Fans get ready for cricket festival
For cricketers and their fans, World Cup is like Diwali or Christmas because all teams will be seen in action at same period of time. Now, it’s going to happen again and no! It’s not World Cup. All the ten test playing nations will be playing a series against someone for next 6 months. So, get ready for non-stop cricketing actions from all the teams and from different places.
Starting from West Indies tour of Bangladesh from October 2o11 this year to England tour of Sri Lanka ending on April 7 next year, we have packed International schedule where top teams are going to meet each other in all forms the game and thrill us with some great game of cricket. Also the battle for four places in the first ever Test Championship playoff in 2013 will be more or less decided during this time.
List of all tours leading upto the month of September 2012:
- Bangladesh vs West Indies (1 T20I, 3 ODIs and 2 Tests) starting from Oct 11th – Nov 2nd
- South Africa vs Australia (2 T20I, 3 ODIs and 2 Tests) starting from Oct 13th – Nov 21st
- India vs England (1 T20I, 5 ODIs) staring from Oct 14th – Oct 29th
- Zimbabwe vs New Zealand (2 T20I, 3 ODIs and 1 Test) starting from Oct 15th – Nov 5th
- Pakistan vs Sri Lanka (1 T20I, 5 ODIs and 3 Tests) starting from Oct 18th – Nov 25th
- India vs West Indies ( 3-5 ODIs and 3 Tests) dates to be announced between Nov 4th – Dec 13th
- Australia vs New Zealand (2 Tests) starting from Dec 1st – Dec 13th
- South Africa vs Sri Lanka ( 5 ODIs and 3 Tests) starting from Dec 15th – Jan 22nd
- Australia vs India (2 T20I and 4 Tests) starting from Dec 26th – Feb 3rd
- New Zealand vs Zimbabwe (2 T20I, 3 ODIs and 1 Test) starting from Jan 26th – Feb 14th
- Pakistan vs England (3 T20I, 4 ODIs and 3 Tests) starting from Jan 17th – Feb 27th
- Commonwealth Bank Series (India, Sri Lanka and Australia) starting from Feb 5th – Mar 8th
- New Zealand vs South Africa (3 T20I, 3 ODIs and 3 Tests) starting from Feb 17th – Mar 27th
- Sri Lanka vs England (2 Tests) starting from Mar 27th – Apr 7th
The highlighted series are the one that you must not miss out as it sees the top teams in International cricket battle it out to improve their ratings in ICC rankings. Will South Africa finally become the best from being second best? Can England hold on to their top spot? Or India and Australia surge their way back? And Zimbabwe and Bangladesh finally come of the age?
Plenty to look forward!
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