South Africa Announce Five-Test Summer

South Africa will play three Test matches against Pakistan and two against Sri Lanka during their 2018/19 summer, Cricket South Africa announced on Monday.

Johannesburg, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 23rd Apr, 2018 ) :South Africa will play three Test matches against Pakistan and two against Sri Lanka during their 2018/19 summer, Cricket South Africa announced on Monday.

South Africa will also host a total of 13 one-day internationals and nine Twenty20 internationals against Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe. Pakistan, who will tour South Africa for the first time since 2013/14, will play the prime holiday season Tests in December and January, with Centurion awarded the Test starting on December 26 and Cape Town the traditional New Year Test starting on January 3.

The third Test will be in Johannesburg from January 11. Pakistan will also play five one-day internationals and three Twenty20 internationals. Sri Lanka will play Tests in Durban and Port Elizabeth in February, to be followed by five one-day internationals and three Twenty20 internationals.

Zimbabwe will play three one-day internationals and three Twenty20 internationals at some of South Africa's smaller cricket venues. Cricket South Africa acting chief executive Thabang Moroe said that the scheduled 13 one-day internationals during the season would enable the national team to fine tune their preparations for the 2019 Cricket World Cup in England.

Fixtures: Zimbabwe in South Africa Sept 30: First one-day international, Kimberley October 3: Second one-day international, Bloemfontein 6: Third one-day international, Paarl 9: First Twenty20 international, East London 12: Second Twenty20 international, Potchefstroom 14: Third Twenty20 international, Benoni Pakistan in South Africa December 19-21: SA Invitation XI, Benoni 26-30: First Test, Centurion January 3-7: Second Test, Cape Town 11-15 : Third Test, Johannesburg 19: First one-day international, Port Elizabeth 22: Second one-day international, Durban 25: Third one-day international, Centurion 27: Fourth one-day international, Johannesburg 30: Fifth one-day international, Cape Town February 1: First Twenty20 International, Cape Town 3: Second Twenty20 International, Johannesburg 6: Third Twenty20 International, Centurion Sri Lanka in South Africa February 13-17: First Test, Durban 21-25: Second Test, Port Elizabeth 28: SA Invitation XI, Benoni March 3: First one-day international, Johannesburg 6: Second one-day international, Centurion 10: Third one-day international, Durban 13: Fourth one-day international, Port Elizabeth 16: Fifth one-day international, Cape Town 19: First Twenty20 international, Cape Town 22: Second Twenty20 international, Centurion 24: Third Twenty20 international, Johannesburg