Currently tied 2-2 with England in the ODI series, Sri Lanka’s tour takes them to Manchester for the final ODI then there will be a tri-nations tournament with Scottish Saltires and Ireland to satisfy ICC associate cricket development programme.
The Scots recently defeated Holland 2-0 at Mannofield in Aberdeen their first ODI win this year. Durham player, Kyle Coetzer has returned to fold and made an immediate impression against the Dutch.
An unbeaten 89 from Kyle Coetzer guided Scotland to a five-wicket win and a 2-0 clean sweep of their one-day international series against Holland.
Scottish Saltires met Sri Lanka in the 2007 World Cup Warm-up Fixture in Barbados.Sri Lanka won by 159 runs
Sri Lanka 294/7 (50 overs), Scotland 135 (41.2 overs)
After the Tri-nation tournament in Edinburgh, Sri Lanka will host Australia, the first T20 starting on August 6th followed by 3 tests, and then head to South Africa in December.
Sri Lankan cricket has been rocked recently by some revelations from former Skipper Kumar Sangakarra, during his MCC Spirit of Cricket lecture at Lords, in which he slammed corrupt Sri Lankan officials
