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Cardiff to stage first 2009 Ashes test |
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LONDON, April 11 - Cardiff
will stage the first test in next year's Ashes series
between England and Australia, the England and Wales
Cricket Board (ECB) announced on Friday.
It will be the first cricket test ever played in the
Welsh capital.
In a statement the ECB said the remaining tests would be
staged at Lord's, Edgbaston, Headingley and The Oval.
The match at Sophia Gardens will start on Wednesday July
8 rather than the traditional Thursday.
"Already there is great expectation surrounding the
Ashes series which will followed the 2009 Twenty20 world
championships in an exciting summer of cricket for
cricket followers," said ECB chief executive David
Collier.
In a separate statement, the ECB said the Rose Bowl near
Southampton was set to become England's 10th test match
venue by staging a test against Sri Lanka in 2011.
Schedule: First test, Sophia Gardens, Cardiff July 8-12
Second test, Lord's, London July 16-20 Third test,
Edgbaston, Birmingham, July 30-Aug. 3 Fourth test,
Headingley, Leeds, Aug. 7-11 Fifth test, The Oval,
London Aug. 20-24 (Editing by John Mehaffey; editing by
Trevor Huggins) |
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