Toss South Africa chose to bowl vs Sri Lanka

South Africa have won the toss and chosen to bowl in the opening match of the Women's T20 World Cup, against Sri Lanka, in Cape Town.

Play was set to begin in gloriously sunny and hot conditions as a marching band, dancers and fireworks heralded the start of the tournament before a healthy crowd at Newlands.

South Africa split their two official warm-up games, defeating Pakistan comfortably but losing to England, while Sri Lanka played two close ones, beating Ireland by two runs and losing to West Indies by four wickets with two balls remaining.

South Africa: 1 Laura Wolvaardt, 2 Tazmin Brits, 3 Marizanne Kapp, 4 Sune Luus (capt), 5 Chloe Tryon, 6 Anneke Bosch, 7 Nadine de Klerk, 8 Sinalo Jafta (wk), 9 Shabnim Ismail, 10 Ayabonga Khaka, 11 Nonkululeko Mlaba

Sri Lanka: 1 Harshitha Samarawickrama, 2 Chamari Athapaththu (capt), 3 Vishmi Gunaratne, 4 Anushka Sanjeewani (wk), 5 Nilakshi Silva, 6 Kaveesha Dilhari, 7 Oshadhi Ranasinghe, 8 Ama Kanchana, 9 Sugandika Kumari, 10 Inoka Ranaweera, 11 Anchini Kulasooriya