Sri Lanka will host the Blackcaps between August and September for two test matches and three Twenty20 internationals, the Sri Lankan Cricket board has confirmed.
The tests are part of the inaugural World Test Championship which involves the nine top-ranked test nations competing in a league between July 2019 and April 2021, with the top two teams progressing to the final to be held in England in June 2021.
The Blackcaps will be the first team to tour Sri Lanka since the Easter Sunday suicide bombings that killed 253 people in the island nation.
The bombings led to Sri Lanka postponing a tour of Pakistan's Under-19 team, who were scheduled to play two four-day matches and three one-dayers in Galle and Hambantota.
The first test between New Zealand and their hosts will begin on August 14 in Galle while the final test match will be played in Colombo's P. Sara stadium from August 22, Sri Lanka Cricket said in a statement.
The first two T20 games will be in Colombo on August 31 and September 2 at the Premadasa Stadium while the final match will be on September 6 in Kandy.
The last time Sri Lanka hosted New Zealand was in 2012, with the two-test series ending 1-1.
Blackcaps' tour of Sri Lanka
August 8-10: Three-day warm-up game (Katunayake)
August 14-18: First Test (Galle)
August 22-26: Second Test (Colombo)
August 29: T20 warm-up game (Katunayake)
August 31: 1st T20I (Colombo)
September 2: 2nd T20I (Colombo)
September 6: 3rd T20I (Pallekele)
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