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IRE vs SL 2016 ODI Series Schedule: Sri Lanka Tour of Ireland Full Fixtures

One of the most preferred cricket format is back this season and Now Sri Lanka will tour Ireland for a 2 match ODI series which is named as THE KPC GROUP ODI SERIES 2016. The battle will begun from 16th June 2016 and ends on 18th June. Although Ireland haven’t played much International cricket matches but will give tough competition to the guests for sure. IRE vs SL 2016 ODI series has been confirmed by the officials recently and just after the Test Match series against England, Sri Lanka will move to Ireland for the two One-day International matches. The venue for both the matches has been announced by the board as Malahide Cricket Club, Dublin. If we look at the pitch, probably favorable for the fast bowlers as good bounce and pace specialist pitches are prefered there.

Ireland vs Sri Lanka 2016 ODI Series

In the earlier encounter between both the nation, the sub continent team won the ODI series by 1-0. Only one match was played between both the team as the remaining one was washed away by the rain. Hope this time we will have two wonderful matches with full of entertainment.

The squads of both the team has been announced for the Ireland vs Sri Lanka 2016 series. Angelo Mathews will be leading a side in which many new and inexperienced players are there. But with vice captain Dinesh Chandimal, Mathews can bring maximum out of their players. The Sri Lankan side is struggling with the batting order and they are shorting out the best combination as there some of the major players has taken retirement recently like Sangakkara, Jayawardene.

William Porterfield will be leading the host team who is an impressive batsman. Ireland have experienced players like Kevin O’Brien and Niall O’Brien who can snatch win from the jaws of opponent with their batting skill. CRAIG YOUNG who is a pacer will be the key bowler for his team.So for the home team it will be good opportunity to level the score by winning this series as they have lost one in 2014.

Here is the Complete schedule of IRE vs SL ODI series 2016 :-

DateMatchVenueTime (local)
16th June 2016
Thursday

Ireland
Ireland vs Sri Lanka Match 1st ODI


new vs
Malahide


Sri Lanka
10:45
18th June 2017
Saturday

Ireland
Ireland vs Sri Lanka Match 2nd ODI


new vs
Malahide


Sri Lanka
10:45

So what you think who will win the series ? Show your views in comments.

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