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SL Men’s Cricket team 2024 FTP schedule released

Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has announced the Men’s national team schedule for the 2024 Future Tours Program.

Issuing a statement, the SLC said the national team will commence its 2024 international cricket calendar with a home series against Zimbabwe in January, which will consist of three ODIs and three T20i series. 

It would be followed by a series against Afghanistan during the January–February period, consisting of one test match, three ODIs, and three T20Is. 

Then, the Sri Lanka national team will head to Bangladesh for an all-format tour before heading to the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024, which will be played in the West Indies and the USA. 

The SLC further said that India, New Zealand, and the West Indies are also expected to arrive in Sri Lanka for tours under the FTP during 2024. 

The national team will also play England in a three-match test series in England during mid-year, while the 2024 season will end with tours to South Africa and New Zealand. 

‘’We are heading into a highly exciting year with a lot of international cricket to be played, which augurs well for us, as our team will be engaged in competitive cricket year around,” the CEO of SLC, Ashley De Silva said, commenting on Sri Lanka’s 2024 schedule. (NewsWire)

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SLC announces Men’s 2024 Future Tours Program

Sri Lanka Cricket has announced the 2024 international cricket calendar of the Sri Lanka Men’s team.

The calendar kicks off with a home series against Zimbabwe in January, which will consist of three ODIs and three T20i series. It would be followed by a series against Afghanistan during the January–February period, consisting of one test match, three ODIs, and three T20Is.

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Kolkata Knight Riders lifted their third trophy in the Indian Premier League with a crushing eight-wicket win over Sunrisers Hyderabad in a completely one-sided final here on Sunday.

Having lost the toss, KKR produced a clinical effort with the ball to dismiss SRH for 113, the lowest ever total in an IPL title clash.

KKR chased down the target of 114 with as many as 57 balls to spare. Venkatesh Iyer remained not out on 52 off 26 balls.

Mitchell Starc (2/14), Andre Russell (3/19) and Harshit Rana (2/24) were the most successful bowlers for the Knight Riders, as SRH simply failed to turn up for the big game.

Opting to bat first, SRH were off to a disastrous start as they lost their top guns Abhishek Sharma and Travis Head with just six runs on the board, with the latter getting dismissed for a first-ball duck to a beautiful outswinger.

Before that, Abhishek was bowled by Mitchell Starc on the fifth ball of the first over, a peach of a delivery opening up the left-hander before hitting the top of the off stump.

SRH were in all sorts of trouble as Starc accounted for the wicket of Rahul Tripathi to leave them reeling at 21/3 in the fifth over, the swing doing the trick for KKR bowlers early on.

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SLC refutes Hesha’s allegations

Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has vehemently refuted allegations made by Member of Parliament Hesha Withanage during a media briefing of Friday (24), which accused the SLC President, the Tournament Director of the Lanka Premier League (LPL), and other SLC officials of involvement in match- fixing and corrupt conduct related to the LPL.

In a statement, SLC states that as the ‘responsible governing body for cricket in Sri Lanka and the supreme authority organizing the LPL since its inception in 2020’, they have ‘consistently prioritized the integrity of the sport.’

The statement further notes :

To this end, SLC has engaged the services of the International Cricket Council’s Anti-Corruption Unit (ICC-ACU) to oversee all anti-corruption measures for the LPL tournament. The recent LPL player auction was also attended and monitored by ICC ACU officials as part of their ongoing support.

We wish to clarify that SLC’s commitment to safeguarding the integrity of cricket led to the engagement of ICC ACU officials in this process, and it was these ICC ACU officials who informed the Special Investigation Unit for the Prevention of Offenses Relating to Sports about suspicious activities involving one of the owners of the Dambulla team. This information resulted in the arrest made by local police authorities.

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Men's FTP for 2023-2027 announced

The International Cricket Council today released the Men’s Future Tours Programme (FTP) 2023-27, confirming the international calendar for all Full Members across all three formats of the game.

The FTP, which includes matches in the next two cycles of the nine-team ICC World Test Championship (WTC), sees an increase in number of matches across all three formats compared to the previous cycle that ran from 2019-23.

