Rain thwarts England bid for 5-0 whitewash against Indian eves

HOVE: Inclement weather spared MithaliRaj and her teammates a 5-0 whitewash as the fifth and final One-dayer betweenIndia and England was washed out after just 15 minutes of action.Having lost four matches on the trot, the spectre of a whitewashloomed large over the lacklustre Indians who cut a sorry figure in the seriesbefore reaching for the day-night match. Only four overs werepossible on Tuesday with rain first delaying the start by three and a half hoursand reducing the match to a 32-overs-a-side affair. Put into bat,India were seven without loss when heavens opened up again and the players leftthe field for the last time. Katherine Brunt was named player of theseries, having taken six wickets at just over 11 apiece and boasting an economyrate of fewer than two an over.