2011–12 Commonwealth Bank Series
| 2011–12 Commonwealth Bank Series | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | 5 February 2012 – 8 March 2012 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location |
 Australia
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| Result |
Winner – Australia (beat  Sri Lanka 2–1 in the finals) |
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| Player of the series |
Tillakaratne Dilshan ( Sri Lanka) |
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| Teams | |||
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Australia
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 India
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Sri Lanka
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| Captains | |||
| Michael Clarke | Mahendra Singh Dhoni | Mahela Jayawardene | |
| Most runs | |||
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Warner 458 D Hussey 420 Clarke 331 |
Kohli 373 Gambhir 308 Dhoni 205 |
Dilshan 505 Chandimal 414 Sangakkara 401 |
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| Most wickets | |||
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Christian 13 McKay 10 Hilfenhaus 9 |
V Kumar 9 Ashwin 7 Pathan 6 |
Malinga 18 Kulasekara 10 Perera 9 |
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The 2011–12 edition of the Commonwealth Bank Series was a One Day International cricket tournament which was held in Australia. It was a tri-nation series between Australia, India, and Sri Lanka. This was the first time Australia had hosted a tri-series since 2007–08.
The series was played without the players having access to the Umpire Decision Review System (DRS). At the time, the DRS could be used in any series at the agreement of all participating cricket boards, but the Board of Control for Cricket in India opposed its use in this series. Umpires could still initiate reviews to the third umpire for run out, stumping and no ball decisions.
Points System:
In the event of teams finishing on equal points, the right to play in the final match or series was determined as follows:
In a match declared as no result, run rate is not applicable.
India won the toss and elected to field in windy conditions, and with rain forecast to interrupt the Australian innings. The rain came after 11 overs, with Australia struggling at 35–2, with Vinay Kumar dismissing both Warner (6) and Ponting (2) for single figures, and keeping the run rate tight. The rain delay reduced the match to 32 overs per side. Following the rain, Australia accelerated, and added 181 runs in 21 overs, Matthew Wade (67) making a half-century on debut, and Michael and David Hussey (45 off 32 balls and 61 off 30 balls respectively) contributing with aggressive middle order batting, to take the total to 5/216. After applying the Duckworth-Lewis method, there was no change to the target, with India to chase 217 to win.
India lost Tendulkar (2) and Gambhir (5) inside the first four overs, with Mitchell Starc (2/33) taking both wickets. Virat Kohli (31) and Rohit Sharma (21) added 51 for the third wicket, before Clint McKay (4/20) dismissed both in the 12th over, reducing India to 4/65. Wickets fell regularly, and India could not keep up with the required run rate. Eventually, India was dismissed for 151 in the 30th over. Australia won by 65 runs and claimed a bonus point; Matthew Wade was man of the match.
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