Joe Root will open the bowling for Yorkshire, with offspin on a green pitch. Bhanuka Rajapaksa and Dilshan Munaweera are Uva's openers. Munaweera opened in a few games for Sri Lanka at the World Twenty20.

1.15 pm Not too long to go until the start of the game now - 15 minutes. Meanwhile, Kevin Pietersen has said this on Twitter: "So good to have a bat back in my hands this am.. Time to KLAP IT!! #CLT20." He's in South Africa as well, with Delhi Daredevils. KP spent the WT20 in the television studio.

1.00 pm The pitch has a green tinge to it, it's also an overcast day, should be good for bowling quick. I'd love to say there are at least 100 people at Wanderers for the start of the game, but there isn't. The ground is empty.

Andrew Gale has won the toss and Yorkshire will bowl. Thilina Kandamby says Uva Next would have liked to bowl as well. Uva Next can play with four foreigners in their XI.

Rama: "How does it matter for the number of people watching on the ground as long as people worldwide are glued to cricinfo."

Stevo: "Imagine the good that prize money would do if it went to Yorkshire, Hampshire or one of the other smaller franchises. Pity it'll probably go to one of the IPL teams. Come on any team not from India!!"

Kapil: "Come on guys.. you cannot expect Saffas to rush out and support 2 teams which they have no info about... believe the crowds will improve once the tournament starts and you see better known teams."

12.50 pm It was raining in Johannesburg earlier and the square was covered, but it isn't raining at the moment. So why does the Champions League matter? Apart from the honour of winning an international tournament, the winner takes home $2 million. You read that right.

Here's the preview for today's game, it's between a club that was formed in 1863 and a team that was born in 2012.

Firdose Moonda is our reporter at the Champions League T20 and she says that Uva Next promise to improve the record of Sri Lankan sides in the tournament. This could be the last time English counties appear in the CLT20, and the counties are keen to make an impression.

12.45 pm Good day, one Twenty20 tournament ends and another begins. Less than 48 hours after West Indies became World Twenty20 champions in Colombo, the Champions League T20 kicks off in South Africa. It begins with a three-day qualifying stage to determine the two domestic teams that will join the eight from India, Australia and South Africa in the main draw.

Uva Next, the Sri Lanka Premier League Champions, are playing Yorkshire, who were runners-up in England's Friends Life t20 at Wanderers in Johannesburg. If you're wondering who plays for Uva Next, they have Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Fawad Alam, Umar Gul, Jacob Oram and Andrew McDonald. Among some of the familiar Sri Lankans are - Dilshan Munaweera, Dilhara Fernando and Thilina Kandamby, the captain.

Yorkshire have the South African batsman David Miller in their line-up, as well as former Australia opener Phil Jaques.

0.1

Root to Munaweera, no run, flat and straight, played off the pads to midwicket

0.2

Root to Munaweera, 1 run, Munaweera goes deep into his crease and works the ball past midwicket

0.3

Root to Rajapaksa, FOUR, Rajapaksa steps out of his crease, makes room and drives the ball sweetly through cover

0.4

Root to Rajapaksa, no run

0.5

Root to Rajapaksa, no run, hit on the pads with the straight ball from round the wicket but that was missing leg stump

0.6

Root to Rajapaksa, 1 wide, Rajapaksa comes down the pitch and the bowler bowls it wide down leg side

0.6

Root to Rajapaksa, no run, defended on the leg side

Neil: "Why would you open with spin on this wicket?" That's a good question. Here's Sidebottom, from over the wicket.

1.1

Sidebottom to Munaweera, 1 wide, his first ball is a poor one, down leg side

1.1

Sidebottom to Munaweera, no run, Munaweera chases after a ball that pitches on a good length and slants across him, not much footwork and he is beaten

1.2

Sidebottom to Munaweera, no run, short of a length and the ball bounces quite high, it's down leg side but the umpire hasn't called it

1.3

Sidebottom to Munaweera, 1 wide, another ball down leg side, Sidebottom's line has been poor so far

1.3

Sidebottom to Munaweera, no run, short ball and Munaweera attempts the pull and is beaten, there was a noise as the ball went past to the wicketkeeper and Yorkshire appealed but Asad Rauf said not out

1.4

Sidebottom to Munaweera, no run, Munaweera charges down the pitch and backs away, trying to flay the ball through cover, he misses

1.5

Sidebottom to Munaweera, FOUR, short and wide outside off, Munaweera stays on the back foot and cuts hard, finding the backward point boundary

Dexter: "@Neil: So that spin bowler's bowled away before even batsman get settled."

