South Africa to tour Sri Lanka in July

South Africa will play two Tests and five one-day interbnationals in Sri Lanka in late July, following the Asia Cup one-day tournament there. The South Africans are scheduled to arrive in Colombo on July 27: their only warm-up game begins on July 30.

Following this they will play the first Test at Galle from August 4 to 8, and then travel to Colombo for the second Test at the Sinhalese Sports Club (August 11-15). The Tests are followed by the one-dayers, the first two of which will be played at Dambulla on August 20 and 22. The team then comes down from the hills to play two day-night matches at the Premadasa Stadium (August 25 and 28) in Colombo, while the final match will be a day game at the Sinhalese Sports Club on August 30.

South Africa last toured Sri Lanka in 2000, when they drew the three-Test series 1-1.