Cricket - NZ face tough schedule at home and abroad .
WELLINGTON 1996-08-28
World Cup cricket champions Sri Lanka will play two tests and three one-day internationals in a tour of New Zealand next March , officials said on Wednesday .
New Zealand Cricket said the Sri Lankans would play tests in Hamilton and Wellington and one-dayers in Auckland , Christchurch and Dunedin , following hard on the heels of a tour by England .
New Zealand will also line up against Sri Lanka and Pakistan this November in a one-day champions trophy competition in Sharjah .
The team will go one to tour Pakistan , playing two tests and three one-day internationals .