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Australia to play in SL

Australia to play in SL

By Agence France Presse

SYDNEY: Australia on Wednesday announced their first Test tour of Sri Lanka in five years, with the world’s No 1 team embarking on a two-month series from July. Steve Smith’s side will play three Tests — in Kandy, Galle and Colombo — along with five one-day internationals and two Twenty20s, Cricket Australia said on its website, with the team departing on July 11. Only three members of Australia’s most recent Test side — Nathan Lyon, Peter Siddle and Usman Khawaja — have experienced the five-day game in Sri Lanka, when Michael Clarke’s team won their last series 1-0 in 2011.