LAHORE: Pakistan are set to tour Sri Lanka for a full series comprising three Tests, five ODIs and two Twenty20 internationals between May 29 and July 13, Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has confirmed.
Pakistan are scheduled to arrive in Sri Lanka on May 29 and will play the first of two Twenty20s in Hambantota on June 1. The one-day series begins in Pallekele on June 7. The first two ODIs will be played in Pallekele and the remaining three at R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo.The three-Test series commences in Galle on June 22 and the second Test will take place at the SSC in Colombo from June 30. The teams will return to Pallekele for the final Test starting on July 8.
Pakistan and Sri Lanka last played a Test series in October 2011 in the UAE, where Pakistan won the three-match series 1-0. They last toured Sri Lanka in 2009, when they lost the three-Test series 2-0. – PT
The itinerary as follows:
May 29: Pakistan Team will arrive to Sri Lanka
May 30-31: Rest and practice
June 01: First T20 at the Mahinda Rajapakse International Stadium in Hambantota
June 02: Rest and practice
June 03: Second T20 at the Mahinda Rajapakse International Stadium in Hambantota
June 04-06: Rest and practice
June 07: First ODI at Pallekelle International Cricket Stadium
June 08: Rest and practice
June 09: Second ODI at Pallekelle International Cricket Stadium
June 10-11: Rest and Practice
June 13: Third ODI at R. Premadasa International Cricket Stadium
June 14-15: Rest and practice
June 16: Fourth ODI at R. Premadasa International Cricket Stadium
June 17: Rest and practice
June 18: Fifth ODI at R. Premadasa International Cricket Stadium
June 19-21: Rest and practice
June 22-26: First Test at Galle International Cricket Stadium
June 27-29: Rest and practice
June 30-July 04: Second Test at Sinhalese Sports Club
July 05-07: Rest and practice
July 08-12: Third Test at Pallekelle International Cricket Stadium
July 13: Pakistan team departs.
