Sri Lanka Tour To New Zealand (17 Dec 1996)

17 December 1996

Sri Lanka Tour To New Zealand

Sri Lanka national cricket pool will have four weeks of training under their new coach Bruce Yardley before the forthcoming New Zealand tour. Former Western Australia and Australian Test offspinner Yardley is due to arrive in Colombo on January 20 on a two-year contract.

He will straight away take charge of the national pool and have a month long stint with them before the team leaves for New Zealand on February 25. The national pool which was named early this month and the final 16-member team is expected to be named by early February.

Sri Lanka will open their one-month tour of New Zealand with a one day game against thee Northern District at Owen Delamcy Park on February 27. Sri Lanka will play New Zealand `A` from March 2 to 4 at Harry Barker Reserve, Gibson, before playing the first Test against New Zealand from March 7 at Carisbrook in Dunedin. The second Test between the two countries will be played at Trustbank Park in Hamilton from March 14. There will be no rest days in both the Tests.

Source :: Daily News (https://www.lanka.net)