Sri Lanka is set to play two Tests, three ODIs and a T20I in New Zealand in December/January as per the schedule released by New Zealand Cricket on Tuesday.
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The Sri Lankans will play a tour game in Napier before the real action begins at Basin Reserve in Wellington, which will be the venue for the first Test starting from December 15th while Hagley Oval in Christchurch will host the second match, a Boxing Day Test fixture.
Sri Lanka will play the first two ODIs at Bay Oval in Mount Maunganui before moving to Nelson for the third and final game. The tour will end on 11th January at Eden Park in Auckland with the solitary T20I encounter.
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The Lions last visited New Zealand in 2015/16 to play two Tests, five ODIs and two T20I matches.
New Zealand vs Sri Lanka fixtures
1st Test | December 15-19 | Wellington |
2nd Test | December 26-30 | Christchurch |
1st ODI | January 3 | Mount Maunganui |
2nd ODI | January 5 | Mount Maunganui |
3rd ODI | January 8 | Nelson |
Only T20I | January 11 | Auckland |