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Sri Lanka confirms South Africa tour after checking bio-bubble arrangements | Sri Lanka confirm tour of South Africa will go ahead as planned

Sri Lanka Cricket council’s medical staff confirmed the arrangements of the bio-secure bubble planned for the South Africa series is satisfactory. The Lankan team will visit SA after the conclusion of LPL on December 16. The bilateral series will comprise of two Tests in Johannesburg and Centurion respectively, and the team will return home on January 8.

Both the teams will be quarantined at the Irene Country Club in Centurion, which includes a golf course, six tennis courts, squash courts and a driving range so that players won’t leave the venue as it happened with England players.

“Cricket South Africa appreciates the ongoing support from Sri Lanka Cricket under the leadership of Ashley de Silva, who has never wavered in its willingness to engage us in important and open discussions around our plans and the state of our readiness for the tour,” CSA’s interim CEO Kugandrie Govender said.

SLC’s medical team held a meeting with CSA to discuss bio-security protocols. Especially after the Covid-19 scare during the England tour. “We are thankful that these discussions have allayed any trepidation around CSA’s ability to successfully host home tours in these unpredicted times”, said Silva.

In another meeting that SLC had with their ECB counterparts, the Lankan team took the latter’s opinion as well regarding the South Africa visit. It is understood that England board supported the tour even though they withdrew their ODI series midway.

“As always, we are excited to host the Sri Lankan team in this important, World Test Championship series that will yield crucial points towards the points table for the eventual winners. We are also certain that cricket fans around the world will tune in for another series of thrilling cricket on display”, Silva added.

Written by Anjali Jha. Follow Anjali on Twitter today.