Sri Lanka to host first Asutralia all-format series in six years

Sri Lanka will host an all-format Australia tour in early June, the cricket board announced Friday.

The county will be hosting the Aussies for the first time in six years.

They will play two Tests, five one-day internationals and three Twenty20 matches starting June 7, Sri Lanka Cricket said in a statement.

In Australia’s last tour in July 2016, the visitors won all but one of the five ODIs and both T20s, but in the Warne-Muralitharan trophy lost the two Tests.

It was named after the world’s two top Test wicket-takers — Australia’s late Shane Warne and Sri Lanka’s Muttiah Muralitharan.

The upcoming series will be played in Colombo, Kandy and Galle.

“The T20 Series will help our preparations for the T20 World Cup, whilst the Test and ODI segments are also competitions of immense value for us,” Sri Lanka Cricket chief executive Ashley de Silva said.

Schedule

First T20 – June 7, Colombo

Second T20 – June 8, Colombo

Third T20 – June 11, Kandy

First ODI – June 14, Kandy

Second ODI – June 16, Kandy

Third ODI – June 19, Colombo

Fourth ODI – June 21, Colombo

Fifth ODI – June 24, Colombo

First Test – June 29, Galle

Second Test – July 8, Galle