Ireland Test in 2020 Postponed

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Sri Lanka Cricket has announced that the proposed Ireland Tour of Sri Lanka, which was expected to take place in February 2020, has been postponed.

According to the original schedule, Ireland was to play a single Test match vs Sri Lanka from 8 -12 February 2020. The tour was not part of SLC’s original broadcast agreement, which was concluded in 2013.

SLC has notified Cricket Ireland of their preference to postpone the fixture last week and requested the reschedule of the tour to a later date to ensure that the proposed one-off Test match will come under the next broadcast agreement, which SLC is planning to sign with a prospective partner during the year 2020.

The date for that rescheduled match will be announced in due course.

The one off Test match will not be part of the ICC Test Championship since Ireland isn’t one of the 9 team to play in the tournament.

Ireland has played 3 Test matches so far, against Pakistan, England and Afghanistan and lost all of them.