Good morning from the Dubai International Cricket Stadium. Peter Della Penna here where Oman and USA are warming up on the field. Both teams fighting over the wooden spoon right now at 0-4.

USA won the toss and has elected to bat first. Two changes in the XI. Japen Patel arrived yesterday as a replacement player for Gowkaran Roopnarine. In a bit of stunning news, Ryan Corns has healed rapidly and is back in the XI. Nauman Mustafa and Asif Khan are out.

USA XI: Nadkarni (captain), Taylor (wk), Mishra, Baker, Corns, Bhatti, Shuja, Hutchinson, Ghous, Patel, Rajp.

Oman XI: Mehta (captain), Ahmed (wk), Al Said, Ali, Ilyas, Kaleem, Awal Khan, Farhan Khan, Ranpura, Siddiqui, Wategaonkar.

Taylor on strike to start, facing Farhan Khan, right arm medium from the Desert End. Dot, good length ball left alone. Dot, good length ball pulled and mistimed into the ground back to the bowler. Single, good length ball, guided to third man. Nadkarni takes guard. Single, full on the legs, nudged into midwicket and Nadkarni has his first run since the Uganda match on Tuesday. Dot, full and wide, Taylor goes hard and drives it straight to backward point. Dot, good length ball outside off, Taylor waves at it and misses. USA 2/0 in 1.

 Rajeshkumar Ranpura on to bowl from the Media End, right arm medium around the stumps to Nadkarni. Single, short on the legs, flicked to deep midwicket. FOUR! Full on off stump, Taylor leans forward and cracks it high over cover for the first boundary of the day. Over the wicket now. Dot, full and defended to the off side. Single, full and pushed to mid on. Dot, good length ball left outside off. Two, full on the legs, clipped behind square. USA 9/0 in 2.

 I have the score as 10/0, the scoreboard has 9/0. Khan to Taylor. FOUR! Short and pulled hard over midwicket. Dot, full and defended. Dot, short outside off, goes to cut and misses. Scoreboard fixed now. FOUR! Full and wide, driven powerfully through point. Dot, full and defended to point. Single, short and wide, guided to third man. USA 19/0 in 3.

 Ranpura to Taylor. Dot, full and defended to cover. Dot, full and defended to cover. Leg bye, short on the pads, off the thigh to  fine leg. Dot, full on the stumps, goes to defend, inside edge to fine leg. Dot, full and defended. Dot, slower ball lands full outside off, left alone. Maiden. USA 20/4 in 4.

 Awal Khan on to bowl, right arm medium to Taylor with the keeper up to the stumps. Dot, full and defended to point. OUT! Short ball on the stumps, Taylor goes to pull and gets more of a top edge than the middle of the bat. A man is out at deep midwicket for the shot, Zeeshan Siddiqi and he takes a catch falling forward. Taylor out for 15, USA 20/1 in 4.2 overs. Aditya Mishra the new man in off strike. Dot, good length ball left outside off. Dot, good length ball on the legs, clipped to fine leg. Dot, good length ball defended. Single, full and pushed to point. USA 21/1 in 5.

 Ranpura to Nadkarni. Single. Mishra on strike for the first time. Single, full and guided behind square. FOUR! Full and wide, sliced behind point and it races away, third man on the rope can't circle around to cut it off. Two, full outside off, nudged to point, the fielder charging in overruns the ball and they come back for a second. Dot, good length ball left outside off. USA 29/1 in 6.

 Awal Khan to Mishra. Single, short on the legs, flicked off the hip to deep square leg. Oman with three men outside the circle after the power play has finished. Third man, square leg and deep midwicket. Now mid off pushed back halfway to the rope and cover put into a sweeper slot. Dot, good length ball outside off, beats the outside edge. Dot, full and defended. Dot, full outside off, Nadkarni goes to slog over mid on with the fielder in the circle and misses. Now mid on pushed back and fine leg brought into the ring. Dot, good length ball on the stumps, tried to nudge it to point but the keeper races out to stop Nadkarni from getting a run. Single, full outside off, guided behind point. USA 31/1 in 7. Not a good start against an 0-4 team.

 Syed Kaleem on to bowl left arm spin, facing Nadkarni. Two, full outside off, thick edge to point, the fielder goes for the non-striker's end and misses, they take an overthrow for the second. Two, full outside off, guided between point and short third man. Dot, good length ball guided to backward point. Single, full outside off, slogged to long on. Around the wicket now to Mishra. Dot, full on the stumps, goes to drive and inside edges it into his pads. Single, uses his feet to a full delivery and drives to long on. USA 37/1 in 8.

Peter,can you please find out why Andy is not in the line up. Is he injured ? he played one game batted at # 6 scored 18 from 18 . I think the so called coach Robin Singh do not know Andy ability as a upper order batsman. 4 games 4 different # 3 batsmen. What a shame..I am wondering if this is getting to be a bias management over there..Clearly shows Andy is treated unjust..Can you please get some information ?

 Awal Khan to Mishra. Dot, good length ball outside off, goes to run it to third man and misses. Dot, full outside off, driven to backward point. Dot, good length outside off, Mishra picks out the point fielder again. USA doing a wretched job of turning over the strike all tournament and it's happening again today. Leg bye, full on the pads, tried to flick it and misses, the ball goes off the pads to short fine leg. Two, full outside off, nudged to point, the fielder charging in overruns the ball again and they come back for the second. Nadkarni getting a warning for running down the pitch. SIX! Full on the stumps, Nadkarni heaves it over midwicket to break the shackles. USA's first 6 today. USA 46/1 in 9.

 They couldn't find the ball in the seats in this empty stadium so they've gotten a new ball brought out. Kaleem to Mishra. Single, full on the legs, Mishra charges for a big hit but mistimes it to square leg and the keeper tracks it down. Dot, good length ball sliced to short third man. FOUR! Full on the stumps, Nadkarni takes two steps down and thumps it hard and flat past the bowler, long on had no chance. SIX! Full outside off, drilled flat and hard, didn't get very high off the ground, Siddiqi on the boundary at long off looked like he had a chance for a minute but it cleared him by a few yards. Around the wicket now to Nadkarni. Dead ball as Mishra was walking out of the crease early and Kaleem threatened to Mankad him. That's just about the only bad thing that hasn't happened yet on this tour to USA. Dot, full on the stumps, Nadkarni shuffles down the track for a slog and misses off his pads. Single, full and driven to midwicket in the ring. USA 58/1 in 10.

 Syed Ali on to bowl off spin around the stumps to Nadkarni. Dot, full and defended to the bowler. Ali stops again as Mishra looked to get a head start. Single, full and driven to long of. Nadkarni is wearing a hat now, helmet taken off. Single, full and driven to long off. Dot, good length ball pushed to cover. Single, full and dragged to square leg. Two, full on the legs, clipped to square leg, misfield allows the second. Oman has been sloppy all innings. USA 63/1 in 11.

 Mishra now has a hat brought on for him. Hemal Mehta, the captain on to bowl, left arm spin around the wicket to Nadkarni. FOUR! Full and wide, cut behind point and the sweeper has no chance. Dot, full, Nadkarni checks his slog. Dot, full and driven to midwicket in the ring. Single, full and driven hard to long on. Single, full and pushed to the on side, Nadkarni was coming for two and Mishra called him off late. The keeper ran out from behind the stumps to field and threw to the man covering the stumps who couldn't field cleanly or else Nadkarni was gone. OUT! Run out! Well it happened next ball anyway. Nadkarni pushed it to midwicket and took him on, Mishra was slightly late taking off. The fielder Kaleem fired a direct hit at the keeper's end with Mishra a yard short. USA 69/2 in 12. Mishra gone for 8.