Pak to play 3 Test, 5 one dayers & one T20 with SL in July

KARACHI: Pakistan cricket team will play three Tests, five one-day international and a Twenty 20 international against Sri Lanka in July this year. Both the cricket boards have planned the schedule alreday. Sources said that the Sri Lankan tour has been scheduled from June 27 to August 12.

After completion of this series the team may leave for New Zealand. In New Zealand, the team will play three Tests. The tour to Sri Lanka will be the first one after a gap of about 20 months. The team played a proper and full Test series in India in the winter of 2007. Sources in the boards of both the teams said that either boards have finalised the tour which will scheduled to start in July. The Pakistani team will leave for Sri Lanka on June 27, while the first Test would begin in Galle from July 4. The second and third test would be played on Kandy from July 12 and Colombo from July 20, respectively.

The one day internationals will be played from July 30 in Dambulla. The next one day international will be held on August 1 and 3 followed by two games in Colombo on 7 and 9. The only Twenty20 match would also be played in the Colombo on August 12. Officially, it will be the first bilateral series between the two countries since the Sri Lankan team was attacked by militants in Lahore on March 3 and returned home with six wounded players.