Rain abandons play post Starc's heroics with the bat

Who would have thought the fourth ODI between Sri Lanka and Australia will be abandoned due to rain?After a slight slump while batting the Aussies recovered brilliantly thanks to the heroics of Mitchell Starc who made a brilliant 52 of just 37 balls giving the aussies a much needed finishing touch to their innings which helped them boost their score to 222.This match looked to have all the makings of  having a close finish when compared to the last match where the Australian batting failed miserably.Sri Lanka batted for around 3 overs making 14 runs before the rain eventually came down and after a brief inspection by the umpires the match was abandoned.

Highlights of the match:

Australia Batting:

David Warner - Batting - 60(73)

Mitchell Starc - Batting - 52(37)*

Sri Lanka Bowling:

Nuwan Kulasekara - Bowling - 3 Wickets for 30 Runs

Scorecard:

Australia	222-9 (50)	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	SR
David Warner	lbw b T Perera	60	73	6	0	82.19
Phillip Hughes	c Chandimal b Kulasekara	1	8	0	0	12.5
*Michael Clarke	lbw b Kulasekara	20	20	2	0	100
David Hussey	c Thirimanne b Malinga	1	9	0	0	11.11
George Bailey	c T Perera b Herath	22	39	2	0	56.41
Matthew Wade	c Kulasekara b T Perera	31	53	1	0	58.49
Moises Henriques	lbw b Herath	3	11	0	0	27.27
Mitchell Johnson	lbw b Malinga	10	25	0	0	40
Mitchell Starc	not out	52	37	7	0	140.54
Clint McKay	b Kulasekara	2	11	0	0	18.18
Xavier Doherty	not out	10	14	2	0	71.43
Extras: 10 b:1 lb:7 nb:0 w:2
Total: 222-9 (50) | Curr. RR: 4.44
FOW:Phillip Hughes (4-1, 1.5), *Michael Clarke (50-2, 10), David Hussey (53-3, 12.1), George Bailey (93-4, 21.3), David Warner (125-5, 29), Moises Henriques (130-6, 31.4), Mitchell Johnson (145-7, 38.1), Matthew Wade (166-8, 42.3), Clint McKay (182-9, 45.5)
Sri Lanka	O	M	R	W	Nb	Wd	RPO
Angelo Mathews	10	1	50	0	0	0	5
Nuwan Kulasekara	10	1	30	3	0	1	3
Lasith Malinga	10	2	33	2	0	1	3.3
Thisara Perera	10	0	64	2	0	0	6.4
Rangana Herath	10	0	37	2	0	0	3.7
Sri Lanka	14-0 (3.2)	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	SR
*Mahela Jayawardene	not out	4	11	0	0	36.36
Tillakaratne Dilshan	not out	9	9	1	0	100
Lahiru Thirimanne
Dinesh Chandimal
Kushal Perera
Angelo Mathews
Jeevan Mendis
Thisara Perera
Nuwan Kulasekara
Lasith Malinga
Rangana Herath
Extras: 1 b:0 lb:0 nb:0 w:1
Total: 14-0 (3.2) | Curr. RR: 4.20
Australia	O	M	R	W	Nb	Wd	RPO
Clint McKay	2	0	13	0	0	1	6.5
Mitchell Starc	1.2	0	1	0	0	0	0.75