Anrich Nortje, right-arm fast, comes into the attack

Mayers to Fakhar Zaman, 1 run, played towards mid-off by Fakhar Zaman for a quick single

Mayers to Fakhar Zaman, no run,

Mayers to Fakhar Zaman, FOUR, edged away! On a length and outside off, Fakhar Zaman goes for a drive away from his body, gets an outside edge towards the third man fence where there was no fielder placed

Mayers to Fakhar Zaman, no run, pitched up by the bowler outside off, hint of swing as Fakhar Zaman drives it to the fielder at cover

Mayers to Teddy Bishop, 1 run, to cover

Mayers to Teddy Bishop, no run, short and quick outside off, Teddy Bishop walks out of his crease, looks to punch it on the rise, connects thin air

Teddy Bishop and Fakhar Zaman are at the crease. Teddy Bishop is on strike. Mayers will open the attack

The players are out in the middle and we are ready for live action.

Pitch and ground dimensions: 61m and 64m square boundaries, 74m down the ground. The wicket is rock hard with some cracks on it. 133 was the average total during the T20 World Cup. Batting is going to be tricky on this surface, reckons Danny Morrison.

Teams:

Antigua and Barbuda Falcons (Playing XI): Fakhar Zaman, Teddy Bishop, Kofi James, Sam Billings(w), Jewel Andrew, Imad Wasim, Fabian Allen, Chris Green(c), Roshon Primus, Shamar Springer, Mohammad Amir

St Kitts and Nevis Patriots (Playing XI): Andre Fletcher(w/c), Kyle Mayers, Rilee Rossouw, Evin Lewis, Tristan Stubbs, Dominic Drakes, Odean Smith, Ryan John, Anrich Nortje, Tabraiz Shamsi, Ashmead Nedd

Green:

Fletcher: We are going to bowl first. It's a new wicket, hopefully we can restrict them after assessing the wicket. We had a campaign in St Kitts, you need to enjoy each other's success. We don't have control over the result, but we have control on what we can do as a team. Need to start well and take it from there. We have six debutants. Hopefully we can showcase some good skills.

St Kitts and Nevis Patriots have won the toss and have opted to field

19:01 Local Time, 23:01 GMT, 04:31 IST:

18:51 Local Time, 22:51 GMT, 04:21 IST:

18:00 Local Time, 22:00 GMT, 03:30 IST: Hello and welcome to our live coverage of the first game of CPL 2024 folks! Antigua and Barbuda Falcons will lock horns with St Kitts and Nevis Patriots in the opening encounter at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in Antigua today. Both these teams have some quality players in their respective teams, so let’s hope we have a cracking contest with so many excellent players in action. St Kitts and Nevis Patriots managed to win only a single game last season, will they be able to turn things around this season? Only time has all the answers. For now, stay around for the toss and teams..

Squads: