{"id":51973,"date":"2020-10-30T05:53:09","date_gmt":"2020-10-30T05:53:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/?p=51973"},"modified":"2020-10-30T05:53:09","modified_gmt":"2020-10-30T05:53:09","slug":"sri-lanka-set-to-play-two-test-series-in-south-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/sri-lanka-set-to-play-two-test-series-in-south-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Sri Lanka set to play two-Test series in South Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 class=\"entry-title\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #003366;\">Sri Lanka set to play two-Test series in South Africa<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-51974 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/cricket.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"314\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #800000;\">Source:<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 20px;\" href=\"https:\/\/sportshome.org\/sri-lanka-set-to-play-two-test-series-in-south-africa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sportshome<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">CSA has confirmed that Sri Lanka will visit South Africa for a two-match Test series, which falls under the World Test Championship cycle, in December-January 2020-21. The two Tests, at Centurion (December 26-30) and Johannesburg (January 3-7), will fill the traditional Boxing Day and New Years\u2019 slots.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">The series against Sri Lanka will follow a limited-overs visit from England (three T20Is, three ODIs) in November-December, which has already\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.espncricinfo.com\/story\/_\/id\/30161273\/england-south-africa-2020-england-tour-south-africa-given-government-go-ahead\">received a go-ahead<\/a>\u00a0from the South African government. Australia are also set to visit South Africa in February 2021 for a three-Test series that will complete a packed home summer.<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">CSA has also announced that it will send a security delegation to Pakistan \u2013 it will depart this weekend \u2013 to assess the feasibility of a tour to the country \u2013 South Africa\u2019s last visit was in 2007 \u2013 which, if it takes place, is slotted for early 2021.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">South Africa\u2019s men\u2019s team has not played any cricket since the abandonment of the tour of India in March due to the Covid-19 pandemic.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sri Lanka set to play two-Test series in South Africa Source:Sportshome CSA has confirmed that Sri Lanka will visit South Africa for a two-match Test series, which falls under the World Test Championship cycle, in December-January 2020-21. The two Tests, at Centurion (December 26-30) and Johannesburg (January 3-7), will fill the traditional Boxing Day and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":51974,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"aside","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[30384],"class_list":{"0":"post-51973","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-aside","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-articles","8":"tag-the-covid-19-pandemic","9":"post_format-post-format-aside"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.7.1 (Yoast SEO v25.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Sri Lanka set to play two-Test series in South Africa<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"CSA has confirmed that Sri Lanka will visit South Africa for a two-match Test series, which falls under the World Test Championship cycle\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" 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