One warm-up each for India and Sri Lanka in Australia

Cricket Australia has confirmed that Sri Lanka and India will each have only one warm-up match in Australia before being thrust into the Test series on their 2007-08 tours. The unusual summer scheduling has also meant the traditional Prime Minister's XI fixture has been pushed back to late January in the lead-up to the one-day tri-series.

Sri Lanka take on Queensland at Brisbane's Allan Border Field in a three-day clash starting on November 2. They meet Australia at the Gabba for the first Test of the season beginning on November 8, followed by the second Test at Hobart from November 16.

India's only chance to acclimitise to the Australian conditions before the Boxing Day Test at Melbourne will be in a three-day game against Victoria, starting on December 20 at Melbourne's St Kilda Cricket Ground. The second Test at Sydney begins on January 2, before India's next tour match against an Australian Capital Territory XI - comprising ACT cricketers and players invited from other states - at Canberra from January 10-12. The third Test at Perth starts on January 16 and is followed eight days later by the fourth at Adelaide Oval.

Sri Lanka then return for the tri-series with India and Australia, and they will take on the Prime Minister's XI at Canberra on January 30. Their warm-up continues with a one-day match against Tasmania at Bellerive Oval on February 2, before the limited-overs series begins the following day.