England and Ireland are going to arrange a home tournament consisting of Sri Lanka, England & Ireland which is starting in next 19th May, 2016. For this tournament, Sri Lanka will travel England in the first week of next May, 2016. There they will play three test, five ODI and a T20 with England and two ODI against Ireland.
The matches between England and Sri Lanka will take place nine different venues in across the England and the venues of two ODI against Ireland is not confirmed yet.
Here we present the full schedule of this tournament.
Match Schedule:
| Match Format | Match | Venue | Date | Day | Time (Local) |
| 1st Test | Vs England | Headingley, Leeds | 19.05.16 | Thursday | 11:00 |
| 2nd Test | Vs England | Riverside Ground, Chester – le – Street | 27.05.16 | Friday | 11:00 |
| 3rd Test | Vs England | Lord’s, London | 09.06.16 | Thursday | 11:00 |
| Ist ODI | Vs Ireland | TBD | 16.06.16 | Thursday | 10:45 |
| 2nd ODI | Vs Ireland | TBD | 18.06.16 | Saterday | 10:45 |
| 3rd ODI | Vs England | Trent Bridge, Nottingham | 21.06.16 | Tuesday | 14:00 |
| 4th ODI | Vs England | Edgbaston, Birmingham | 24.06.16 | Friday | 14:00 |
| 5th ODI | Vs England | County Ground, Bristol | 26.06.16 | Sunday | 10:30 |
| 6th ODI | Vs England | Kennington Oval, London | 29.06.16 | Wednesday | 13:00 |
| 7th ODI | Vs England | Sophia Gardens, Cardiff | 02.07.16 | Saterday | 10:30 |
| 1st T20 | Vs England | The Rose Bowl, Southampton | 05.07.16 | Tuesday | 18:30 |
According to the head to head statistics between Sri Lanka and England, now it is very hard to say that which team is favourite. So, this tournament would possibly be challenging.
# Sri Lanka Vs England (head to head):
| N/N | Test | ODI | T20I |
| Total Played | 28 | 64 | 6 |
| Sri Lanka Won | 8 | 34 | 4 |
| England Won | 10 | 30 | 2 |
| Tie | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Drawn | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| No Result | 0 | 0 | 0 |
# Current Team Squad of Sri Lanka:
| S/N | Player | Playing Role & Style | Age (Year) | Remarks |
| 1. | Angelo Mathews | Right handed & Right arm medium | 28 | Captain |
| 2. | Jeffrey Vandersay | Right arm leg break | 26 | |
| 3. | Rangana Herath | Slow left arm orthodox | 38 | |
| 4. | Dilruwan Perera | Right arm off break | 33 | |
| 5. | Binura Fernando | Right arm fast medium | 20 | |
| 6. | Ajantha Mendis | Right arm off break | 31 | |
| 7. | Lahiru Gamage | Right arm fast medium | 27 | |
| 8. | Tharindu Kaushal | Right arm off break | 23 | |
| 9. | Lasith Malinga | Right arm fast | 32 | |
| 10. | Nuwan Pradeep | Right arm fast medium | 29 | |
| 11. | Dushmantha Chameera | Right arm fast | 24 | |
| 12. | Nuwan Kulasekara | Right arm fast medium | 33 | |
| 13. | Suranga Lakmal | Right arm fast medium | 29 | |
| 14. | Dhammika Prasad | Right arm fast medium | 32 | |
| 15. | Sachith Pathirana | Left handed & Slow left arm | 27 | |
| 16. | Kusal Mendis | Wicket – keeper | 21 | |
| 17. | Thisara Perera | Left handed & Right arm medium | 26 | |
| 18. | Milinda Siriwardana | Left handed & Left arm off break | 30 | |
| 19. | Seekkuge Prasanna | Right handed & Right arm leg break | 30 | |
| 20. | Dinesh Chandimal | Wicket – keeper | 26 | VC |
| 21. | Tillakaratne Dilshan | Right handed & Right arm off break | 39 | |
| 22. | Jeevan Mendis | Left handed & Right arm leg break | 33 | |
| 23. | Kusal Perera | Wicket – keeper | 25 | |
| 24. | Sachithra Senanayake | Right handed & Right arm off break | 31 | |
| 25. | Danushka Gunathilaka | Left handed batsman | 25 | |
| 26. | Dasun Shanaka | Right handed batsman | 24 | |
| 27. | Lahiru Thirimanne | Left handed batsman | 26 | |
| 28. | Dhananjaya de Silva | Right handed batsman | 24 | |
| 29. | Chamara Kapugedera | Right handed batsman | 29 | |
| 30. | Jehan Mubarak | Left handed batsman | 35 | |
| 31. | Kithuruwan Vithanage | Left handed batsman | 25 | |
| 32. | Ashan Priyanjan | Right handed batsman | 26 | |
| 33. | Upul Tharanga | Left handed batsman | 31 | |
| 34. | Dimuth Karunaratne | Left handed batsman | 27 | |
| 35. | Kaushal Silva | Right handed batsman | 29 |
# Management & Coaching Staff of Sri Lanka:
- Head Coach & Batting Coach: Graham Ford
- Spin Bowling Coach: Roger Wijesuriya
- Fast Bowling Coach: Champaka Ramanayake
- Assistant Coach & Fielding Coach: Trevor Penney
- Coaching Consultant: Rumesh Ratnayake
- Manager: Michael de Zoysa
- Test, ODI & T20 Captain: Angelo Mathews
- Vice – Captain: Dinesh Chandimal
# Current Team Squad of England:
| S/N | Player | Playing Role & Style | Age (Year) | Remarks |
| 1. | Alastair Cook | Left handed batsman | 31 | Test Captain |
| 2. | Eoin Morgan | Left handed batsman | 29 | ODI & T20 Captain |
| 3. | Joe Root | Right handed batsman | 25 | Test VC |
| 4. | Ben Stokes | Left handed & Right arm fast medium | 24 | |
| 5. | Jos Buttler | Wicket – keeper | 25 | VC |
| 6. | Steven Finn | Right arm fast medium | 26 | |
| 7. | Moeen Ali | Left handed & Right arm off break | 28 | |
| 8. | Mark Wood | Right arm fast | 26 | |
| 9. | James Anderson | Right arm fast medium | 33 | |
| 10. | Stuart Broad | Right arm fast medium | 29 | |
| 11. | Ian Bell | Right handed batsman | 33 | |
| 12. | Chris Woakes | Right handed & Right arm fast medium | 27 | |
| 13. | James Taylor | Right handed batsman | 26 | |
| 14. | Liam Plunkett | Right arm fast | 30 | |
| 15. | Adil Rashid | Right handed & Right arm leg break | 28 | |
| 16. | Alex Hales | Right handed batsman | 27 | |
| 17. | Chris Jordan | Right arm fast medium | 27 | |
| 18. | Jonny Bairstow | Wicket – keeper | 26 | |
| 19. | Gary Ballance | Left handed batsman | 26 |
# Management & Coaching Staff of England:
- Head Coach – Trevor Bayliss
- Assistant Head Coach – Paul Farbrace
- Fielding Coach – Chris Taylor
- Batting Coach – Mark Ramprakash
- Bowling Coach – Ottis Gibson
- Test Captain – Alastair Cook
- Test Vice Captain – Joe Root
- ODI & T20 Captain – Eoin Morgan
- ODI & T20 Vice Captain – Jos Buttler
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