1.6

Sidebottom to Munaweera, FOUR, shot! Munaweera steps down the pitch and towards leg to make room, the length is short and there's width to free his arms, Munaweera slaps it through point

Steven Patterson from over the wicket.

2.1

Patterson to Rajapaksa, no run, a short of a length delivery hits the left-hander's bat rather high as he tries to defend from his crease

2.2

Patterson to Rajapaksa, 1 run, the line is a bit too straight and Rajapaksa works the ball off his hips through square leg

2.3

Patterson to Munaweera, SIX, he's carved it over the point boundary! Munaweera came out of his crease and slashed hard at a short and wide delivery, sending it flat over the boundary for the game's first six

2.4

Patterson to Munaweera, no run, defended on the back foot towards cover

2.5

Patterson to Munaweera, no run, he steps out and moves outside leg again to hit through the off side, Patterson follows the right-hander and cramps him a little, Munaweera hits the ball to point

2.6

Patterson to Munaweera, no run, good length on off stump, defended towards point

Khwaja: "Is Chris 'gangnam' Gayle representing any of these CL T20 teams? If not, then what a pity for the cricket fans worldwide!" No he isn't, he was part of Uva's original team but didn't play for them in the SLPL because of an injury I think.

3.1

Sidebottom to Rajapaksa, 1 run, punched off the front foot towards mid off for a quick single

3.2

Sidebottom to Munaweera, no run, full length on leg and middle, driven from the crease to midwicket

3.3

Sidebottom to Munaweera, FOUR, rubbish ball, short and down leg side, Munaweera pulls and gets some glove on the ball, sending it racing to the fine leg boundary

3.4

Sidebottom to Munaweera, 1 run, jumps back and across to nudge the short of a length delivery off his hips towards short fine leg

3.5

Sidebottom to Rajapaksa, 1 run, good length angling into off stump, played with a closed face towards midwicket

3.6

Sidebottom to Munaweera, 1 wide, another leg-side wide, Sidebottom's left his radar in his hotel room

3.6

Sidebottom to Munaweera, 1 run, Munaweera makes room and cuts a short of a length ball high over backward point, it falls short of Adil Rashid, who has to run towards it from third man

4.1

Patterson to Munaweera, no run, pushed off the back foot towards point

4.2

Patterson to Munaweera, 1 run, Patterson follows the right-hander as he backs away towards leg and cramps the batsman for room, Munaweera manages to play the ball behind point

4.3

Patterson to Rajapaksa, 2 runs, length ball on middle and off, Rajapaksa moves forward and hits the ball on the up over mid-on, didn't time it well

4.4

Patterson to Rajapaksa, 1 wide, Patterson also bowls a leg-side wide, was quite close to the thigh pad but Marias Erasmus called it

4.4

Patterson to Rajapaksa, FOUR, short ball and Rajapaksa swivels and pulls to the square leg boundary, Joe Root can't cut it off

4.5

Patterson to Rajapaksa, no run, played towards point after making room by moving towards leg

Shantosh: "isn't Gayle a part of RCB? or have you stopped counting IPL teams?" But RCB isn't in the Champions League.

4.6

Patterson to Rajapaksa, 1 run, the left-hander closes the face too early and gets a leading edge that flies over point

Moin Ashraf, a 20-year old who debuted this summer, to bowl medium pace from over the wicket.

5.1

Ashraf to Rajapaksa, 1 leg bye, worked off the pads behind square for a single

5.2

Ashraf to Munaweera, OUT, superb catch at point, Miller's dived to his right and caught the ball low off the ground. The umpires are checking whether Ashraf had overstepped, he was very close to doing so but the umpires say he's fine. Munaweera came out of his crease, made room and slapped the ball towards point, Miller was in the way

EMDY Munaweera c Miller b Ashraf 22 (25m 19b 3x4 1x6) SR: 115.78

Chanderpaul is the new batsman ...

5.3

Ashraf to Chanderpaul, no run, he gets hit on the pad but that was missing leg stump

5.4

Ashraf to Chanderpaul, no run, full ball with width outside off, Chanderpaul drives to short cover

5.5

Ashraf to Chanderpaul, 1 run, full and straight, Chanders moves across his stumps and flicks through midwicket

5.6

Ashraf to Rajapaksa, 1 wide, what's with these leg side wides today? Ashraf joins the club

5.6

Ashraf to Rajapaksa, 1 run, length ball on the pads, whipped in the air through square leg for a single

Azeem Rafiq to bowl offspin from round the wicket ...

