da heads bet： Sri Lanka can only play one warm-up first-class match ahead of their Test series in England next year, thanks largely to a condensed tour schedule
Andrew Fidel Fernando12-Sep-2013Full tour schedule
da spicy bet： May 9 Sri Lanka arrive
May 13 50-over tour match v Essex, Chelmsford (D/N)
May 16 50-over tour match v Kent, Canterbury (D/N)
May 18 T20 tour match v Sussex, Hove
May 20 1st T20I, Oval
May 22 1st ODI, The Oval (D/N)
May 25 2nd ODI, Durham
May 28 3rd ODI, Old Trafford (D/N)
May 31 4th ODI, Lord’s
June 3 5th ODI, Edgbaston (D/N)
June 5-8 four-day tour match v Northamptonshire, Northampton
June 12-16 1st Test, Lord’s
June 20-24 2nd Test, Headingley
Sri Lanka can only play one warm-up first-class match ahead of their Test series in England next year, thanks largely to a condensed tour schedule.The four-day match that has been scheduled will be against Northamptonshire in Northampton, with two 50-over tour matches to be played in Chelmsford and Canterbury before the limited-overs series. A Twenty20 tour match will also be played, in Hove.Sri Lanka had played two first-class warm-up matches in their last tour to England, in 2011, ahead of the series they lost 1-0.The ECB moved Sri Lanka’s Tests to mid-June in order to avoid a clash with the IPL, but that reshuffle, and the abundance of cricket in England next summer, does not allow for a lengthy warm-up period. After Sri Lanka’s two-Test series, India play five Tests in the UK.In 2014, they will arrive in England without having played a Test match outside Asia in the last 16 months. However, Sri Lanka will have played five ODIs and a Twenty20 international in the UK before the Tests begin.Sri Lanka are set to arrive in England on May 9.