27-Feb-2016 07:33:00 GMT
Sri Lanka tour of South Africa 2016-17Proteas Revises Itinerary for Sri Lanka Tour
Johannesburg: Cricket South Africa (CSA) today expressed its gratitude to Sri Lanka Cricket for accepting the proposed changes to the itinerary for Sri Lanka’s tour to South Africa during the 2016-17 season.
The tour will consist of three Sunfoil Test matches, five Momentum ODIs and three KFC T20 International matches.
The major change sees the tour starting 10 days later in mid-December with the Test match at the Bidvest Wanderers Stadium being moved from December to mid-January.
CSA Chief Executive, Haroon Lorgat, explained the changes: “The changes resulted from market research indicating that a Test match would work a lot better in Johannesburg during January plus our desire to keep the first half of December free for the RAM SLAM T20 Challenge so that all our Proteas can participate in the tournament.
"In future years we will design our schedules accordingly.”
Revised itinerary Sri Lanka tour 2016/17
- Dec 18-20, Three-Day Tour match, SA Invitation XI, Senwes Park, Potchefstroom
- Dec 26-30, 1st. Sunfoil Test match, St. George’s Park, Port Elizabeth
- Jan 02-06, 2nd. Sunfoil Test match, PPC Newlands, Cape Town
- Jan 12-16, 3rd. Sunfoil Test match, Bidvest Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
- Jan 20, 1st. KFC T20 International, D/N, SuperSport Park, Centurion (Day/Night @ 18:00)
- Jan 22, 2nd. KFC T20 International, D/N, Bidvest Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg (Day @ 14:30)
- Jan 25, 3rd. KFC T20 International, Day, PPC Newlands, Cape Town (Day/Night @ 18:00)
- Jan 28, 1st. Momentum ODI, Day, St. George’s Park, Port Elizabeth (Day @ 10:00)
- Feb 01, 2nd. Momentum ODI, Day, Sahara Stadium Kingsmead, Durban (Day/Night @ 13:30)
- Feb 04, 3rd. Momentum ODI, D/N, Bidvest Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg (Day/Night @ 13:30)
- Feb 07, 4th. Momentum ODI, Day, PPC Newlands, Cape Town (Day/Night @ 13:30)
- Feb 10, 5th. Momentum ODI, D/N, SuperSport Park, Centurion (Day/Night @ 13:30)
