Matthew Henry
BBC Sport in Barbados

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Bad news. It's raining.

There have been plenty of these showers in recent days. They're usually quick.

It was a tough T20 World Cup debut for Uganda as they were thrashed by Afghanistan by 125 runs.

Rahmanullah Gurbaz hit 76 from 45 balls and Ibrahim Zadran 70 off 46 in an opening stand of 154 to help Afghanistan post 183-5.

In reply, Uganda were skittled out for just 58 in 16 overs.

Fazalhaq Farooqi took 5-9 - the fourth-best bowling figures at a men's T20 World Cup - with captain Rashid Khan and Naveen-ul-Haq taking two wickets each.

Read the match report here.

Steven Finn
Former England fast bowler on BBC Sounds

It felt inevitable that England would go with their all-out pace options.

The game between Namibia and Oman here was a thriller but on quite a slow pitch I think the pace of Wood and Archer could be the difference.

Matthew Henry
BBC Sport in Barbados

Hello from the Kensington Oval - possibly the only ground in the world you can watch the cricket from a jet ski on a beach.

A flurry of rain has swept across the ground and the groundstaff have brought the covers on.

We're assured it won't last long.

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Batter to watch: Jos Buttler

The right-hander has continued to show his supreme value as a T20 batter in the recent IPL, where he struck two hundreds for Rajasthan on their way to reaching the play-offs.

No player in the world has more T20 runs than Buttler since the start of 2023, with the England captain passing 50 on 22 occasions.

His game at the moment possesses no weaknesses as he averages more than 30 and strikes well above 130 against all bowler types.

Bowler to watch: Adil Rashid

England’s most successful limited-overs spinner may be 36, but he is showing no signs of slowing down.

He is England’s leading T20 wicket-taker in this World Cup cycle and will be relishing the chance to bowl in the Caribbean.

Across his career, of the nine countries where he has played five or more T20s, his figures stack up best in the Caribbean.

With 21 wickets at an average of fewer than 14 and an economy rate fewer than six an over, he should be productive in conditions that have proved helpful to him .

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Batter to watch: George Munsey

Left-hander Munsey will bring his unique and aggressive style of batting to the top of the order for Scotland.

His extreme method sees him play a sweep to 40% of all balls from spinners - the highest of any batter in the world.

He is adept at manipulating the field with his sweeps and is a nightmare for any opposing captain to deal with.

Bowler to watch: Mark Watt

The left-arm spinner burst onto the international scene in the rescheduled 2020 T20 World Cup in Oman and the UAE.

His changes of pace are interspersed with his now-trademark 24-yard ball delivered from next to the umpire.

Watt has a superb record in the three T20 World Cups he has played in, with 16 wickets at an average of 20 and an economy of six.

He will be key in controlling opposition batters and keeping the totals Scotland have to chase to a minimum.

ICC T20 world ranking: Third

T20 World Cup appearances: Eight

Best T20 World Cup performance: Winners (2010 & 2022)

Captain: Jos Buttler

Head coach: Matthew Mott

Form (most recent last): LWWLW

Group fixtures (all times BST): Scotland (4 June, 15:30), Australia (8 June, 18:00), Oman (13 June, 20:00) & Namibia (15 June, 18:00)

Read all about England and the rest of Group B here.

ICC T20 world ranking: 13th

T20 World Cup appearances: Five

Best T20 World Cup performance: Round two (2021)

Captain: Richie Berrington

Head coach: Doug Watson

Form (most recent last): WWLWL

Group fixtures (all times BST): England (4 June, 15:30), Namibia (6 June, 20:00), Oman (9 June, 18:00) & Australia (16 June, 01:30)

Read all about Scotland and the rest of Group B here.

England captain Jos Buttler: "Great ground, great country to be hosting the WC, so everyone's really excited to get going.

"Brilliant, we're delighted to have [Jofra Archer] back among the ranks. He's started well and we've got high hopes for him.

"We've gone for Wood and Jordan today, a really tough call but we've gone with the extra pace of Wood."

England: Jos Buttler (c) (wk), Phil Salt, Will Jacks, Jonny Bairstow, Harry Brook, Moeen Ali, Liam Livingstone, Chris Jordan, Jofra Archer, Adil Rashid, Mark Wood

Scotland: George Munsey, Michael Jones, Brandon McMullen, Richie Berrington (c), Matthew Cross (wk), Michael Leask, Chris Greaves, Mark Watt, Chris Sole, Brad Wheal, Brad Currie

England make the call of selecting the pace of Mark Wood and Chris Jordan ahead of Reece Topley and 2022 player of the tournament Sam Curran.

Scotland leave out batter Oli Hairs, wicketkeeper Charlie Tear, seamer Safyaan Sharif and all-rounder Jack Jarvis, who's been suffering with an injury.

Scotland captain Richie Berrington: "The wicket looks on the drier side, but as we've seen during the tournament so far, the wickets can change so it's going to be important for us to adapt to the situation and hopefully we can get a good score on the board.

"We had an eye on the one game that was here just to see what conditions are like but this is a different time of day, so it didn't influence our selection too much.

"A lot of this group has played in World Cups now, we're really excited. These opportunities don't come around too often so we can't wait to get our competition started.

"We're going to take it game by game, we know it'll be a challenge but obviously we want to go as far as we can.

"We have special memories from that game [beating England in the ODI format] and a lot of our players here today were involved then."

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Scotland captain Richie Berrington and has won the toss and has chosen to have a bat.

England's pace attack will get an early workout.

Yes, Scotland begin their fourth consecutive T20 World Cup with genuine hope of causing some upsets.

Richie Berrington's side are ranked 14th in the world, the second highest non-Test playing nation after Namibia.

They topped the European qualifier for the World Cup back in summer 2022, finishing ahead of Ireland with six wins out of six.

The world champions get their title defence underway in Bridgetown today

After losing their ODI crown in embarrassing fashion in the autumn, England will hoping to ease their way into the tournament with an uncomplicated victory.

Their opponents? Friends and neighbours, Scotland.

Now, about that...