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    "editor1": "<p><strong>London, Oct 25:<\/strong> England will be playing a two-Test series against Sri Lanka in March next year, which will be part of the ICC World Championship. A total of 120 points would be at stake for both the sides.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>According to an ICC report, the first Test will begin from March 19 in Galle. The tour will then conclude with the second and final Test at the R Premadasa International Cricket Stadium in Colombo.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Before the two Test matches, England will play two tour games. The first will be three-day warm-up match against a Sri Lanka Board President&#39;s XI in Katunayake. That will be followed by a second warm-up game, this one a four-day first-class fixture, against the same opposition, between March 12 and 15 at Colombo&#39;s P Sara Oval.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>In their last tour to Sri Lanka in November 2018, England had swept a three-Test series.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>The series is yet another assignment in an already packed red-ball schedule for England, who are scheduled to play 14 Tests between now and next year&#39;s World T20 scheduled to be held in Australia in October-November.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>England are presently placed at the fifth spot in the World Championship points table. They have 56 points from five games they have played so far.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>England are currently in New Zealand where they will be playing five T20Is and two Test matches.<br \/>\r\n&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n",
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