6.1

Azeem Rafiq to Rajapaksa, no run, defended on the leg side

6.2

Azeem Rafiq to Rajapaksa, no run, charges the bowler to hit through the off side but mis-times it back to Rafiq

6.3

Azeem Rafiq to Rajapaksa, 1 run, Rajapaksa charges again and drives the ball through cover point

6.4

Azeem Rafiq to Chanderpaul, 1 run, Chanderpaul leans forward and across and chips the ball through midwicket, no one in the circle in front of square on the leg side

6.5

Azeem Rafiq to Rajapaksa, no run, a loud shout for lbw but the umpire says not out! That's very close as the bowler went round the wicket and angled the ball into the left-hander, Rajapaksa is a bit lucky I think. He was on the back foot and had moved a little across his stumps

6.6

Azeem Rafiq to Rajapaksa, 2 runs, lofted inside out towards wide long-off where Gary Ballance runs to his right and taps the ball to prevent it from bouncing over the boundary

Adil Rashid to bowl legspin, from over the wicket ...

7.1

Rashid to Chanderpaul, 1 run, flat and straight, played off the pads towards square leg

7.2

Rashid to Rajapaksa, SIX, short ball, a real long hop and Rajapaksa feasts on it, rocking back and pulling the ball high over the midwicket boundary. He's hit the ball out of shape and they are changing it

7.3

Rashid to Rajapaksa, OUT, bowled him! What a reply from Rashid, just hammered for six, he comes right back and hits leg stump. The ball was flat and straight, Rajapaksa made room and tried to whack it through the off side but missed

PBB Rajapaksa b Rashid 24 (37m 21b 2x4 1x6) SR: 114.28

Andrew McDonald is the new batsman ...

7.4

Rashid to McDonald, 1 run, goes back and worked off the back foot through square

7.5

Rashid to Chanderpaul, 1 run, Chanders moves forward and nudges the ball behind square

7.6

Rashid to McDonald, 1 run, driven through cover for another single

8.1

Azeem Rafiq to McDonald, 1 run, driven through the off side for a single

8.2

Azeem Rafiq to Chanderpaul, 1 run, Chanderpaul goes inside out and drives the ball in the air against the angle into him towards long off

8.3

Azeem Rafiq to McDonald, 1 run, worked off the pads through midwicket

8.4

Azeem Rafiq to Chanderpaul, no run, Chanderpaul moves across and tries to whip through square leg but misses

8.5

Azeem Rafiq to Chanderpaul, 2 runs, driven on the front foot towards deep cover, McDonald had to hurry back for the second and has he made it before the stumps were broken? Well home

Sokhi: "It's a real unfair advantage that Yorkshire cannot field 4 foreign players like other teams."

8.6

Azeem Rafiq to Chanderpaul, 1 run, Chanderpaul moves forward and takes the ball on the full, driving through midwicket

9.1

Rashid to Chanderpaul, no run, defended back to the bowler

9.2

Rashid to Chanderpaul, FOUR, short ball and Chanderpaul opens the face late and uses the pace to steer the ball past Patterson at short third man, Patterson chases and reaches the ball before kicking it over the boundary

9.3

Rashid to Chanderpaul, 1 wide, slips down leg side and the keeper breaks the stumps quite late and appeals, Chanders was safe and that's the seventh wide of the innings

9.3

Rashid to Chanderpaul, 1 run, cut off the back foot through point

9.4

Rashid to McDonald, 1 run, flicked off the pads behind square

9.5

Rashid to Chanderpaul, 1 run, Chanderpaul moves forward and drives towards long off

9.6

Rashid to McDonald, no run, pushed off the front foot back to the bowler

10.1

Azeem Rafiq to Chanderpaul, 1 run, Chanderpaul moves down the pitch and chips the ball towards long off

10.2

Azeem Rafiq to McDonald, SIX, McDonald moves forward and lofts the ball over the long-on boundary, the ball really carries on this ground, lots of value for shots

10.3

Azeem Rafiq to McDonald, no run, quicker flatter ball, McDonald defends on the leg side

10.4

Azeem Rafiq to McDonald, 1 run, short ball and McDonald works the ball off his pads past the fielder at short fine leg

10.5

Azeem Rafiq to Chanderpaul, 1 run, Chanderpaul steps out of his crease and nudges the ball in front of square

10.6

Azeem Rafiq to McDonald, no run, the quick, straight ball, McDonald tries to drive but is beaten

Ammar: "@Sokhi Sialkot Stallions have ZERO foreign players in their Squad. Now thats a real unfair advantage."

