Pakistan to tour Sri Lanka next month
Rafiqul Sharif    April 30, 2012, 8:57 am | Quick Share
 

 

COLOMBO, April 30, 2012 (AFP) - Pakistan will tour Sri Lanka next month for three Tests, five one-day internationals and two Twenty20 games, Sri Lanka Cricket said on Monday.

 

The Pakistanis will kick off the six-week tour with two Twenty20 matches in the southern port town of Hambantota on June 1 and June 3.

 

The first two one-day internationals will be played in Pallekele on June 7 and June 9, followed by the remaining three at the Premadasa stadium in Colombo on June 13, 16 and 18.

 

The three back-to-back Tests will be held in Galle (June 22-26), the Sinhalese sports club in Colombo (June 30-July 4) and Pallekele (July 8-12).

 

Pakistan last toured Sri Lanka in 2009 where they lost the Test series 2-0.

 

The two sides met in the United Arab Emirates last year where Pakistan won both the Test and one-day series and also clinched the lone Twenty20 international.

 

Tour itinerary:

 

June 1 : First Twenty20 international, Hambantota

 

June 3 : Second Twenty20 international, Hambantota

 

June 7 : First one-dayer, Pallekele

 

June 9 : Second one-dayer, Pallekele

 

June 13: Third one-dayer, Colombo

 

June 16: Fourth one-dayer, Colombo

 

June 18: Fifth one-dayer, Colombo

 

June 22-26: First Test, Galle

 

June 30-July 4: Second Test, Colombo

 

July 8-12: Third Test, Pallekele.

 

 

 

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