Final India-Australia ODI washed out

S S Ramaswamy
Mumbai, Nov 11 (PTI) The seventh and final one-dayer
between India and Australia at the D Y Patil Stadium here in
India's commercial hub Mumbai was Wednesday abandoned without
a ball being bowled due to heavy unseasonal rains in the wake
of a cyclonic storm over the Arabian Sea.

The wash-out of the the day-night encounter meant that
Australia clinched the series with a 4-2 margin.
The two teams did not even have to come to the ground. It
drizzled continuously since morning leaving the outfield soggy
and increased its intensity two hours before the scheduled
commencement of the clash.
Rains stopped for a brief while an hour and a half after
the scheduled start and the ground authorities were pressed
into service for mop-up operations. But even as the job was
being done more rains fell.
Umpires Asoka De Silva of Sri Lanka and Amish Saheba of
India held an inspection of the ground at 5 pm IST and decided
to call off the match.
The match at this Navi Mumbai venue which was all set to
host its first ODI was of only academic interest with
Australia having taken an unassailable 4-2 lead in the
seven-match series lead after winning the low-scoring sixth
ODI in northeastern city Guwahati on November 8.
Australia came back strongly from a 1-2 deficit and went
on to win three consecutive matches (Mohali, Hyderabad and
Guwahati) to pocket the series. MORE PTI SSR
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