The itinerary for England’s tour of South Africa through the winter of 2015/16 has been revealed by the ECB and Cricket South Africa.

The tour will comprise four Test matches - starting with the traditional Boxing Day Test at Kingsmead before white ball cricket in the form of four One-Day Internationals and a pair of T20 matches. 

England’s cricketers have just arrived in Sri Lanka ahead of their seven-match ODI series as preparations for the ICC Cricket World Cup begin to intensify.

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Nottinghamshire fans will have plenty of reason to keep an eye on their fortunes, with Alex Hales, Harry Gurney and James Taylor named in the England Squad, while Samit Patel has been named in the England Lions squad to face the Proteas early in the new year. 

“Any tour of South Africa is special and as the Proteas currently set the benchmark in Test and ODI cricket it will be a real challenge which our emerging team will relish,” said Paul Downton, Managing Director of England Cricket.

“We can be assured of fantastic support in South Africa from the thousands of loyal supporters who always follow us around the country – particularly at the Boxing Day Test in Durban and the New Year Test at Newlands in Cape Town.”

 

TOUR ITINERARY

2015

December 11: England arrive in SA

December 15-17: SA Invitation XI v England, Senwes Park, Potchefstroom

December 20-22: SA Invitation XI v England, Pietermaritzburg Oval

December 26-30: 1st Sunfoil Test match, Sahara Stadium Kingsmead, Durban

 

2016

January 2-6: 2nd Sunfoil Test match, Newlands, Cape Town

January 14-18: 3rd Sunfoil Test match, Bidvest Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg

January 22-26: 4th Sunfoil Test match,  SuperSport Park, Centurion

January 30: 1-day tour match, Diamond Oval, Kimberley

February 3: 1st Momentum ODI, Chevrolet Park, Bloemfontein

February 6: 2nd Momentum ODI, St. George’s Park, Port Elizabeth

February 9: 3rd Momentum ODI, SuperSport Park, Centurion

February 12: 4th Momentum ODI, Bidvest Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg

February 14: 5th Momentum ODI, Newlands, Cape Town

February 17: T20 tour match, SA Invitation XI v England, Boland Park, Paarl

February 19: 1st KFC T20 International, Newlands, Cape Town

February 21: 2nd KFC T20 International, Bidvest Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg