Ireland, SL Test match postponed

DUBLIN: Ireland’s Test plans suffered a fresh blow on Wednesday with the announcement that Sri Lanka have postponed their one-off Test scheduled to take place in February 2020.It comes just days after Ireland announced major changes to its schedule for next year, with Cricket Ireland chief executive Warren Deutrom referring to challenging “financial headwinds”.Sri Lanka Cricket said in a statement that the Ireland tour of Sri Lanka was not part of its original broadcast agreement and it would be rescheduled.Cricket Ireland said it had agreed to SLC’s request to reschedule the tour to ensure the Test would come under the next broadcast agreement.“We understand that ICC (International Cricket Council) regulations require all Tests to be broadcast, and it became clear only recently that this one-off match was no exception,” said Deutrom. “We were far progressed in our planning for this short tour, so we and the travelling squad are obviously disappointed.”Cricket Ireland on Monday announced a number of changes to its 2020 schedule, scrapping a Twenty20 series against Afghanistan and converting a home Test against Bangladesh into a T20 match.

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