The Srilankan cricket team later this month today is going to play one T20 match in Lahore subject to security clearance while the rest of the tournament they will be playing in the United Arab Emirates says the  Sri Lanka Cricket Board official.

The day-and-night Test match in a two-match series between the two teams is scheduled to start on September 28.

A board official said 'Sri Lanka will also play five one-day internationals and two T20 matches in the Abu Dhabi, Dubai, and Sharjah'

A third T20 match will be played in Lahore, Pakistan subject to security clearance, the official added.

The Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) president Thilanga Sumathipala while Speaking at the Asian Cricket Council's (ACC) AGM on Saturday  said, "I am keen to take my team to Pakistan."

"We have had our security experts visit and make an assessment, and things look positive with things improving all over the country and especially Lahore being cleared. We have three T20 games coming up against Pakistan in September and we would like to play at least one of those games in Lahore," ESPNcricinfo quoted him as saying.

"I call upon each one of you as members to play your role and give Pakistan the security of your support. There is always a risk - there were two attacks in London during the Champions trophy, but cricket continued under the security assurances if the ICC, so likewise we too must be as accommodating and understanding as possible with our members and extend our fullest support to them as the cricketing family of Asia," he added.

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