Sri Lanka To Host England For A 2-Match Test Series In March 2020

The champions of the ICC World Cup 2019 England set to tour Sri Lanka in March 2020. The Island nation will host a couple of Test matches, which will be part of the ICC World Test Championship. It will be in March, which might be the last series for England ahead of the Indian Premier League 2020.

The tour is scheduled to begin with a three-day warm-up match against a Sri Lanka Board President’s XI in Katunayake on March 7 followed by a second warm-up game which will be a four-day first-class fixture commencing on March 12, International Cricket Council (ICC) said.

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120 points are at stake:

As per the reports on ICC Website, the first Test will begin from March 19 in Galle. The tour will then conclude with the second and final Test at the R Premadasa International Cricket Stadium in Colombo. It might see the stands with former players name written on it.

Sri Lanka would be eager to remove their stain, as they were outsmarted completely by Joe Root-led side in 2018. They were whitewashed in their home ground by England Cricket Team in a three-match series.

The series is yet another added assignment in an already-packed schedule for England. They are already registered to play 14 Tests between now and next year’s World T20, which will be held in Australia in October-November.

Currently, Sri Lanka are in Australia preparing for a 3-match T20I series. It will be followed by the Test series before return home. On the other hand, England is locking horns with the New Zealand cricket team. The Kiwis will be the hosts of the bilateral series.

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England named a second-string side for the series, as they gave rest to the senior players and trying out different players to trial them at international stage. Meanwhile, New Zealand suffered a major setback with Kane Williamson being out of the T20I series.