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14-Sep-2012 15:17:00 GMT
New Zealand in Sri Lanka 2012

New Zealand to Tour Sri Lanka After CLT20

Colombo: New Zealand will play two Tests, five one-day internationals and a Twenty20 match on a tour of Sri Lanka in October-November, Sri Lanka Cricket said on Friday.

The month-long tour opens on October 30 with a Twenty20 game in Pallekele, which will also host the first one-day international two days later.

Colombo and Hambantota will hold two one-dayers each before the first Test starts in Galle on November 17. The second Test will be played in Colombo from November 25.

The BlackCaps last played a Test series in Sri Lanka in 2009, when they lost both matches.

Kiwis are currently in Sri Lanka where the World Twenty20 opens on Tuesday.

Schedule:

  • October 30: Twenty20 international, Pallekele
  • November 01: First one-dayer, Pallekele
  • November 04: Second one-dayer, Colombo
  • November 06: Third one-dayer, Colombo
  • November 10: Fourth one-dayer, Hambantota
  • November 12: Fifth one-dayer, Hambantota
  • November 17-21: First Test, Galle
  • November 25-29: Second Test, Colombo

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