Rain Wash-out Second Match of Series

Birmingham: England slumped to 59 for three inside 16 overs before rain washed out the day/night third one-day international against Australia at Edgbaston on Wednesday.

Mitchell Johnson again proved a thorn in England's side, the left-arm paceman taking one wicket for 20 runs in five overs and twice seeing close lbw decisions against Jonathan Trott overturned in the batsman's favour.

When the umpires took the players off the field at 3:34pm local time (1434GMT), Trott was 28 not out on his Warwickshire home ground and stand-in England captain Eoin Morgan five not out.

A minimum of 20 overs per side were needed for a result to be declared under the Duckworth/Lewis method but, with the rain coming down ever harder, the umpires abandoned the match at 7:05pm (1805GMT)

Earlier, Australia captain Michael Clarke won the toss and elected to field.

England were unchanged. But Australia brought in seamer Josh Hazlewood for leg-spinner Fawad Ahmed.

Teams:

England: Michael Carberry, Kevin Pietersen, Jonathan Trott, Joe Root, Eoin Morgan (capt), Ravi Bopara, Jos Buttler (wkt), Ben Stokes, James Tredwell, Steven Finn, Boyd Rankin

Australia: Aaron Finch, Shaun Marsh, Shane Watson, Michael Clarke (capt), George Bailey, Adam Voges, Matthew Wade (wkt), James Faulkner, Mitchell Johnson, Clint McKay, Josh Hazlewood

Brief scores
England 59 for 3
Result Abondoned

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