England will play a white-ball collection in Sri Lanka in January 2026 as a part of its build-up to the ICC Males’s T20 World Cup.
The tour begins with a three-match ODI collection beginning January 22, adopted by three T20Is from January 30. The fixtures will function key preparation for the World Cup, to be co-hosted by India and Sri Lanka, providing England essential expertise in subcontinental circumstances as they chase a 3rd T20 World Cup title, having beforehand gained in 2009 and 2022.
This will likely be England’s first white-ball tour of Sri Lanka in over seven years. Its final go to got here in 2018, when it gained the ODI collection 3-1 and likewise clinched the solitary T20I.
The groups final met in T20Is throughout the 2022 World Cup in Australia, the place England secured a four-wicket win within the group stage on its approach to the title.
Sri Lanka’s fast task is a three-match T20I collection away to Zimbabwe in September, whereas England hosts South Africa for a T20I collection beginning September 10 in Cardiff.
Collection schedule
1st ODI – 22 January, 2026
2nd ODI – 24 January, 2026
third ODI – 27 January, 2026
1st T20I – 30 January, 2026
2nd T20I – 1 February, 2026
third T20I – 3 February, 2026
Revealed on Aug 20, 2025