England tour of Sri Lanka rescheduled to January

Colombo: England’s Test tour of Sri Lanka, which could not be completed in March due to the Covid-19 pandemic, has been reschedule to January next year, clams SLC CEO Ashley de Silva.

England had spent around 10 days in Sri Lanka in March and played a warm-up match before the tour was called-off due to the coronavirus outbreak. It was supposed to be a two test series as a part of the future World Test Championship.

We are in the process of rescheduling the tours that have been postponed. England has already rescheduled for the month of January next year but the dates have not been finalized,” de Silva told to Daily News

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At the same time, we are also looking at exploring the possibility of rescheduling postponed tours and looking at the windows which are available and alternatives too.

However, England are scheduled to tour India in January for a five-match Test series, so it remains to be see how the scheduling will work out.

All cricketing activity has come to a halt due to pandemic, throwing the international calendar haywire.