The FTP is the result of a collective effort of Members with ICC’s support and is designed to provide clarity around the calendar. Each Member’s FTP is based on collective bilateral and mutual agreements and may vary in accordance with each Member’s overall cricketing and commercial programs. The 2023-27 FTP has over 770 matches.

In addition to bilateral cricket, this four-year cycle will witness a single edition each of the Men’s Cricket World Cup and Champions Trophy, and two editions each of the Men’s T20 World Cups and WTC finals.

Australia, England and India all play five-match Test series as part of the third and fourth editions of the WTC, which also comprises 19 two-match series and five three-match series each in the two editions of the Championship that run from 2023-25 and 2025-27.

Test teams outside the WTC have also scheduled a substantial number of bilateral Test matches in an effort to boost playing opportunities in cricket’s traditional multi-day format.

The first ever women’s FTP was announced on Tuesday, which will see over 300 matches played during the 2022-25 period. The media release issued on the Women’s FTP is available here .

ICC GM of Cricket Wasim Khan said: “I’d like to thank our Members for the effort that has gone into creating this FTP for the next four years. We are incredibly lucky to have three vibrant formats of the game, with an outstanding programme of ICC global events and strong bilateral and domestic cricket and this FTP is designed to allow all cricket to flourish.

“The landscape around the game is continuing to evolve and we will work closely with Members as we collectively adapt to that. We are committed to growing the game and giving more fans more opportunities to enjoy cricket, but are very mindful of the need to balance that ambition with the welfare of players.”

The exact dates and venues of matches outside of ICC events is for the Members to announce in due course.

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Men’s 2024 Future Tours Program of Sri Lanka Cricket

In a press release by the SLC said that the Sri Lanka National Team will commence its 2024 international cricket calendar with a home series against Zimbabwe in January, which will consist of three ODIs and three T20i series. It would be followed by a series against Afghanistan during the January–February period, consisting of one test match, three ODIs, and three T20Is.

Then, the Sri Lanka national team will head to Bangladesh for an all-format tour before heading to the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024, which will be played in West Indies and USA. India, New Zealand, and the West Indies are also expected to arrive in the country for tours under the FTP during 2024. The National Team will play England in a three match test series in England during mid-year, while the 2024 season will end with tours to South Africa and New Zealand.

‘’We are heading into a highly exciting year with a lot of international cricket to be played, which augurs well for us, as our team will be engaged in competitive cricket year around,” said Mr. Ashley De Silva, CEO of Sri Lanka Cricket. “The 2024 calendar is expected to give our players a lot of playing opportunities, fans entertainment, and our sponsors great exposure,” added De Silva.

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COLOMBO (News 1st); The Men's 2024 Future Tours Program of Sri Lanka Cricket was announced on Wednesday (29).

The Sri Lanka National Team will commence its 2024 international cricket calendar with a home series against Zimbabwe in January, which will consist of three ODIs and three T20i series.

It would be followed by a series against Afghanistan during the January–February period, consisting of one test match, three ODIs, and three T20Is.

Then, the Sri Lanka national team will head to Bangladesh for an allformat tour before heading to the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024, which will be played in West Indies and USA.

India, New Zealand, and the West Indies are also expected to arrive in the country for tours under the FTP during 2024.

The National Team will play England in a three match test series in England during mid-year, while the 2024 season will end with tours to South Africa and New Zealand.

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Sri Lanka’s future tour programme announced

The Sri Lanka National Team will commence its 2024 international cricket calendar with a home series against Zimbabwe in January, which will consist of three ODIs and three T20 series.

It would be followed by a series against Afghanistan during the January–February period, consisting of one test match, three ODIs, and three T20Is.

Then, the Sri Lanka national team will head to Bangladesh for an all-format tour before heading to the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024, which will be played in West Indies and USA.

India, New Zealand, and the West Indies are also expected to arrive in the country for tours under the FTP during 2024.

The National Team will play England in a three match test series in England during mid-year, while the 2024 season will end with tours to South Africa and New Zealand.

“We are heading into a highly exciting year with a lot of international cricket to be played, which augurs well for us, as our team will be engaged in competitive cricket year around,” said Mr. Ashley De Silva, CEO of Sri Lanka Cricket.

“The 2024 calendar is expected to give our players a lot of playing opportunities, fans entertainment, and our sponsors great exposure,” added De Silva.

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Sri Lanka’s Future Tour Programme announced

The Sri Lanka National Team will commence its 2024 international cricket calendar with a home series against Zimbabwe in January, which will consist of three ODIs and three T20i series.

It would be followed by a series against Afghanistan during the January–February period, consisting of one test match, three ODIs, and three T20Is.

Then, the Sri Lanka national team will head to Bangladesh for an all-format tour before heading to the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024, which will be played in West Indies and USA.

India, New Zealand, and the West Indies are also expected to arrive in the country for tours under the FTP during 2024.

The National Team will play England in a three match test series in England during mid-year, while the 2024 season will end with tours to South Africa and New Zealand.

‘’We are heading into a highly exciting year with a lot of international cricket to be played, which augurs well for us, as our team will be engaged in competitive cricket year around,” said Mr. Ashley De Silva, CEO of Sri Lanka Cricket.

“The 2024 calendar is expected to give our players a lot of playing opportunities, fans entertainment, and our sponsors great exposure,” added De Silva.

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Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) released the itinerary for the Future Tours Programme (FTP) of the calendar year 2022. Their season begins with an ODI series against Zimbabwe at home before they set out to tour Australia , India , and Bangladesh .

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In cricket, when things are going well, nobody moves.

Shift in your seat or duck to the toilet with a teammate in the 90s, and you better hope they don't get out.

The same goes when teams are winning.

Losers chop and change in search of answers, but winners stand pat so as not to risk messing with whatever delicate balance they have working for them.

Since Pat Cummins took over as captain for the 2021/22 summer, Australia's men's team has played 32 Tests for 20 wins, six draws and six losses, including an Ashes win at home, an Ashes retention away, a World Test Championship, and only one lost series (last year in India).

In that span, just 22 men have filled the potentially 352 playing slots for Australia, including six debutants.

Middle-order batter Travis Head said that consistency and the convivial atmosphere within the locker room it brings, highlighted in the upcoming third season of Prime Video docuseries The Test, is a privilege of success .

"[It's created by] everyone playing well at the same time," he told ABC Sport.

"Continuity is a great thing. Guys in form, guys playing well and then off the back of some performances and good series and a winning dynamic, it lends itself to keeping that group together for a period of time, which has been nice.

"It feels like this group's pretty solid."

But that admittedly cosy stasis can come back to bite further down the road.

We saw it when Shane Warne, Glenn McGrath, Justin Langer, Matthew Hayden, Adam Gilchrist and Brett Lee played their final Tests in the space of two years.

Australia won less than half of its next 33 Tests after Hayden's departure in January 2009 and handed debuts to 21 players in that time, a third of whom played fewer than five Tests, as they searched desperately for answers.

It feels like there could be a similar reckoning coming.

Of the 22 men's Test players since the last Ashes in Australia, just six are currently under 30 — Marnus Labuschagne, Cameron Green, Matt Renshaw, Todd Murphy, Jhye Richardson and Matthew Kuhnemann — and of those six, only Labuschagne (who turns 30 next month) and Green are regulars.

Looking at the players who have been in squads without playing a game yet, only back-up wicketkeeper Josh Inglis and express paceman Lance Morris are yet to join the tricenarian club.

"There'll be some change coming at certain points," Head said.

"At some point some of the older guys will slowly transition and then you hope you get get consistency as quickly as you can and make it as seamless as possible."

David Warner's recent retirement left the team with an interesting dilemma . Selectors could …

• 1. Force a current player out of position to open to accommodate the return of one of the only players in the squad born after John Howard became prime minister, 24-year-old Green
• 2. Recall Cameron Bancroft or Marcus Harris, both of whom have had multiple chances at the top of the order without setting the world aflame
• 3. Bring in a brand new face and start the transition to the next era

They opted for the first choice, shifting Steve Smith to open and make way at number four for Green, who had lost his spot as first-choice all-rounder to Mitch Marsh during the Ashes in England.

