking I've seen," Paine said of England's batting performance. "That was the hardest day I've had in 16-17 years. It was tough, no matter where we put the field they hit the gaps."
England eye magical 500
England one-day captain Eoin Morgan said "the sky's the limit" for his record-breaking side, with a total of 500 firmly in their sights after their rout of Australia.
Morgan, who missed the second ODI in Cardiff on Sunday with a back spasm, smashed England's fastest fifty at this level, off just 21 balls.
"I think (we're) definitely very close (to 500)," said Morgan.
"In the position we found ourselves today, with six overs to go, we'd have never imagined — certainly after that game against Pakistan — that we'd come close, pass, maybe stare down the barrel of scoring 500."
"The sky's the limit with these guys," Morgan added after England, the 2019 World Cup hosts, cemented their place at the top of the ODI rankings in style.
England might well have broken the 500-barrier had they not lost both Hales and Morgan, who put on 124 for the fourth wicket, off successive balls in the 48th over.
"When 'Morgs' came out, he said 'If we're ever going to (get 500), now's the time' - but we didn't quite get there," Hales said.
Former England captain Michael Atherton, commentating for Sky, labelled the match a "perfect storm" in that a talented England batting line-up were able to make the most of a good pitch on a ground with relatively short boundaries, while facing an inexperienced attack.
For Australia captain Tim Paine, the hurt was even worse than the blow to the face he suffered while keeping wicket in Cardiff.
"It's tough. I thought I had some headaches in Cardiff after 25 overs when I hit my head, but I had a few more out there today to be honest," he said after Australia's 14th defeat in 16 completed ODIs.
"I've been playing cricket since I was a kid and that is the hardest day's cricket I have ever had in my life," the 33-year-old added ahead of Thursday's fourth ODI in Chester-le-Street.
"Everything we tried didn't work, everything they tried came off. Normally that happens for an hour or two then you get a couple of wickets.
"But for it to happen as long as it did, you have to take your hat off. They struck the ball as well as I have ever seen."
Curran and Overton in
England have added pace bowlers Sam Curran and Craig Overton to their squad as they go in search of an unprecedented 5-0 one-day international series whitewash of arch-rivals Australia, it was announced on Wednesday.
With pace-bowling all-rounders Ben Stokes and Chris Woakes missing the series through injury, England have decided to bolster their attack ahead of two ODIs in four days.
"Surrey's Sam Curran and Somerset's Craig Overton have been called up from the lions (the national A side) to join England's squad for the final two Royal london ODIs against Australia," said an England and Wales Cricket Board statement issued Wednesday.
"Both players will travel to Chester-le-Street today and will be available for selection on Thursday at Emirates Riverside and the final match of the series at Emirates Old Trafford on Sunday, providing additional fast-bowling options," it added.
Uncapped Surrey left-arm seamer Curran will now join his brother Tom in an England squad for the first time - having been named alongside him on Tuesday in the 14-man party chosen for the upcoming Twenty20s against Australia and India.