COLOMBO, July 10: Sri Lanka have changed the venues for all matches in a tri-nation limited-overs cricket tournament next month to stadiums in the capital, the country's cricket chief said on Monday.
Four matches in the tournament involving Sri Lanka, South Africa and India that were to be played at Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, in the central town of Dambulla, will now be played in Colombo, Sri Lanka Cricket's chief curator Anuruddha Polonnowita said.
He said cricket administrators had asked him to prepare Colombo's Sinhalese Sports Club and R. Premadasa Stadium to host all seven matches.
Revised schedule:
Aug 14: Sri Lanka v South Africa (RPS, D/N).
Aug 16: Sri Lanka v India (RPS, D/N).
Aug 18: India v South Africa (SSC).
Aug 20: Sri Lanka v South Africa (SSC).
Aug 23: Sri Lanka v India (RPS, D/N).
Aug 26: India v South Africa (RPS, D/N).
Aug 29: Final (RPS, D/N).—AP