11.1

Ashraf to Chanderpaul, 1 run, length ball from Ashraf from over the wicket, Chanders drives through cover

11.2

Ashraf to McDonald, FOUR, too full and on leg stump, poor line with fine leg in the circle, McDonald flicks past that fielder and collects an easy boundary

11.3

Ashraf to McDonald, no run, good length on middle stump, played to short midwicket

11.4

Ashraf to McDonald, 1 run, how did long on not reach that catch? It was in the air for ages! McDonald tried to clear the boundary but skied it, Root came running in from the deep but couldn't get to the ball in time

11.5

Ashraf to Chanderpaul, 1 run, driven to long on along the ground

11.6

Ashraf to McDonald, no run, in the blockhole outside off stump, McDonald gets beaten

12.1

Azeem Rafiq to Chanderpaul, FOUR, Chanderpaul moves a long way across his stumps and sweeps, he gets a bit of bat on it and manages to play the ball to the fine leg boundary

12.2

Azeem Rafiq to Chanderpaul, 1 run, steps out of his crease to reach the offbreak on the full and drives through cover

12.3

Azeem Rafiq to McDonald, no run, pushed back to the bowler

Zaeb: "T&T do not boast of any foreign players.. moreover they have donated 3 of their players to other CL teams."

12.4

Azeem Rafiq to McDonald, OUT, caught at long on! McDonald tried to clear the boundary once again but didn't time his shot well, Ballance came in from the boundary and took the catch

AB McDonald c Ballance b Azeem Rafiq 17 (19m 16b 1x4 1x6) SR: 106.25

Thilina Kandamby is the new batsman.

12.5

Azeem Rafiq to Kandamby, no run, bowled into the blockhole from round the wicket, Kandamby drives towards extra cover and Rafiq moves quickly to his right to field

12.6

Azeem Rafiq to Kandamby, 1 run, driven through midwicket for a single, that's the end of Rafiq's spell

Vinay: "And T&T got paid for that... A huge sum!"

Patterson from over the wicket ...

13.1

Patterson to Kandamby, no run, played off the back foot on the off side

13.2

Patterson to Kandamby, no run, short of a length on leg and middle, Kandamby nudges towards the leg side

13.3

Patterson to Kandamby, 1 run, a hard return chance has been dropped. Kandamby drove a full ball back towards Patterson's left, he got a hand to it but couldn't hold on

13.4

Patterson to Chanderpaul, FOUR, Chanderpaul moves towards the off side and pulls a short ball over short fine leg for a boundary

13.5

Patterson to Chanderpaul, no run, Chanderpaul steps out of his crease this time and defends a short of a length delivery

13.6

Patterson to Chanderpaul, OUT, caught behind! Chanderpaul came out of his crease and then tried to cut a short of a length delivery, he didn't have the room and edged it to the keeper

S Chanderpaul c †Hodgson b Patterson 27 (36m 23b 3x4 0x6) SR: 117.39

14.1

Rashid to Kandamby, no run, Rashid's dropped a sitter. The batsman checked his shot and ended up lobbing the ball straight back to the bowler, they don't come much easier than that. That's the second time Kandamby has been dropped

14.2

Rashid to Kandamby, FOUR, a full toss and Kandamby has smashed it to the cow corner boundary for a one-bounce four

14.3

Rashid to Kandamby, 1 run, the length is a bit short and Kandamby works the ball off his pads towards square

14.4

Rashid to Oram, 1 run, Oram nudges his first ball towards square to get off the mark

14.5

Rashid to Kandamby, no run, driven from the crease and Gale dives to his left to cut off the shot

14.6

Rashid to Kandamby, 1 run, flicked off the pads behind square for a single

Amjad: "Coming back to the match, If Uva can post a 140+ total, which is very likely, they are in a good position with their bowling attack. The likes of Gul, Oram and Senanyke will be difficult to get away for Yorkshire."

15.1

Patterson to Kandamby, 1 run, that's too full to be staying back to but Kandamby manages to hit the ball towards midwicket

15.2

Patterson to Oram, FOUR, short of a length outside off, Oram tries to steer it but gets a thick edge to the third man boundary

15.3

Patterson to Oram, 1 run, Oram makes a bit of room and hits the ball in front of square

15.4

Patterson to Kandamby, 1 run, full and straight, Kandamby drives to long on for a single

15.5

Patterson to Oram, 2 runs, nearly in the blockhole but Oram manages to drill the ball own the ground, giving long-off some work to do

15.6

Patterson to Oram, OUT, caught at long on! Oram mis-timed his heave and found Ballance, who moved forward to get into position nicely

JDP Oram c Ballance b Patterson 8 (8m 5b 1x4 0x6) SR: 160.00

16.1

Ashraf to Kandamby, 1 run, a low full toss outside off, played towards deep point

16.2

Ashraf to Jayasinghe, 1 run, a full toss on the pads, Jayasinghe flicks towards deep square leg

16.3

Ashraf to Kandamby, 1 run, another full toss outside off stump, Kandamby hits through cover and collects one more

Paul: "Yorkshire look very dependent on top-order.With Rashid down to come in at no.6 the top 5 need to fire. Messrs Bairstow & Bresnan will be sorely missed!"

