England team will go to Sri Lanka to make special preparations for 2026 T20 World Cup

Samira Vishwas

Tezzbuzz|20-08-2025

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The England team will tour Sri Lanka in January to prepare for the T20 World Cup 2026. There will be three ODIs and three T20 matches in this tour. The team will go to Sri Lanka after the Ashes series is over. England will also play against countries like Ireland and New Zealand.

Delhi: All teams have started their preparations for the ICC T20 World Cup to be held early next year in the joint host of India and Sri Lanka. In this episode, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has announced that it will visit Sri Lanka before the World Cup. In this tour, England team will play three ODIs and three T20 matches against Sri Lanka.

The England team’s plan is that in the year 2025 she will first visit Australia. There he has to play a 5 -match Ashes Test series. After the Ashes series is over, England will leave for Sri Lanka directly.

Special eye on preparation for T20 World Cup

England and Wales Cricket Board have also announced the schedule of this tour. The tour will start from January 22, when there will be three ODIs between the two teams. The first match will be held on 22 January, the second will be played on 24 January and the third on 27 January. This will be followed by a series of three T20 matches. The first T20 match will be played on 30 January, while the second and third matches will be held on 1 and 3 February. At present, it has not been told which stadium these matches will be held.

England’s team’s last match of Ashes will end on 8 January in Sydney, Australia. Only then will the team leave for Sri Lanka.

Before the Ashes Test series, England will also play many limited over matches at home and outside. Before September, England will compete against South Africa at home from 2 September. Then in September, the England team will go to Ireland to play the T20 series. After this, England will visit New Zealand before the tour of Australia. There will be the first three T20s and then three ODIs against New Zealand.

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