India gets only one wram-up match prior to Test series Down Under

Sydney, July 5 (UNI) India will get only a three-day warm up game against Victoria beginning on December 20 at St Kilda Cricket Ground in Melbourne prior to their two-and-half months long tour to Australia.

India will play four-match Test series against Australia for the Border-Gavasakar Trophy, a triangular Commonwealth Bank one-day series with Sri Lanka as the third team and a Twenty20 international against Australia.

The first of the four Tests starts on Boxing Day in Melbourne (December 26-30) with the other matches in Sydney (January 2-6), Perth (January 16-20) and Adelaide (January 24-28).

After that, Sri Lanka will join India and Australia in the Commonwealth Bank Tri-Series, which is scheduled to run from February 3 to March 7.

India will play a Twenty20 match against Australia on Februatry 1 in Melbourne.

Between the second and third Tests, India will travel to Canberra for a three-day match against an Australian Capital Territory XI -- comprising ACT cricketers and players invited from other states -- from January 10-12, Cricket Australia said today.

India's Australia tour schedule: December 20-22 at Melbourne: India v Victoria three-day game December 26-30 at Melbourne Cricket Ground: 1st Test January 2-6 at Sydney Cricket Ground: 2nd Test January 10-12 Canberra Manuka Oval: India v ACT Invitational XI January 16-20 WACA Perth: 3rd Test Janury 24-28 at Adelaide Oval: 4th Test February 1 at Melbourne Cricket Ground: India v Australia Twenty20 International Commonwealth Bank Series (India, Australia, Sri Lanka): February 3 at Brisbane: India v Australia February 5 at Brisbane: India v Sri Lanka February 8 at Sydney: Australia v Sri Lanka February 10 at Melbourne: India v Australia February 12 at Canberra: India v Sri Lanka February 15 at Perth: Australia v Sri Lanka February 17 at Adelaide: India v Australia February 19 at Adelaide: India v Sri Lanka February 22 at Melbourne: Australia v Sri Lanka February 24 at Sydney: India v Australia February 26 at Hobart: India v Sri Lanka February 29 at Melbourne: Australia v Sri Lanka March 2 at Sydney: 1st Final March 4 at Brisbane: 2nd Final March 7 at Adelaide: 3rd Final (if required) UNI