The Pakistan cricket team are scheduled to tour Sri Lanka in July 2022 to play to play two Test matches against the Sri Lankan cricket team.[1] The Test series will form a part of the 2021–2023 ICC World Test Championship.[2][3] In April 2022, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) confirmed that the series would be taking place.[4][5] Originally, the tour was also going to include three One Day International (ODI) matches,[6] but theses were cancelled in May 2022,[7] as they were not part of the 2020–2023 ICC Cricket World Cup Super League.
NZ to play 3 tests against England starting today.
Jun 02, Thu - Jun 06, Mon, 1st Test
Lord's, London
Jun 10, Fri - Jun 14, Tue, 2nd Test
Trent Bridge, Nottingham
Jun 23, Thu - Jun 27, Mon, 3rd Test
Headingley, Leeds
New Zealand (possible): 1 Tom Latham, 2 Will Young, 3 Kane Williamson (capt), 4 Devon Conway, 5 Daryl Mitchell, 6 Tom Blundell (wk), 7 Colin de Grandhomme, 8 Kyle Jamieson, 9 Tim Southee, 10 Neil Wagner, 11 Matt Henry/Ajaz Patel.
The Australia ‘A’ team set to tour Sri Lanka for two 50 over games and 2 four day games against Sri Lanka ‘A’ in June 2022.
The tour will begin on 08th June with 50 over games taking place first while the four-day games will be played from 14th June to 24th June.
The two 50 over games will be played at SSC Grounds in Colombo while 2 four-day games will be played at Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium in Hambantota.
Date Match Venue
08th June 1st 50 Over Match SSC, Colombo
10th June 2nd 50 Over Match SSC, Colombo
14th to 17th June 1st Four Day Match MRICS, Hambantota
21st to 24th June 2nd Four Day Match MRICS, Hambantota
Meanwhile, national selectors have named a 24-member Sri Lanka ‘A’ preliminary squad for the series against Australia ‘A’, ThePapare.com learns. The selectors have included the top performers of the recently concluded National Super League and Major Club Emerging 3-Day Tournaments in this preliminary squad.
Sri Lanka Cricket Selection Committee selected the following provisional squads covering all formats of the game in order to prepare for the upcoming Australia Tour of Sri Lanka 2022.
Obviously there's been a lot of talk about SL fielding going downhill over the last few years. Who are the top 3 if you have to pick? Are they in the same league as Mahanama, Chandana, Dilshan, etc.?
Sri Lankan selectors have named a 23-member preliminary Test squad for the 2-match Test series against Bangladesh.
The opening batter Lahiru Thirimanne’s exclusion from the squad is a notable omission. Meanwhile, Charith Asalanka who represented Sri Lanka in the recently concluded Test series against India has been excluded from the squad as he underwent a knee operation recently.
The middle-order batter Roshen Silva who scored 304 runs in 4 matches at 101.33 has impressed the selectors as he once again finds a place in the Sri Lanka Test squad. The seamer Kasun Rajitha has also returned to the squad following his impressive performance in the National Super League 4-Day tournament where he picked up 12 wickets in 4 matches at 21.16.
Meanwhile, Oshada Fernando who was discarded from the Sri Lanka Test squad for the India series has been recalled for the Bangladesh series following his incredible performance during the recently concluded National Super League 4-Day tournament where he amassed 721 runs in 6 matches at 80.11.
Another notable inclusion is the 22-year-old off-spinner Lakshitha Manasinghe who picked up 15 wickets in 4 matches at 26.40 National Super League 4-Day tournament.
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