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London/Colombo: Sri Lanka confirm Tests in mid-June against England should help avoid problems of clashing with the IPL.
The ECB has ditched the May Test matches which have been a part of the English summer since 2000 by shifting the two-match series against Sri Lanka next year to June with the T20 and ODIs being played beforehand.
Sri Lanka can only play one warm-up first-class match ahead of their Test series begins June 12, 2014.
The four-day match that has been scheduled will be against Northamptonshire in Northampton, with two 50-over tour matches to be played in Chelmsford and Canterbury before the limited-overs series. A Twenty20 tour match will also be played, in Hove.
Last time Sri Lanka visited, in 2011, five players including Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene missed one of the two warm-up matches due to IPL commitments.
The IPL will start later next year, due to the World Twenty20 in Bangladesh, but is likely to be concluded by early June although it means that the Twenty20 and ODI series of Sri Lanka's visit will face the scheduling clash and subsequent player availability issues.
For next year it means England will have a run of seven Tests in little more than two months next summer with the five-match series against India beginning in early July.
Sri Lanka in England 2014 complete intinery
