CAPE TOWN
England will play four Tests, five One-day Internationals and two Twenty20 matches on a 10-week tour of South Africa during the 2015-16 southern summer season.
The schedule of matches was confirmed by Cricket South Africa (CSA) on Monday, with the opening fixture a Boxing Day Test against the number one-ranked Proteas in Durban.
England will have been in the country for two weeks already having played two three-day warm-up matches against a South African Invitational XI in Potchefstroom and Pietermaritzburg.
Cape Town will host the second Test starting on Jan 2, 2016, before the teams head to the Highveld to play matches in Johannesburg (Jan 14-18) and Centurion (Jan 22-26).
England will warm-up for the five-match ODI series with a game in Kimberley against as yet unconfirmed opposition before playing internationals in Bloemfontein (Feb 3), Port Elizabeth (Feb 6), Pretoria (Feb 9), Johannesburg (Feb 12) and Cape Town (Feb 14).
The first Twenty20 will also be in Cape Town five days later after a warm-up match in nearby Paarl against a South African Invitational XI, before the tour ends with the second game in Johannesburg on Feb 21.
Itinerary:
Dec 11, 2015: England arrive in South Africa.
Dec 15-17: vs SA Invitation XI (Senwes Park, Potchefstroom).
Dec 20-22: vs SA Invitation XI (Pietermaritzburg Oval).
Dec 26-30: 1st Test (Kingsmead, Durban).
Jan 2-6, 2016: 2nd Test (Newlands, Cape Town).
Jan 14-18: 3rd Test (Wanderers, Johannesburg).
Jan 22-26: 4th Test (SuperSport Park, Centurion).
Jan 30: One-day side match (Diamond Oval, Kimberley).
Feb 3: 1st ODI (Springbok Park, Bloemfontein).
Feb 6: 2nd ODI (St George’s Park, Port Elizabeth).
Feb 9: 3rd ODI (SuperSport Park, Centurion).
Feb 12: 4th ODI (Wanderers, Johannesburg).
Feb 14: 5th ODI (Newlands, Cape Town).
Feb 17: vs SA Invitation XI (Boland Park, Paarl).
Feb 19: 1st T20 International (Newlands, Cape Town).
Feb 21: 2nd T20 International (Wanderers, Johannesburg).
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