LONDON, Sept 1: England’s tour of India next year will comprise three Tests and seven One-day Internationals, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said on Thursday.

It added the agreed outline programme, drawn up with the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), provisionally has the Test series being played between March 8-29 inclusive with the one-dayers due to take place between April 4 and 22 inclusive.

The ECB said it had been told by the BCCI that venues for all tour matches would be confirmed by mid-October.—AFP