England Cricket Team to Tour Sri Lanka for First Time in Six Years

England will tour Sri Lanka for the first time in over six years to play three Tests, five one-day internationals and a one-off Twenty 20 match. The tour will begin on October 10 with a day-night ODI at Dambulla, Sri Lanka Cricket said in a statement. There will be three day-night ODI matches in all while the T20 will also be a day-night game.

The First Test will be at the picturesque Galle International Stadium while the other two tests are slated for Pallekele stadium in Kandy and in the capital Colombo. The Third Test is scheduled to be played from November 23 to 27 when the tournament ends.

 Schedule of England tour to Sri Lanka :

October

1 England arrive in Colombo

5 v Colombo (50-over tour match), Colombo (RPS)

6 v Colombo (50-over tour match), Colombo (RPS)

10 1st ODI, Dambulla (d/n)

13 *2nd ODI, Dambulla

17 3rd ODI, Pallekele (d/n)

20 4th ODI, Pallekele

23 *5th ODI, Colombo (RPS) (d/n)

27 Twenty20 international, Colombo (RPS)

30-31 Tour match (opponents TBC), Colombo (NCC)

November

1-2 v Colombo (CCC)

6-10 1st Test, Galle

14-18 2nd Test, Pallekele

23-27 3rd Test, Colombo (SSC)