Have to agree with you Sportz. The World XI should be able to knock the snot out of our Aussie team at the moment. I think I need a bit of a break from racing today, and will watch the cricket instead. Here's the teams as of this morning:

Australia:
ADAM GILCHRIST
SIMON KATICH
RICKY PONTING
DAMIEN MARTYN
MICHAEL HUSSEY
MICHAEL CLARKE
SHANE WATSON
ANDREW SYMONDS
CAMERON WHITE
BRETT LEE
GLENN McGRATH
NATHAN BRACKEN
Sub: unnamed

World XI:
VIRENDER SEHWAG
KUMAR SANGAKKARA
RAHUL DRAVID
JACQUES KALLIS
BRIAN LARA
KEVIN PIETERSEN
ANDREW FLINTOFF
SHAUN POLLOCK
DANIEL VETTORI
MUTTIAH MURALITHARAN
SHOAIB AKHTAR
Sub: SHAHID AFRIDI

IASbet: Aussies 2.10 vs World 1.77
Centrebet: Aussies 2.10 vs World 1.72
STAB: Aussies 2.15 vs World 1.63

Should be interesting to see how the new 3rd umpire rule change will work out. The 3rd umpire can be called upon to review "everything," though they'll not have access to Hawk-eye. I'm a little curious if the field umpires will be honest with themselves enough to call for the 3rd umpire if they're unsure about an LBW decision. I'm looking forward to seeing how Symonds plays today given his NatWest man of the series performance a few months ago, and it will be interesting to see how Cameron White handles his first appearance in the Australian side. Like I said, I don't think the Aussies will win, but I'll be cheering them on nonetheless.

Aussie! Aussie! Aussie!

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