Sri Lanka Cricket has drawn up a heavy international schedule at home for the year 2021, where they are due to host England, Bangladesh, Ireland, India, South Africa, Scotland and Afghanistan and also stage the 15th ACC Asia Cup, The Daily FT reported.
Overall, Sri Lanka will play a total of eight Tests, 15 ODIs and 12 T20Is in bilateral series during the year.
The 2021 calendar also includes the Lanka Premier League (LPL) T20 Season 2 scheduled for July-August and the inaugural Sri Lanka T10 which winds off the year in December.
Sri Lanka’s likely international cricket fixtures for 2021
- January: v England (Home) – 2 Tests
- Feb-Mar: v West Indies (Away) – 2 Tests, 3 ODIs, 3 T20Is
- Mar-April: v Bangladesh (Home) – 3 Tests
- May: v Ireland (Home) – 1 Test
- May-June: v Bangladesh (Away) – 3 ODIs
- Asia Cup (Home) T20Is
- June-July: v England (Away) – 3 ODIs
- July: v India (Home) – 3 T20Is
- July-Aug: LPL Season 2 (Home) – T20
- Aug-Sep: v South Africa (Home) – 3 ODIs, 3 T20Is
- Sep-Oct: v Scotland (Home) – 3 T20Is
- Oct-Nov: ICC World T20 (India) – T20Is
- Nov-Dec: v Afghanistan (Home) – 3 ODIs
- Dec : T10 Sri Lanka season 1 (Home) – T10