The 2015 Carlton Mid Triangular Series was a One Day Internationalcricket tournament held in Australia. It was a tri-nation series between Australia, England and India.[1] Australia defeated England by 112 runs in the final to claim their 20th Australian Tri-Series title.
Unlike previous Australian tri-nation ODI series, each team played the others only twice during the round-robin stage (instead of the typical four times), and the final was staged as a single match rather than as the best-of-three, in order to accommodate the 2015 Cricket World Cup which immediately followed the series. In February 2015, during the Cricket World Cup, India's team director Ravi Shastri criticised the scheduling of the tri-series saying it was a "sheer waste of time and energy."[2]
1 Australian captain George Bailey was suspended for one match after Match 2 for a slow over-rate. Steve Smith replaced Bailey as captain for Match 4 in Hobart.[4] 2David Warner was rested for Match 4 in Hobart; as a result, Shaun Marsh and Cameron White were added to the squad.[4] 3Shane Watson was ruled out of Match 4 with hamstring tightness, so Moises Henriques was added to the squad for that match.
David Warner (Aus) was fined 50% of his match fee on a charge of conduct contrary to the spirit of the game and George Bailey (Aus) was fined 20% of his match fee and suspended for a match for a slow over rate.[6]
Rain delayed the start of the match. Play started with a reduced number of overs to be played, before the game being called off after 16 overs of the Indian innings.
