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By Mark Mitchener
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Play is due to start at 1800 BST (TMS coverage starts at 1745)
1741: Here are the full teams:
New Zealand: Brendon McCullum, Jesse Ryder, Martin Guptill, Ross Taylor, Scott Styris, Gareth Hopkins (wk), Jacob Oram, Daniel Vettori (capt), Nathan McCullum, Shane Bond, Tim Southee.
Sri Lanka: Tillakaratne Dilshan, Mahela Jayawardene, Kumar Sangakkara (capt & wk), Sanath Jayasuriya, Chamara Kapugedera, Angelo Mathews, Dinesh Chandimal, Lasith Malinga, Muttiah Muralitharan, Ajantha Mendia, Chanaka Wekegedara.
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1733: Toss news - Sri Lanka have won the toss and will bat first. Captain Kumar Sangakkara reveals that his predecessor Mahela Jayawardene will open the innings. Kiwi skipper Daniel Vettori admits he'd also have batted - the Black Caps have a fully-fit squad and have left out experienced seamer Kyle Mills.
1730: Afternoon, everyone. It's three years and two days since
Australia beat Sri Lanka in a crazy finish to a Caribbean World Cup
which had veered from tragedy to farce at times. Once again, the West Indies hosts a showpiece International Cricket Council tournament - with a few lessons hopefully learned from last time.
But the world of cricket has turned on its head since then, with Twenty20 very much in vogue - so 313 days after
Pakistan won the last ICC World Twenty20 at Lord's...
welcome to another ICC World Twenty20, 2010-style.
The ICC's slogan for this tournament is "Bring It!" - and we've got a live text double-header in store for you each day, with two games from Guyana first up. Sri Lanka and New Zealand get the ball rolling at 1800 BST, before Ireland hope to cause an upset against their West Indian hosts at 2200 BST.
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