USA captain Steve Massiah believes his side will have completed plenty of preparation ahead of the start of Pepsi ICC WCL Div. 3 in Hong Kong on 22 January. The 31-year-old believes that his team's early arrival to Hong Kong will be key to their success in the tournament.

'We've just concluded our National Championships and a team camp and will be heading out to Hong Kong on 15 January for a couple of practice games and training sessions. I think this will give us plenty of time before our first game on 22 January to prepare ourselves for the conditions in Hong Kong.

'It's tough for us to get together ahead of the tournament with people spread from East to West but we've all go training schedules to stick to and we will all definitely have the fitness levels needed ahead of the tournament,' said Massiah.

There are four new additions to the USA side heading to Hong Kong including Ryan Corns and Durale Forrest. Massiah believes the four new members of the squad all have something to offer.

'Forrest, Corns and Ritesh Kadu are all young exciting prospects for us. Forrest is a former West Indies under-15 player, Corns has represented the USA at U19 level while Kadu has been a consistent performer in his local league in Southern California. Asif Khan is also a positive addition for us as we've been in need of a left-arm spinner and Asif provides us that along with bringing the experience he's had as a former first class cricketer in Pakistan.

'All four of the guys have settled well into the side and I make it my responsibility as captain to make sure they're happy and well looked after by everyone in the side. We're a diverse group of guys but I like to think we've got good camaraderie in the team,' added the top-order batsman.

The team have limited knowledge of the sides they'll be facing but that doesn't seem to worry Massiah who is the only member of the USA side to still be playing from the time the country was in Division 1 of the tournament.

'We don't feel pressure coming into this tournament, despite being the winners of Division 4 in Italy. We have to take each game as it comes at this event. We don't know all the teams particularly well apart from Italy who we played in August.

'I personally have played Oman, Denmark and PNG before but that was over ten years ago now so I'm sure the sides have changed. We'll be sure to do our research so that we can get on and execute our game on the day,' he concluded.