India to play 5 match Test series in England in 2014

India tour to England - 2014: Fixtures


June 26-28 - Three-day game v Leicestershire, Grace Road
July 1-3 - Three-day game v Derbyshire, Derby

July 9-13 - First Test, Trent Bridge
July 17-21 - Second Test, Lord's
July 27-31 - Third Test, Ageas Bowl*
August 7-11 - Fourth Test, Old Trafford
August 15-19 - Fifth Test, The Oval

August 22 - Fifty-over game v Middlesex, Lord's

August 25 - First ODI, Bristol
August 27 - Second ODI, Cardiff
August 30 - Third ODI, Trent Bridge
September 2 - Fourth ODI, Edgbaston
September 5 - Fifth ODI, Headingley

September 7 - Only T20I, Edgbaston

*Venue subject to confirmation following final facility inspection


India will play a series of five Tests for the first time since 2002, after the England & Wales Cricket Board (ECB) announced on Monday the itinerary for India's tour of England in 2014. The tour will rune from June 23 to September 8, 2014 and also include five ODIs a solitary Twenty20 international next summer of 2014. This marks the first time since the tour of 1959 that an Indian team will play five Tests in England.


India will begin their lengthy tour with two three-day matches against counties Leicestershire (June 26-28) and Derbyshire (July 1-3) before the Test series starts at Trent Bridge on July 9. The four remaining Tests will be at Lord's, the Ageas Bowl (subject to a final inspection of the facility), Old Trafford and The Oval. India last contested a five-Test eerie series 2002, when they went to the West Indies.
The Tests will be followed by five ODIs at Bristol, Cardiff, Trent Bridge, Edgbaston and Headingley and the T20I at Edgbaston on September 7. A 50-over warm-up against Middlesex has been penciled in at Lord's on August 22, three days before the first ODI, said the ECB.

This will be the first time since 2002 that India will play a series of five Tests; the ECB said the tour also consisted of five ODIs and a T20I.