Ireland's squad is by no means weaker than USA's but the particular issue is that US's pitch is mainly spinner-friendly, so no good team can score good runs on these pitches in this World Cup. Although USA has done well in every match so far it is only natural that they will play well in their own venue. So in today's match I am giving both teams a fifty-fifty chance. If Island can perform well with their best then they can win the match and if they win the match it will basically give a lot of advantage to Pakistan. However, to qualify for the Super Eight from the USA group stage, there is no option to win today's match, that is, a win is a must, otherwise the chances of Pakistan qualifying in NRR's calculation will increase a lot.
There are chances that we will see no match today because the rain has been happening and when they will come after the rain the team who bowls first has to face some difficulties because of pitch conditions and it is the last chance for the Pakistan team to qualify for the super 8s but don’t think so it will happen and also New Zealand, England and Sri Lanka too has been out from the World Cup but only the Pakistan team can come in the super 8s still otherwise no chance for them. Now we have to wait for the next inspection which is around after 40 minutes from now.
The next inspection will take place at 11.30, in about 50 minutes By then, it may be raining anyway.
10.40am: The skies have darkened significantly in the past few minutes. The outfield still looks like it's quite wet, but we await an official verdict from the inspection
The news from Espn Cricinfo does not look great for cricket and we may see a no match. The USA will want the rain stay and they qualify for the Super 8s.