England's tour of South Africa in 2015/16 will span just over two months, the England and Wales Cricket Board confirmed Monday as they released the fixture schedule. All three formats of the international game will be on show during a December-February trip featuring four Tests, five one-day internationals and two Twenty20 matches.
For what is likely to be a select group involved from England's December 11 arrival to the final Twenty20 on February 21, they will have been on tour for 72 days. Generally speaking, England tours no longer span the Christmas holiday period but exceptions are made for Australia and South Africa because of the tradition of playing a Test match on Boxing Day (December 26) in both those countries.
"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 ECB managing director Paul Downton.
England 2015/16 tour of South Africa fixtures:
December 15-17: SA Invitation XI v England, Potchefstroom
December 20-22: SA Invitation XI v England, Pietermaritzburg
December 26-30: FIRST TEST, Kingsmead, Durban
January 02-06: SECOND TEST, Newlands, Cape Town
January 14-18: THIRD TEST, Wanderers, Johannesburg
January 22-26: FOURTH TEST, Centurion
January 30: One-day tour match, Kimberley
February 03: FIRST ODI, Blomefontein
February 06: SECOND ODI, St. George's Park, Port Elizabeth
February 09: THIRD ODI, Centurion
February 12: FOURTH ODI, Wanderers, Johannesburg
February 14: FIFTH ODI, Newlands, Cape Town
February 17: T20 match, SA Invitation XI v England, Paarl
February 19: FIRST T20, Newlands, Cape Town
February 21: SECOND T20, Wanderers, Johannesburg.
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