ECB confirms 2010 summer schedule
The England and Wales Cricket Board have released the match programme for England's series against Bangladesh and Pakistan for the 2010 season. In a break with tradition, the Test series against Pakistan will finish at Lord's rather than the Oval.
England will also play a one-day international against Scotland in June, before a five-match series against Australia.
Australia and Pakistan will contest a Test series against each other in England next summer. The games were initially scheduled to be played in Pakistan until security concerns forced the matches to be moved.
The Rose Bowl will be the venue for the Twenty20 Finals Day on Saturday 14 August while the final round of Championship matches, to be played from 13-16 September, and the new ECB 40-over final at Lord's on Saturday 18 September will provide the climax to the domestic season.
The ECB have also confirmed England's tour schedule for the winter series in Bangladesh next year. England will play three ODIs followed by two Test matches in Bangladesh.
Schedule
England Tour to Bangladesh 2010
Sunday 28 February: 1st ODI, Dhaka
Tuesday 2 March: 2nd ODI, Dhaka
Friday 5 March: 3rd ODI, Chittagong
Sunday 7-9 March: Three-day tour match, Chittagong
Friday 12-16 March: 1st Test, Chittagong
Saturday 20-24 March: 2nd Test, Dhaka
Summer 2010
Sunday 9-11 May: Hampshire v Bangladesh, Rose Bowl*
Friday 14-16 May: Essex v Bangladesh, Chelmsford**
Wednesday 19-22 May: England Lions v Bangladesh, Derby
*cancelled if Bangladesh reach Super 8 stage of ICC World T20
**reduced to two-day match, 15-16 May, if Bangladesh reach the Super 8 stage of the ICC World T20
Thursday 27-31 May: 1st npower Test v Bangladesh, Lord's
Friday 4-8 June: 2nd npower Test v Bangladesh, Old Trafford
Thursday 17 June: Ireland v Australia, Clontarf, Dublin
Saturday 19 June: Scotland v England, ODI, Edinburgh
Middlesex v Australia, venue tbc
Tuesday 22 June: 1st NatWest Series ODI v Australia, Rose Bowl
Thursday 24 June: 2nd NatWest Series ODI v Australia, Cardiff
Sunday 27 June: 3rd NatWest Series ODI v Australia, Old Trafford
Monday 28–30 June: Kent v Pakistan, Canterbury
Wednesday 30 June: 4th NatWest Series ODI v Australia, Brit Oval
Friday 2 July: Twenty20 tour match v Essex v Pakistan, Chelmsford
Saturday 3 July: 5th NatWest Series ODI v Australia, Lord's
Sussex v Bangladesh, Hove
Twenty20 tour match Northants v Pakistan, Northampton
Monday 5 July: 1st International Twenty20, Pakistan v Australia, Edgbaston
Middlesex v Banglasdesh, venue tbc
Tuesday 6 July: 2nd International Twenty20, Pakistan v Australia, Edgbaston
Thursday 8 July: 1st NatWest Series ODI v Bangladesh, Trent Bridge
Thursday 8-9 July: Leicestershire v Pakistan, Grace Road
Saturday 10 July: 2nd NatWest Series ODI v Bangladesh, Bristol
Monday 12 July: 3rd NatWest Series ODI v Bangladesh, Edgbaston
Tuesday 13-17 July: 1st Test Pakistan v Australia, Lord's
Wednesday 21-25 July: 2nd Test Pakistan v Australia, Headingley
Thursday 29 July-2 August: 1st npower Test v Pakistan, Trent Bridge
Friday 6-10 August: 2nd npower Test v Pakistan, Edgbaston
Friday 13-14 August: Two-day tour match v Worcestershire, New Road ++
++ Two-day tour match at New Road on August 13-14 played against England Lions if Worcestershire involved in Twenty20 finals day.
Saturday 14 August: Twenty20 finals' day, Rose Bowl
Wedneday 18-22 August: 3rd npower Test v Pakistan, Brit Oval
Thursday 26-30 August: 4th npower Test v Pakistan, Lord's
Sunday 5 September: 1st NatWest International Twenty20 v Pakistan, Cardiff
Tuesday 7 September: 2nd NatWest International Twenty20 v Pakistan, Cardiff
Friday 10 September: 1st NatWest Series ODI v Pakistan, Riverside
Sunday 12 September: 2nd NatWest Series ODI v Pakistan, Headingley
Friday 17 September: 3rd NatWest Series ODI v Pakistan, Brit Oval
Saturday 18 September: ECB 40-over final, Lord's
Monday 20 September: 4th NatWest Series ODI v Pakistan, Lord's
Wednesday 22 September: 5th NatWest Series ODI v Pakistan, Rose Bowl
http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2009...-schedule-2010