Chappell takes lead on opening day

Ian Chappell takes the opening honours in the Star Wars league on day one of the World Twenty20, and it looks like we've embarked on a familiar battle between him and Sambit Bal for the No. 1 spot. Sambit is at No. 2, just 94 points behind Ian.

England may have suffered a shock defeat to Netherlands in the opening game, but the three England players in Ian's team delivered for him. Ian had Ravi Bopara as trump (112), half-centurion Luke Wright (96), and James Anderson (90), who fetched him a total of 298 points. Sambit too had Bopara as trump and Ryan ten Doeschate from Netherlands, who gave him 82, but his other England pick - Ryan Sidebottom - managed just 10 points.

David Lloyd (at No. 3) and Sanjay Manjrekar (at No. 4) both had trumps who did not play - Graeme Swann and Dmitri Mascarenhas respectively. Stuart Broad and Owais Shah fetched Lloyd 75, while Manjrekar got only 35 from Shah.

With three games slated for today - provided the rain holds off - expect lots more action in the points table tomorrow.