WICB announces schedule for Windies ‘A’ Vs Sri Lanka ‘A’

The West Indies Cricket Board announced yesterday, that the West Indies ‘A’ team will face Sri Lanka ‘A’ when they tour the Caribbean in June 2013. The tour will include two ‘Tests’ (four-day matches), three 50 over encounters and two T20s.

The first ‘Test’ will be played at Warner Park in St. Kitts before the second and final is contested at Arnos Vale Cricket Field in St Vincent. The two T20s will also be played at Arnos Vale before the three one-day matches conclude the tour in neighbouring Grenada.

This will be the first Windies ‘A’ team engagement for 2013. The West Indies ‘A’ last played in 2012 when they faced India in three ‘Tests’, three one-days and two T20s. West Indies ‘A’ won the ‘Test’ series 2-1. The one-day series was drawn 1-1 and the T20s were evenly shared with West Indies ‘A’ winning the first and India ‘A’ winning the one-over eliminator after the match was tied.