Rain delays start of third England-Australia ODI

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Rain delays start of third Eng-Aus ODI

Updated at 20:11 PST Wednesday, July 04, 2012

Rain delays start of third England-Australia ODI

BIRMINGHAM: Rain delayed the start of the third one-day international between England and Australia at Edgbaston here Wednesday.

The umpires held an inspection at 2pm local time (1300GMT), the scheduled start time, when, after a dry spell, fresh rain started to fall.

Officials were due to hold a second inspection at 3pm (1400GMT).

A minimum of 20 overs per side are required in order to constitute a match and the latest time such a match can start is at 7.17pm (1817GMT).

Victory for England would give them an unassailable 3-0 lead in this five-match series after 15-run and six-wicket wins at Lord's and The Oval, respectively.

And a 5-0 clean sweep would see England replace Australia at the head of the 50-over world rankings and so top the standings in all three formats. (AFP)

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