Zimbabwe to spend election on the beach

The Zimbabweans are due to arrive tomorrow night and open their Sri Lanka tour with two one-day practice matches on December 1 and 3 in Colombo before departing to the beach during the Sri Lankan elections.

For the next three days they will be at Taj Exotica in Bentota before returning to Colombo for the commencement of the one-day triangular series with Sri Lanka and West Indies on December 8.

The West Indies will remain in Colombo after the Test having net practice at the SSC on December 4 and 6. On the advice of the police, the Cricket Board has kept the dates from December 3-7 free of any cricket due to the December 5 parliamentary elections.

Sri Lanka's one-day squad is expected to be announced soon after the third Test ends on December 3.