Australia smashes USA
The world champions made easy work of dispatching the severely outclassed USA. Yesterday I predicted and Yankee Doodle Demolition and that's exactly what the Aussies dished up.With 300 balls to make as many runs as possible, the Seppoes lasted less than 150 before all their players were back in the pavilion, with only 65 runs on the board. The only player to get into double figures was Massiah. (He's not really the Massiah, he's just a naughty boy)
It was obvious that the USA players had serious flaws in their technique, which the Aussies exploited ruthlessly. 4 wickets were leg-before as the batsmen walked across their stumps and then failed to make contact with a ball traveling 20 km/h faster than they would be used to seeing.
When the Aussies came on to bat, they knew they had to score their runs in under 12 overs to push their net run rate above the Kiwi's. It was never in doubt as Hayden, Gilchrist and then Ponting smashed the USA attack to the boundary with monotonous regularity.
Only 47 of their allotted 300 balls were required to reach the 66 runs they needed for victory. At the end, we are all left echoing Ricky Ponting's thoughts. What's the point of having these minnows in the competition?
posted by Kevin Paine @ 1:16 pm
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