London, September 1:

England’s tour of India next year will comprise three Tests and seven one-day internationals, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said on Thursday. It added the agreed outline programme, drawn up with the BCCI, provisionally has the Test series being played between March 8-29 inclusive with the one-dayers due to take place between April 4-22.

The ECB said that venues for all tour matches would be confirmed by mid-October. England travel to Pakistan before the end of this year for a Test and one-day series. England will play three Tests and five one-day internationals during the tour from October 26 to December 21.