Australia to play Sri Lanka before the Ashes

Question

Australia have departed from the tried and true format of opening their summer of cricket with a Test series, and will play Sri Lanka in a Twenty20 match and three ODIs from October 31st to November 7th 2010. The Ashes start on November 25th.

Answer 1

The schedule for the Australia v Sri Lanka series is:

Twenty20 International
31 October 2010 Australia v Sri Lanka, Perth

ODI series
3 November 2010 Australia v Sri Lanka, Melbourne
5 November 2010 Australia v Sri Lanka, Sydney
7 November 2010 Australia v Sri Lanka, Brisbane