While that may extend and revitalise the Test career of an Australian legend, it also robs a younger candidate of coming in to fill the void, earning his stripes surrounded by experienced and successful campaigners who can help him through the ups and downs of international cricket.

Green is the brightest prospect the sport has seen in years, decades maybe. He would have been fine. And at 24, he had plenty of time to get back in the team.

Now though, Smith is likely locked into the opener role for at least the start of the summer and Green is carrying the future of the team on his one enormous frame.

So, it doesn't seem like selectors are keen to mess with the delicate balance that has the team humming right now.

Barring injury, how is a younger player supposed to break into the team if, when a golden opportunity comes up, selectors go in another direction ?

'It's hard to know where an endpoint is'

Most of the players in the current set-up have achieved a lot in their careers, but in cricket there is no one crowning glory.

World Cups are great, but which one would you prefer: ODI or T20? Then there's winning an Ashes in England, winning a Test series in India, not to mention individual goals that every elite sportsperson sets themselves consciously or subconsciously.

Knowing when to call time can be tricky, but with almost the entire squad that retained the Ashes in England last year over 30, you can assume most are closer to the end of their international careers than the beginning.

Throughout the newly released season of The Test there's an undercurrent that the missed opportunities of 2023 very likely spelled the end for many players' dreams of ever winning a series on English soil.

This summer features an historic five-Test series against India, where Australia will be trying to hit back after an unprecedented four straight series losses at home and abroad, and England travels down under again in 25/26.

Head said, with how fine the margins are between dominating the game and having your spot in the team questioned, no-one had flagged any plans that far down the road.

"It's hard to know where an endpoint is for a lot of the guys with how much we've got coming up," he said.

"To be honest I'm not looking too far past the summer really. … India's gonna be tough. I think everyone's sights are set on that at the minute.

"[The next Ashes are] so far away. I'm just keen to get through India unscathed, play well, hopefully have an impact. And then we go onto the next one," he added.

"We've been exceptionally lucky to have a team that's stayed together for a while, but as we've seen over the summer, you're not far away from being talked about again – the highs and lows of being in the Australian cricket team."

And while players can focus on the here and now, higher-ups have to keep at least half an eye on the future.

Usman Khawaja will turn 38 during the series against India, spinner Nathan Lyon is fresh off the first serious injury of his career and will be 37 in November, Steve Smith will turn 35 next month, and seamer Mitchell Starc will join him before the summer of cricket is through.

Their time is coming, and if it comes all at once, the results could be dire.

It's no coincidence that the only time Australia lost the Ashes at home in almost 40 years came in that vacuum after those aforementioned retirements from 2007 to 2009.

To avoid a similar situation in coming years, Australia has to make sure it brings some younger players into the squad.

"In the background, I know the conversations with a lot of [younger] guys will be about where they stand in the big scheme of things and what they need to do to get in that team," Head said.

"I'm sure when that time comes for those next crop of guys, we'll be fine.

"The key will be trying to get that continuity and consistency as quickly as we can."

If Bancroft and Harris didn't come into the team when Warner retired, carrying the 31-year-old specialist batters is a luxury the team can't afford.

The likes of Ollie Davies , Nathan McSweeney, Henry Hunt or maybe even Jake Fraser-McGurk may benefit from being in and around the squad in the hustle and bustle of a major series and do the team some good.

If it comes down to it, Lance Morris should be preferred over a player like Michael Neser, who is probably due some time at home after playing just two Tests since being named in his first international squad six years ago.

Between World Cups, the World Test Championship, Ashes series, tours of India and Pakistan, this team has done remarkable things together and will be remembered fondly for years to come.

But time moves inexorably forward and the ramifications for not having a robust succession plan are immense.

Whether it's this summer or next, the party is coming to an end for this group.

Before the lights are thrown up at the end of the night, we need to know who's hosting the next bash, otherwise it might be years between drinks.

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