Marco Jansen to Nissanka, no run, Nissanka is rapped on the pad by an inswinger but it's missing leg stump. Full delivery that bends in late, beating him on the flick shot

Marco Jansen to Kusal Mendis, 1 run, fuller than a length on middle, Mendis swings across the line and whips it to long leg for a single

Jansen runs in but has to abort as Mendis backs away. Some disturbance behind the sightscreen

Marco Jansen to Kusal Mendis, no run, oh this kicks up and hits Mendis on the glove as he defends on the back foot! Back of a length on off, climbs sharply and takes Mendis by surprise. Lucky it didn't pop up in the air

Marco Jansen to Nissanka, 1 run, to mid-off

Nissanka and Kusal Mendis are at the crease. Nissanka is on strike. Marco Jansen will open the attack

All set for the first ball.

The teams have lined up for the national anthems.

Sri Lanka are batting first in New York's first ever T20I match. We've made a couple of changes considering the conditions and the line-up. Have a look at our improved team

Teams:

Sri Lanka (Playing XI): Pathum Nissanka, Kusal Mendis(w), Kamindu Mendis, Sadeera Samarawickrama, Charith Asalanka, Angelo Mathews, Dasun Shanaka, Wanindu Hasaranga(c), Maheesh Theekshana, Matheesha Pathirana, Nuwan Thushara

South Africa (Playing XI): Quinton de Kock(w), Reeza Hendricks, Aiden Markram(c), Heinrich Klaasen, David Miller, Tristan Stubbs, Marco Jansen, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje, Ottneil Baartman

Markram: We actually would've bowled. Not sure how the wicket is going to play.

Hasaranga: We're going to bat first. We can see it's a good wicket. Just want to get a good score. Our bowling attack is so strong, that's our idea. I started my cricket 1 month before. I'm ready to go. Some players came after IPL, we played two practice games. We are going with 7-4 combination, 7 batters, 4 bowlers and 2 allrounders.

Sri Lanka have won the toss and have opted to bat

These are two teams who haven't really made a mark in the T20 World Cup in the last few editions. They also have very different strong points compared to each other, with Sri Lanka most likely to rely on a quality bowling attack in contrast to South Africa boasting of some enviable firepower with the bat.

9.30am local: It hasn't taken long for the T20 World Cup to find its stride with three nicely fought games so far, the third of which went into a Super Over between Oman and Namibia a few hours ago. But now it's time for two full member nations to go head to head for the first time in this tournament. Sri Lanka take on South Africa to kick off the action in Group D today as the Nassau County International stadium gears up for its first international contest in New York. Hello and welcome to our live coverage.

Preview by Telford Vice

Sri Lankans and South Africans have fond memories of 2014. In Dubai on March 1 that year the latter's team beat Pakistan in the men's under-19 World Cup final. In Dhaka 37 days later the Lankans overcame India in the final of what was then called the men's World T20. But neither Lankan nor South African fans have had reason to celebrate, in a global sense, since.

The closest the Lankans have come to lifting their next trophy was the 2015 World Cup quarterfinals. The team who put them out of that tournament were South Africa - who lost their subsequent semifinal against New Zealand. India beat the South Africans in the semifinals of the 2014 World T20, and again in last year's ODI World Cup semifinals. Sri Lanka had also won the 1996 World Cup, but that 2014 under-19 triumph remains South Africa's sole win.

It's harsh but fair that, in ICC tournament terms, Sri Lanka and South Africa have spent the past 10 years going nowhere slowly. In that time Australia or England have won five of the six men's ODI and T20I World Cups played and West Indies the other.

Despite producing some of the most memorable players of the era, neither Sri Lanka nor South Africa have produced memorable teams of the era. Will that change at the 2024 T20 World Cup? The start of an answer to the question will be had after their clash in Nassau County on Monday.

If Saturday's warm-up match at the same venue, the inaugural game at the temporary 34,000-seater stadium, is anything to go by, batting could be tough. Some deliveries in the warm-up game between India and Bangladesh stayed low, others bounced or seamed. Only one half-century was scored and nine of the 16 bowlers used were able to get away with conceding fewer than eight runs an over. It was all, you might say, so 2014.

When: Sri Lanka vs South Africa, June 3, 2PM GMT, 10.30AM Local, 4.30PM SAST, 8PM IST

Where: Nassau County International Cricket Stadium, New York State

What to expect: Who knows? It's an almost brand new drop-in pitch that started life in Adelaide and was completed near Palm Beach in Florida before being transported to New York. A warm, dry, partly cloudy, largely windless day has been forecast.

Head to head in T20 World Cups: Sri Lanka 1-3 South Africa

Team Watch:

Sri Lanka:The tournament will be Chris Silverwood's last engagement as coach, a fact that could either galvanise or discombobulate his players.

Tactics & Matchups: Wanindu Hasaranga, Maheesh Theekshana, Matheesha Pathirana and Dilshan Madushanka give Sri Lanka an attack as varied as it is potent.

Probable XI: Pathum Nissanka, Kusal Mendis, Kamindu Mendis, Dhananjaya De Silva, Charith Asalanka, Wanindu Hasaranga (C), Angelo Mathews, Dasun Shanaka, Maheesh Theekshana, Matheesha Pathirana, Dilshan Madushanka

South Africa: Whether Anrich Nortje can be the bowler he was - and has since struggled to be - before a lumbar stress fracture that kept him off the field for 180 days from September last year to March is central to South Africa's chances.

Tactics & Matchups: How the return from the IPL of a middle order staffed by David Miller, Heinrich Klaasen and Tristan Stubbs will impact a side who were beaten 3-0 by West Indies last month will be keenly watched.

Probable XI: Quinton de Kock, Reeza Hendricks, Ryan Rickelton, Aiden Markram (C), David Miller, Heinrich Klaasen, Tristan Stubbs, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje, Tabraiz Shamsi

Did you know?

- Wanindu Hasaranga needs eight wickets to surpass Lasith Malinga and become Sri Lanka's most successful bowler in the tournament.

- South Africa have lost three of their last four opening games in the tournament. The other, against Zimbabwe in Hobart in October 2022, was washed out.

- Sri Lanka have won six of their eight opening matches, including four of their last five.

What they said:

"The numbers haven't been great for him in the last while but I'm not overly concerned. I've watched him quite closely during the IPL and we've had quite a few discussions around tactics and fields and things like that. If you get the balance of that right, then what can be big numbers can be turned into a far better return in terms of runs and wickets, etcetera." - Eric Simons, South Africa's bowling coach, on Anrich Nortje's progress going into the tournament.

Squads:

South Africa Squad: Quinton de Kock(w), Reeza Hendricks, Aiden Markram(c), Heinrich Klaasen, David Miller, Tristan Stubbs, Marco Jansen, Gerald Coetzee, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje, Ryan Rickelton, Tabraiz Shamsi, Ottneil Baartman, Bjorn Fortuin