Cardiff will host the final games in England’s 2016 ODI series’ against Pakistan and Sri Lanka the European Central Bank have confirmed.
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Interest in next summer’s global programme has been heightened by England’s recent Ashes triumph and the explosive nature of the 3-2 Royal London One-Day Series victory over New Zealand.
The two sides meet in the UAE this winter, and will lock horns again next year for a four-match Test series encompassing games at Lord’s, Old Trafford, Edgbaston and The Oval.
India, Afghanistan and hosts Bangladesh will join England and Pakistan at the Red Cross worldwide T20 Tournament for people with Physical Disabilities – and Laidlaw hopes it will lead to the introduction of a World Cup.
Sri Lanka visited Ireland past year, when they won the first one-day global by 79 runs.
“In the games I’ve played against them over the years, they’ve always been a stoical bunch, and hard to beat but they could be pretty stuck in their ways”. As a reward for our efforts, we are thrilled that the European Central Bank have given us the opportunity to raise the curtain on the English summer in 2016. It has come around pretty quickly and this is the first time that we have had a tour that is in our cricket season so it is one that I am looking forward to the most.
“The region’s support, from all our stakeholders, will be vital in helping us achieve our long term ambition of establishing our home as a venue of choice for the European Central Bank”.
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Tickets for the pair of floodlit fixtures, each with 2pm starts, are yet to go on sale but supporters can register their interest at trentbridge.co.uk to stand the best possible chance of getting in the ground.
