Sri Lanka will split their tour to Pakistan over two legs in January and February, playing in total, three ODIs and two Tests. A gap in between of over two weeks thus paves the way for Sri Lanka to host a potential one-day series against India.

After much negotiation and tweaking of provisional itineraries, Sri Lanka will now arrive in Pakistan on January 18 to play three day-night ODIs, leave and then come back on February 14th to play two Tests.

The ODIs will be played on January 20, 21 and 24 at Karachi and Lahore.

Sri Lanka will come back on February 14 to play two Tests in Karachi and Lahore.

The second ODI between Pakistan and Sri Lanka will be played on 21st January 2009 at National Stadium, Karachi.