Series finale abandoned due to wet outfield

India won the three-ODI series 1-0 as the final match was abandoned without a ball being bowled in Margao. Heavy rain on the eve of the game clogged the ground and, though the weather was clear on match day, the outfield was not suitable for play.

The result meant a winless tour for Australia. The last time they experienced something similar in India was on their tour in 2008-09 where they drew the tour game and lost the Tests 0-2.

The first ODI in Kochi was also washed out in similar circumstances. It was an unfortunate result for the locals who had turned up at the stadium. The series was effectively reduced to a solitary game in Visakhapatnam and both teams took a couple of positives.

For India, Virat Kohli scored a century to move ahead of Rohit Sharma in the selection pecking order and R Ashwin impressed with the ball. India, though, struggled in the end overs with Australia looting 84 from the final five overs. For Australia, Michael Clarke made a century after a disappointing performance in the Test series, in which he managed just 35 runs in four innings. Mitchell Starc, the 20-year old left-arm seamer, made a promising debut and the other debutant John Hastings too had a decent outing.
 
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Team Matches Points Rating Ranking
Australia 51 6577
129 1
India 53
6433 121
2
Sri Lanka 42 4966
118 3
South Africa 37
4307 116 4
England
42
4430
105
5
Team Matches Points Rating Ranking
Pakistan 41 4245 104 6
New Zealand 41 3842 94 7
Bangladesh 41 2745 67 8
West Indies 29 1937 67 9

Ireland 17 712 42 10
Team Matches Points Rating Ranking

India
42 5357
128 1
South Africa 36
4228
117
2
England 45 5165 115 3
Srilanka 27 2951
109 4
Australia 43 4583 107 5
Team Matches Points Rating Ranking
Pakistan 29 2615 90 6
West Indies 25 2128 85 7
New Zealand 32 2482 78 8
Bangladesh 19 131
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Name Rating Ranking
H Amla 867
1
A B De Villiers 804
2
T Dilshan 761
3
S Watson
758
4
K Sangakkara 753
5

Name Rating Ranking
M Hussey
748
6
J Trott
737 7
V Kohli 733
8
MS Dhoni 729
9
S Tendulkar 712 10
Name Rating Ranking

D Vettori 701
1
R W Price 678
2
G Swann 667
3
D Steyn 663
4
M Morkel 661
5
Name Rating Ranking
M Johnson
654
6
L Tsotsobe
652 7
AMendis 644
8
Shahid Afridi
643
9
N Kulasekara 642 10
Name Rating Ranking
S Tendulkar 883
1
J Kallis 883
2
K Sangakkara 882
3
IJL Trott
826
4
A N Cook
803
Name Rating Ranking
V Sehwag 790
6
M Jayavardene 781
7
S Chanderpaul 779 8
VVS Laxman
774
9
T T Samaraweera
763 10
Name Rating Ranking

D Steyn
899
1
G Swann 793
2
J Anderson 776
3
M Morkel 751
4
Zaheer Khan 748
5
Name Rating Ranking
M Johnson 727
6
Harbhajan Singh 672
7
Shakib Al Hasan 648
8
D Vettori
623
9
S Broad
606 10

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