16.4

Ashraf to Jayasinghe, 2 runs, another low full toss and Jayasinghe flicks hard towards deep midwicket where Miller runs to his right and dives to stop the ball, preventing it from going past him, superb effort

16.5

Ashraf to Jayasinghe, no run, another full toss but the batsman inside edges the whip on to his pads

16.6

Ashraf to Jayasinghe, OUT, another full toss and this time it's got him a wicket! Jayasinghe could have smashed it anywhere but he pulled it straight to Miller at deep midwicket. Ashraf bowled six full tosses that over, he's lucky he didn't go for plenty!

CU Jayasinghe c Miller b Ashraf 3 (4m 4b 0x4 0x6) SR: 75.00

17.1

Sidebottom to Senanayake, 1 run, Sidebottom goes round the wicket and tries to find the blockhole, the batsman manages to get under it and chips towards deep midwicket

Sokhi: "Wickets falling at regular intervals have just about kept Yorkshire in this game."

17.2

Sidebottom to Kandamby, 1 run, in the blockhole outside off stump from over the wicket, Kandamby digs it out on the leg side

17.3

Sidebottom to Senanayake, no run, a full toss outside off stump, the batsman mis-times it to mid-off, Kandamby had run a long way down the pitch and was a goner had there been a direct hit at the bowler's end

17.4

Sidebottom to Senanayake, 1 run, flicked off the pads behind square for a single

17.5

Sidebottom to Kandamby, 1 leg bye, Sidebottom appeals for an lbw after the batsman misses the paddle after moving a long way across his stumps, Kandamby was hit far outside off stump

17.6

Sidebottom to Senanayake, 1 run, Senanayake moves outside off stump but doesn't make proper contact with the paddle sweep

18.1

Ashraf to Senanayake, 1 run, another attempt at paddling the ball behind square fails, the length was too full, the ball hits the pads and goes on the off side

18.2

Ashraf to Kandamby, 1 run, a low full toss outside off stump, Kandamy stays in his crease and drives through cover point

18.3

Ashraf to Senanayake, 1 run, a very low full toss outside off stump, Senanayake slogs and manages to get it away towards deep midwicket

18.4

Ashraf to Kandamby, SIX, length ball and Kandamby has finally smashed one, carting the ball far over the long-on boundary, he cleared his front foot and swung hard

18.5

Ashraf to Kandamby, 1 run, a full toss on the pads, a low one, Kandamby whips it through midwicket

18.6

Ashraf to Senanayake, FOUR, what kind of shot was that? It looked like he wanted to scoop it over third man but he ended up scooping it with the inside edge over fine leg for a one-bounce four

19.1

Sidebottom to Kandamby, FOUR, in the slot outside off stump, Kandamby makes room and drives the ball hard and wide of the fielder at mid off

19.2

Sidebottom to Kandamby, 1 run, an accurate yorker, which Kandamby manages to dig out towards square leg

Ben: "I think Uva are well short of a good total. Scores in Jo'burg are often high, 140ish suggests its almost as bowler friendly as the World T20 final wicket which was unplayable against spin. Yorkshire to win with 15-20 balls to spare."

19.3

Sidebottom to Senanayake, OUT, the stumps are an utter mess. Sidebottom went round the wicket and bowled the ball full and straight, the right-hander backed away towards leg to hit through the off and missed. Sidebottom uprooted off and middle stumps

SMSM Senanayake b Sidebottom 9 (10m 8b 1x4 0x6) SR: 112.50

Umar Gul is the new batsman. Can he do in South Africa what he did against South Africa at the WT20?

19.4

Sidebottom to Umar Gul, 1 run, in the blockhole once again, Gul drives towards long off

19.5

Sidebottom to Kandamby, 3 runs, a low full toss and Kandamby drills it down the ground, straight past the bowler, Ballance sprints to his right from long on and dives to save the boundary in the nick of time

19.6

Sidebottom to Umar Gul, 1 run, Gul backs away and drives the full ball through cover but there's a fielder in the deep, Gul runs off the field to get ready for a bowl

3.00pm Uva finish with 150 after a patchy batting performance. The outfield is fast and the ball travels through the air here, the pitch is pretty true as well. Should be a tight chase. David Miller will be the key. I'll be back in ten minutes for Yorkshire's reply.