England to tour Sri Lanka in October 2018

England can tour country for 5 One-Day Internationals, a happening Twenty20 International and 3 Tests in October later this year, the britain and Wales Cricket Board confirmed on Thursday (March 15). The tour can begin on October ten and conclude on November twenty seven.England can have concerning eight days to acclimatize to the conditions before they play the primary ODI in Dambulla. The second ODI also will be compete at constant venue before the groups visit Kandy for succeeding 2 matches. The last ODI and therefore the happening T20I are going to be compete in Colombo before the 3 Tests, that may be compete in Galle, Kandy and Colombo.The first take a look at can begin from November vi whereas the second are going to be compete from November fourteen. the ultimate match of the tour can begin from November twenty three. once the limited-overs leg of the tour, European nation can play 2 two-day readying games against NCC and cardinal.England are going to be desirous to improve their record in country having not accomplished a lot of success nevertheless. within the thirteen Tests up to now, they've lost 5 and won four whereas four have resulted in attracts. They did fairly well and histrion the two-Test series last time they toured in 2012.Their record in ODIs too does not inspire lots of confidence as they've suffered fifteen losses within the twenty one games they've compete up to now. In their last tour in 2014, they were bimanual 5 defeats within the seven-match series.

Tour Details:
1st ODI - October 10, Dambulla

2nd ODI - October 13, Dambulla

3rd ODI - October 17, Pallekele

4th ODI - October 20, Pallekele

5th ODI - October 23, Colombo (RPS)

One-off T20I - October 27, Colombo (RPS)

1st Test - November 6, Galle

2nd Test - November 14, Pallekele

3rd Test - November 23, Colombo (SSC)