Sri Lanka's tour of South Africa is set to go ahead as expected after SLC's medical staff confirmed they were satisfied with the bio-bubble arrangements being planned for the series. The Cricketer | 10/12/2020 at 14:44. Although England withdrew from their own tour, no England player was found to have contracted Covid-19 despite some false positives being returned at one stage. Has batting become easier in the second half of a Test in recent times? Sri Lankans won the toss and elected to bat. Umpires need to call a dead ball if a batsman tries to switch-hit, How many boundaries should a T20 team attempt in an innings? England beat Sri Lanka and finished top of the group. Colombo [Sri Lanka], December 9 (ANI): Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) is considering cancelling the forthcoming tour of South Africa or may offer to host the Proteas at home after the three-match ODI series between England and South Africa was called off due to outbreak of coronavirus cases. Standard net run rate rules applied. [6], John Crawley also claimed a Test career best of 156 not out. NRR = Net run rate. The first Test will be played from December 26 in … In addition, it is understood that CSA has agreed to strengthen their bio-security protocols as per the SLC medical team's requests. Leicestershire won the toss and elected to bat. Sri Lanka are due to depart for South Africa soon after the ongoing Lanka Premier League concludes on December 16. 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