Police snipers at New York's T20 World Cup games

Security has been tightened earlier nan first T20 World Cup lucifer astatine a impermanent stadium successful New York, including positioning constabulary snipers astatine covert locations astir nan ground.

The 34,000 capacity venue successful Eisenhower Park will big its first lucifer of nan tourney connected Monday erstwhile South Africa look Sri Lanka astatine 15:30 BST.

Nassau County Police Department will oversee a monolithic cognition to guarantee nan games held astatine nan Long Island crushed betwixt 3-12 June walk disconnected without incident.

India play Pakistan astatine nan venue connected 9 June, successful what is nan astir high-profile lucifer successful nan tournament's group stage.

A pro-ISIS group has reportedly threatened to target, external nan tournament.

It is understood information measures will see SWAT teams pinch master snipers. Plain apparel constabulary officers will besides beryllium operating wrong nan ground.

BBC Sport besides said to officers from nan force's narcotics section who person been seconded from their normal duties to watch nan 4 drop-in pitches connected a rolling 24-hour ground to guarantee they are not tampered with.

Nassau's constabulary unit has worked successful conjunction pinch nan New York Police Department, Federal Bureau of Investigation, nan US Department Of Homeland Security and different agencies successful nan build-up to nan tournament.

"The information and information of everyone astatine nan arena is our number 1 privilege and we person a broad and robust information scheme successful place," nan International Cricket Council (ICC) said successful a connection to BBC Sport.

"We activity intimately pinch authorities successful our big countries and continually show and measure nan world scenery to guarantee due plans are successful spot to mitigate immoderate risks identified to our event."

The parkland onshore surrounding nan crushed will beryllium closed disconnected to nan nationalist connected nan 8 lucifer days to antagonistic nan imaginable threat of a drone attack.

Fans attending matches will beryllium taxable to searches and will person to spell done airdrome style information scanners earlier gaining entry.

Nassau County executive Bruce Blakeman said past week that information would beryllium "like nan Super Bowl" but "on steroids".

The pop-up stadium has been built astatine a costs of £24m ($30m) but will beryllium dismantled afterwards and nan onshore turned backmost complete to Nassau County.