Sri Lanka women’s cricket team reaches Pakistan for the upcoming series

KARACHI: The Sri Lankan National Women’s Team has landed in Pakistan for the first time in 17 years to play a three-match each ODI and T20I series, scheduled to kick off later this month.

The touring contingent will travel from the Jinnah International Airport to a local hotel, where the players and officials will undergo COVID-19 testing.

The two teams will then hold three-day training sessions from May 21 for the forthcoming T20I series, scheduled to be played on May 24, 26, and 28 at Southend Club here.

The three-match ODI series for the ICC Women’s Championship will also be contested at the same venue on June 1, 3, and 5.

It is apropos to mention here that Sri Lanka women’s cricket team is touring Pakistan for the first time to play a bilateral series. The team last visited the country in 2005 to compete in the Asia Cup.

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