Australia will travel to Sri Lanka for a 10-match series in all formats in June and July in their first tour of the south Asian country since 2016, when the hosts won a three-test series 3-0.
The tour will feature three Twenty20 matches, five one-dayers and the two tests from June 7 to July 12. Colombo will host three T20s and three one-dayers with Kandy the venue for two one-dayers.
Galle will host both test matches, from June 29-July 3 and July 8-12.
“There is no more challenging place to play cricket than on the subcontinent and this tour offers our players invaluable experience and another great opportunity to excel on the world stage,” Cricket Australia's chief executive officer Nick Hockley said in a statement on Friday.
Australia tour of Sri Lanka:
June 7: 1st T20, Colombo
June 8: 2nd T20, Colombo
June 11: 3rd T20, Colombo
June 14: 1st ODI, Kandy
June 16: 2nd ODI, Kandy
June 19: 3rd ODI, Colombo
June 21: 4th ODI, Colombo
June 24: 5th ODI, Colombo
June 29-July 3: 1st Test, Galle
July 8-12: 2nd Test, Galle.
Sri Lanka recently toured Down Under for a five-match T20I series, which ended 4-1 in favour of the hosts.
Australia are currently on a tour of Pakistan, marking the first of three subcontinent tours in the space of 12 months. Following the series against Sri Lanka, the Aussies will tour India at the start of 2023.
Anticipating a tightly contested all-format series in subcontinent conditions, CA CEO Nick Hockley said:
"There is no more challenging place to play cricket than on the subcontinent, and this tour offers our players invaluable experience and another great opportunity to excel on the world stage."
Mr. Ashley De Silva, CEO of Sri Lanka Cricket said:
"We are in for some exciting cricket, especially considering that an Australian tour to Sri Lanka is taking place after 5 years, since last time they toured Sri Lanka.’’
