{"id":7597,"date":"2020-12-09T10:21:09","date_gmt":"2020-12-09T11:21:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=7597"},"modified":"2020-12-09T13:13:51","modified_gmt":"2020-12-09T13:13:51","slug":"england-to-tour-sri-lanka-for-rescheduled-tests-next-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=7597","title":{"rendered":"England to tour Sri Lanka for rescheduled Tests next month"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin: 5px 5% 10px 5%\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/arysports.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/England-to-tour-Sri-Lanka-for-rescheduled-Tests-next-month.jpg\" width=\"742\" height=\"486\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Karachi: England have confirmed their rescheduled Test tour of Sri Lanka in January 2021, the England and Wales (ECB) announced today.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The series will comprise of two Tests which will be part of the ICC Test Championship. Both matches will be played\u00a0behind closed doors in Galle.\u00a0The first Test will start on 14-18 January with the second Test on 22-26 January.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The England and Wales Cricket Board and Sri Lanka Cricket have agreed to biosecurity and travel plans for what is a rearranged tour following the postponement in March due to the COVID-19 pandemic,&#8221; ECB said in a statement.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Read:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/arysports.tv\/england-test-series-sri-lanka-postponed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">England test series in Sri Lanka postponed due to coronavirus<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>England squad will depart on January 2 on a chartered flight and will undergo quarantine in Hambantota.\u00a0The team will be allowed to train and prepare for five days from 5-9 January at the Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium during this period.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tour Schedule<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Thursday 14-18 January: 1st Test match \u2013 Sri Lanka v England, Galle International Cricket Stadium, Galle<\/p>\n<p>Friday 22-26 January: 2nd Test match \u2013 Sri Lanka v England, Galle International Cricket Stadium, Galle<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Read:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/arysports.tv\/engvsa-remaining-tour-called-off-covid-19\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">EngvSA: Remaining tour called off due to COVID-19<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Karachi: England have confirmed their rescheduled Test tour of Sri Lanka in January 2021, the England and Wales (ECB) announced today. The series will comprise <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=7597\" title=\"England to tour Sri Lanka for rescheduled Tests next month\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7597"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7597"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7597\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7599,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7597\/revisions\/7599"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7597"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}