England's men's side will tour Sri Lanka for a white-ball series in early 2026, ahead of the T20 World Cup. Confirming the development, the England & Wales Cricket Board (ECB) announced the itinerary for the tour comprising of three ODIs and three T20Is.
The tour will begin with the 50-over format with games scheduled on January 22, January 24 and January 27. The T20Is will then follow on January 30, February 1 and February 3. Venues for the matches are as yet undecided.
The T20I series will be part of England's build-up to the World Cup scheduled to be hosted by India and Sri Lanka. England, champions in 2010 and 2022, fell at the semi-final stage in the previous edition in the West Indies and the USA.
Meteorology Department forecasted that showers will occur at times in Northern, North-central, Eastern and Northwestern provinces and in Matale and Nuwara-Eliya districts.
A retired Navy Medical assistant was arrested for obtaining bribes amounting Rs 300,000 promising to get a student admitted to Visakaha Vidyalaya Colombo.
Former President’s Secretary Saman Ekanayake was today remanded until February 11 by the Fort Magistrate in relation to the case where former President Ranil Wickremesinghe is alleged to have misused Rs. 16.6 million in state funds during a visit to the UK to attend his wife’s graduation ceremony at the University of Wolverhampton.
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