Third one day : India va Australia at Margao on 24.10.10 : Match abandoned without a ball being bowled.

This game was abandoned without a ball being bowled providing the 76^th such occasion in the history of one day internationals.

This game provides the eighth occasion of an abandoned game in India. The eight occasions are – vs New Zealand at Jammu on 19.12.88: vs New Zealand at Margao on 21.11.95: vs Australia at Cuttack on 27.10.96: vs South Africa at Chennai on 22.11.05: vs England at Guwahathi on 09.04.06: vs Australia at Mum-DYP on 11.11.09: vs Australia at Kochi on 17.10.10 and vs Australia at Margao on 24.10.10

India is second in the list of countries with most abandoned games. Sri Lanka leads the list with 12 abandoned games.

Countrywise break up of 76 abandoned games read thus – Australia {03} : Bangladesh {02} : Canada {03}: England {05}: India {08}: Ireland {02} : Kenya {04} : Netherlands {03} : New Zealand {05} : Pakistan {06} : Scotland {05}: South Africa {06} : Sri Lanka {12} : West Indies {06} and Zimbabwe {05}.

Margao is the only ground in India to witness two abandoned games – vs New Zealand on 21.11.95 and vs Australia on 24.10.10.

Other grounds to witness two or more abandoned games are – Amstelveen {03} : Auckland {02} : Bulawayo {03} : Col-RPS {07} : Col-SSC {02} : East London {02} : Galle {03} : Glasgow {02} : Gujranwala {02} : Guyana {02} : Harare {02} : Jamaica {02} : Johannesburg {02} : Melbourne {02} : Nairobi-Gym (04} : Rawalpindi {02} and Wellington {02}

Col-RPS leads the list with seven abandoned game and closely followed by Nairobi-Gymkhana with four such games.