Nassau County International Cricket Stadium Pitch Report For SL Vs SA T20 World Cup Match

A bird-eye view of Nassau County International Cricket Stadium (x.com)

Sri Lanka and South Africa will begin their T20 World Cup 2024 journey on Monday by facing each other in Match 4 of the ongoing edition at Nassau County International Cricket Stadium, New York. This will be the exact same venue where India and Bangladesh took on each other in their warm-up face-off.

The two teams are placed in Group D, in which Bangladesh, the Netherlands, and Nepal are pooled. No wonder this is the toughest group by far compared to others, and hence, each and every outcome would be crucial for Super 8 qualifications.

Let’s take a look at the pitches of this extraordinary venue, and how players can fare up in this fixture.

Nassau County International Cricket Stadium New York Pitch Report

Pitches in New York are two-paced wickets, suggesting that the ball doesn’t come nicely onto the bat like most tracks in T20s. The pitches are slow, and the outfield could be faster, making it an ideal surface for the bowlers, who rarely get some assistance worldwide in this format.

More importantly, swing bowlers get early seam movement here, making openers’ lives miserable. Wristy batters could be handy from either side and hence, South Africa’s wristy batters — David Miller and Heinrich Klaasen — will be in focus.