Carlton Mid Triangular Series in Australia in 2014–15

The 2015 Carlton Mid Triangular Series was a One Day International cricket 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.

2014–15 Carlton Mid Triangular Series
2015 Carlton Mid Triangular Series logo
Date	16 January 2015 – 1 February 2015
Location	Australia
Result	Australia (beat England by 112 runs in the final)
Player of the series	Mitchell Starc (Aus)
Teams  Australia  England  India Captains George Bailey Eoin Morgan MS Dhoni Most runs Steve Smith (226) Ian Bell (247) Ajinkya Rahane (146) Most wickets Mitchell Starc (12) Steven Finn (11) Stuart Binny (4)
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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]

Squads

Australia	England[3]	India
George Bailey (c) 1 Steve Smith (vc) Pat Cummins Xavier Doherty James Faulkner Aaron Finch Brad Haddin (wk) Josh Hazlewood Moises Henriques 3 Mitchell Johnson Mitchell Marsh Shaun Marsh 2 Glenn Maxwell Kane Richardson Gurinder Sandhu Mitchell Starc David Warner 2 Shane Watson 3 Cameron White 2	Eoin Morgan (c) Moeen Ali James Anderson Gary Ballance Ian Bell Ravi Bopara Stuart Broad Jos Buttler (wk) Steven Finn Alex Hales Chris Jordan Joe Root James Taylor James Tredwell Chris Woakes	MS Dhoni (c & wk) Virat Kohli (vc) Ravichandran Ashwin Stuart Binny Shikhar Dhawan Ravindra Jadeja Dhawal Kulkarni Bhuvneshwar Kumar Axar Patel Ajinkya Rahane Suresh Raina Ambati Rayudu (wk) Mohammed Shami Ishant Sharma Mohit Sharma Rohit Sharma Umesh Yadav

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]
2 David Warner was rested for Match 4 in Hobart; as a result, Shaun Marsh and Cameron White were added to the squad.^[4]
3 Shane Watson was ruled out of Match 4 with hamstring tightness, so Moises Henriques was added to the squad for that match.

Tour matches

50 over: England XI v ACT Invitational XI

12 January 2015 10:00 Scorecard

England XI  6/364 (50 overs)	v	ACT Invitational XI 148 (32.4 overs)
Ravi Bopara 56* (27) Shane Devoy 2/55 (9 overs)		Matthew Condon 36 (38) James Tredwell 3/11 (4 overs)

England won by 216 runs Manuka Oval, Canberra Umpires: Andrew Cleghorn (Aus) and Yohan Ramasundara (Aus)

• England won the toss and elected to bat.
• 15 players per side (11 batting, 11 fielding)

50 over: England XI v Prime Minister's XI

14 January 2015 14:20 Scorecard

England XI  6/391 (50 overs)	v	Prime Minister's XI 331 (48.1 overs)
Ian Bell 187 (145) Jason Behrendorff 4/79 (10 overs)		Glenn Maxwell 136 (89) Stuart Broad 4/40 (8.1 overs)

England won by 60 runs Manuka Oval, Canberra Umpires: Bruce Oxenford (Aus) and Chris Cassin (Aus) Player of the match: Ian Bell (Eng)

• England won the toss and elected to bat.
• Ian Bell's 187 set a new record for runs scored by an England player in a one-day game.^[5]

Points table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	NR	BP	Pts	NRR
1	Australia	4	3	0	0	1	1	15	0.467
2	England	4	2	2	0	0	1	9	0.425
3	India	4	0	3	0	1	0	2	−0.942

Source: ESPNcricinfo

Fixtures

1st match

16 January 2015 14:20 (D/N) Scorecard

England  234 (47.5 overs)	v	Australia 7/235 (39.5 overs)
Eoin Morgan 121 (136) Mitchell Starc 4/42 (8.5 overs)		David Warner 127 (116) Chris Woakes 4/40 (8 overs)

Australia won by 3 wickets Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney Umpires: Kumar Dharmasena (SL) and Simon Fry (Aus) Player of the match: Mitchell Starc (Aus)

• England won the toss and elected to bat.
• Australia earned a bonus point for exceeding England's run rate by more than 1.25 times.

2nd match

18 January 2015 14:20 (D/N) Scorecard

India  8/267 (50 overs)	v	Australia 6/269 (49 overs)
Rohit Sharma 138 (139) Mitchell Starc 6/43 (10 overs)		Aaron Finch 96 (127) Umesh Yadav 2/55 (10 overs)

Australia won by 4 wickets Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne Umpires: Kumar Dharmasena (SL) and John Ward (Aus) Player of the match: Mitchell Starc (Aus)

• India won the toss and elected to bat.
• Gurinder Sandhu (Aus) made his ODI debut.
• 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]

3rd match

20 January 2015 13:20 (D/N) Scorecard

India  153 (39.3 overs)	v	England 1/156 (27.3 overs)
Stuart Binny 44 (55) Steven Finn 5/33 (8 overs)		Ian Bell 88* (91) Stuart Binny 1/34 (7 overs)

England won by 9 wickets The Gabba, Brisbane Umpires: Kumar Dharmasena (SL) and Mick Martell (Aus) Player of the match: Steven Finn (Eng)

• India won the toss and elected to bat.
• England earned a bonus point for exceeding India's run rate by more than 1.25 times.

4th match

23 January 2015 14:20 (D/N) Scorecard

England  8/303 (50 overs)	v	Australia 7/304 (49.5 overs)
Ian Bell 141 (125) Gurinder Sandhu 2/49 (10 overs)		Steve Smith 102* (95) Moeen Ali 2/50 (10 overs)

Australia won by 3 wickets Bellerive Oval, Hobart Umpires: Marais Erasmus (SA) and Simon Fry (Aus) Player of the match: Steve Smith (Aus)

• Australia won the toss and elected to field.
• Ian Bell became England's leading run scorer in ODI cricket.^[7]
• Australia qualified for the final as a result of this match.

5th match

26 January 2015 14:20 (D/N) Scorecard

India  2/69 (16 overs)	v	Australia
Ajinkya Rahane 28* (50) Mitchell Starc 1/11 (4 overs)

No result Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney Umpires: Marais Erasmus (SA) and Paul Wilson (Aus)

• Australia won the toss and elected to field.
• 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.

6th match

30 January 2015 11:20 Scorecard

India  200 (48.1 overs)	v	England 7/201 (46.5 overs)
Ajinkya Rahane 73 (101) Steven Finn 3/36 (10 overs)		James Taylor 82 (122) Stuart Binny 3/33 (8 overs)

England won by 3 wickets WACA Ground, Perth Umpires: Marais Erasmus (SA) and John Ward (Aus) Player of the match: James Taylor (Eng)

• England won the toss and elected to field.
• England qualified for the final as a result of this match.

Final

1 February 2015 11:20 Scorecard

Australia  8/278 (50 overs)	v	England 166 (39.1 overs)
Glenn Maxwell 95 (98) Stuart Broad 3/55 (10 overs)		Ravi Bopara 33 (59) Glenn Maxwell 4/46 (9 overs)

Australia won by 112 runs WACA Ground, Perth Umpires: Marais Erasmus (SA) and Simon Fry (Aus) Player of the match: Glenn Maxwell (Aus)

• England won the toss and elected to field.