SYDNEY — Rain and a wet outfield brought a premature end to the fourth One-Day International between Australia and Sri Lanka Sunday but not before the host's batting frailties had been exposed again. Bowled out for 74 runs inside 27 overs in Friday's match at Brisbane, Australia wobbled again before reaching 222-9 at the Sydney Cricket Ground. Mitchell Starc hit a career-best 52 not out off 37 balls from number nine as Australia had to rally from 130-6 and Sri Lanka was 14 for no wicket from 3.2 overs before rain forced the umpires to take the players off. The match was abandoned two hours later because of a wet outfield, leaving the home side unable to win the five-match series. Sri Lanka heads to Hobart for Wednesday's final match with a 2-1 lead. “We have to take the umpires' judgment,” Australia captain Michael Clarke said. Sri Lanka might even have clinched the series Sunday had it not been for opener David Warner, who top-scored with 60 to take Australia through some early wobbles. Nuwan Kulasekara was the pick of the bowlers with 3-30 off his 10 overs. Clarke said his team needed to figure out how to combat the seamer, who was also man-of-the-match in Brisbane. Miller replaces de Villiers Left-handed batsman David Miller has been named in the South African one-day squad for the second and third games of their series against New Zealand following the suspension of captain AB de Villiers. De Villiers was suspended for two games by ICC match referee David Boon for maintaining a slow over-rate during the first match which New Zealand won by one wicket. Miller, 23, has won 16 one-day caps since making his debut in 2010. Twenty20 captain Faf du Plessis will captain the team after vice captain Hashim Amla asked not to be considered for the captaincy in order to concentrate on his batting. — Agencies
