Aus v USA

[Tim]

This is going to be a huge blow for NZ if rain ruins the Aus/NZ match on thursday.

 

[Magrat Garlick]

There's always the reserve day...I refuse to believe they can't get 20 overs of play in two days, even though the weather is bad.

 

[kwigibo]

A bit of a 'screw you' to the admittedly very few people who shelled out the exhorbitant English admission fees. All this after Ponting going on in interviews about their job being to entertain, but I guess that doesn't trump the option to cut a day's play in the English weather short.

 

[Son Of Coco]

The U.S have rocketed to 2 for 11!

 

[Magrat Garlick]

Hehe. One American player is born in the USA - and he appears to have moved to Trinidad, too.

 

[Tim]

From a NZ perspective..im hoping the USA can hold out for at least 25 overs.

 

[Nate]

all out for 43. you heard it here first

 

[luckyeddie]

all out for 43. you heard it here first

If the Aussies had a decent bowling attack, I'd be inclined to agree with you, but at first glance Brett Lee is having a hard time of it.

 

[Magrat Garlick]

If the Aussies had a decent bowling attack, I'd be inclined to agree with you, but at first glance Brett Lee is having a hard time of it.

Three no-balls, three wides in five overs..even the West Indies'd be ashamed of that...

 

[Tim]

Massiah actually looks quite a good player...and he's only 24 so USA might have a star-player in the making.

 

[Magrat Garlick]

Massiah actually looks quite a good player...and he's only 24 so USA might have a star-player in the making.

The Windies will pick him up then, given that he's born in Guyana!

 

[Nate]

Three no-balls, three wides in five overs..even the West Indies'd be ashamed of that...

panyangara however, is shocked at brett lee`s apparent lack of extras and writes a letter to the ACB

 

[Waughney]

United States of America 32/2 (10.0 ov)
They've had a slight recovery.

 

[luckyeddie]

Three no-balls, three wides in five overs..even the West Indies'd be ashamed of that...

McGrath was extremely impressive though - and Kasprowicz has struck immediately.

A dismissal to please Samuel Vimes - fishing outside off stump

 

[Tim]

Kaspo makes the immediate impact 32/3

 

[Magrat Garlick]

Ah, finally a good bowler gets a wicket.

(well, apart from the fact that Alexander's been batting like a tail-ender... )

 

[howardj]

There should be some type of by-law that prevents mis-matches of this ilk!! I mean, how does this sort of clash do anybody any good? It's so rare to get all the top teams together, and then the administrators serve up this tripe! It's a first-rate farce!

 

[luckyeddie]

There should be some type of by-law that prevents mis-matches of this ilk!! I mean, how does this sort of clash do anybody any good? It's so rare to get all the top teams together, and then the administrators serve up this tripe! It's a first-rate farce!

You are being a little unfair. Australia aren't THAT bad.

 

[Son Of Coco]

Massiah actually looks quite a good player...and he's only 24 so USA might have a star-player in the making.

His name suggests he could well be just what cricket in the U.S needed.

 

[Son Of Coco]

If the Aussies had a decent bowling attack, I'd be inclined to agree with you, but at first glance Brett Lee is having a hard time of it.

Going at just over 4 an over is not good against the U.S! But then I guess it depends on how they got them, edges all over the place, or fluid cover drives and pulls etc (or the last option, all in extras! haha).