{"id":11871,"date":"2026-06-04T15:05:33","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T09:35:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/?p=11871"},"modified":"2026-06-04T15:05:35","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T09:35:35","slug":"west-indies-emerging-tour-of-sri-lanka-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/si\/west-indies-emerging-tour-of-sri-lanka-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"West Indies Emerging Tour of Sri Lanka 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Sri Lanka Cricket Selection Panel has selected the following squads to play in the West<br>Indies Emerging Tour of Sri Lanka 2026.<br>The West Indies and Sri Lanka emerging teams will play two four-day games and three oneday games during the bilateral contest.<br>The tour will begin on the 8th of June with the first four-day game at MRICS, Hambantota,<br>while the second four-day game will start on the 15th of June at the same venue.<br>One-day games will be played on the 22nd, 24th, and 26th of June.<br>The first two one-day games will be played at the SSC, and the final at the NCC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"697\" height=\"370\" src=\"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/tb1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11872\" srcset=\"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/tb1.jpg 697w, https:\/\/slsports.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/tb1-300x159.jpg 300w, https:\/\/slsports.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/tb1-18x10.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 697px) 100vw, 697px\" \/><\/figure>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Sri Lanka Cricket Selection Panel has selected the following squads to play in the WestIndies Emerging Tour of Sri Lanka 2026.The West Indies and Sri Lanka emerging teams will play two four-day games and three oneday games during the bilateral contest.The tour will begin on the 8th of June with the first four-day game&#8230;<\/p>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":11873,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,60,57],"tags":[73,134,72,3070],"class_list":["post-11871","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cricket","category-international-cricket","category-national-cricket","tag-slsports","tag-sports-news","tag-sri-lanka-cricket","tag-west-indies-emerging-tour"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>West Indies Emerging Tour of Sri Lanka 2026 - SL Sports<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/si\/west-indies-emerging-tour-of-sri-lanka-2026\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"si_LK\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"West Indies Emerging Tour of Sri Lanka 2026 - SL Sports\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Sri Lanka Cricket Selection Panel has selected the following squads to play in the WestIndies Emerging Tour of Sri Lanka 2026.The West Indies and Sri Lanka emerging teams will play two four-day games and three oneday games during the bilateral contest.The tour will begin on the 8th of June with the first four-day game...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/si\/west-indies-emerging-tour-of-sri-lanka-2026\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"SL Sports\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/lknewsroom\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-06-04T09:35:33+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-06-04T09:35:35+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/wnd-2026-06-04.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"675\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Slsports Viraj\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@SlSports5\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@SlSports5\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Slsports Viraj\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/west-indies-emerging-tour-of-sri-lanka-2026\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/west-indies-emerging-tour-of-sri-lanka-2026\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Slsports Viraj\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/#\/schema\/person\/6e3ead9806ed4f2b4ddfc9faa69328a5\"},\"headline\":\"West Indies Emerging Tour of Sri Lanka 2026\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-06-04T09:35:33+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-06-04T09:35:35+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/west-indies-emerging-tour-of-sri-lanka-2026\/\"},\"wordCount\":112,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/west-indies-emerging-tour-of-sri-lanka-2026\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/wnd-2026-06-04.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"slsports\",\"sports news\",\"sri lanka cricket\",\"West Indies Emerging Tour\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Cricket\",\"International Cricket\",\"National Cricket\"],\"inLanguage\":\"si\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/west-indies-emerging-tour-of-sri-lanka-2026\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/west-indies-emerging-tour-of-sri-lanka-2026\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/west-indies-emerging-tour-of-sri-lanka-2026\/\",\"name\":\"West Indies Emerging Tour of Sri Lanka 2026 - SL Sports\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/west-indies-emerging-tour-of-sri-lanka-2026\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/west-indies-emerging-tour-of-sri-lanka-2026\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/wnd-2026-06-04.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-06-04T09:35:33+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-06-04T09:35:35+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/west-indies-emerging-tour-of-sri-lanka-2026\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"si\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/west-indies-emerging-tour-of-sri-lanka-2026\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"si\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/west-indies-emerging-tour-of-sri-lanka-2026\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/wnd-2026-06-04.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/wnd-2026-06-04.jpg\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":675},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/west-indies-emerging-tour-of-sri-lanka-2026\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"West Indies Emerging Tour of Sri Lanka 2026\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/\",\"name\":\"SL Sports\",\"description\":\"SL Sports - Sri Lanka&#039;s Premium Sports Channel\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/#organization\"},\"alternateName\":\"SL Sports\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"si\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/#organization\",\"name\":\"SL Sports\",\"alternateName\":\"SL Sports\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"si\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-12-03-at-16.24.18.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-12-03-at-16.24.18.jpeg\",\"width\":666,\"height\":591,\"caption\":\"SL Sports\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/lknewsroom\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/SlSports5\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@SLSPORTSLK\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/slsports17\/\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/#\/schema\/person\/6e3ead9806ed4f2b4ddfc9faa69328a5\",\"name\":\"Slsports Viraj\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"si\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b7b872708dd3b24ab7ceb718fb4835bba36cbdff96449029958bb51f410e614d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b7b872708dd3b24ab7ceb718fb4835bba36cbdff96449029958bb51f410e614d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Slsports Viraj\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/si\/author\/slsports-viraj\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"West Indies Emerging Tour of Sri Lanka 2026 - SL Sports","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/si\/west-indies-emerging-tour-of-sri-lanka-2026\/","og_locale":"si_LK","og_type":"article","og_title":"West Indies Emerging Tour of Sri Lanka 2026 - SL Sports","og_description":"The Sri Lanka Cricket Selection Panel has selected the following squads to play in the WestIndies Emerging Tour of Sri Lanka 2026.The West Indies and Sri Lanka emerging teams will play two four-day games and three oneday games during the bilateral contest.The tour will begin on the 8th of June with the first four-day game...","og_url":"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/si\/west-indies-emerging-tour-of-sri-lanka-2026\/","og_site_name":"SL Sports","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/lknewsroom","article_published_time":"2026-06-04T09:35:33+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-06-04T09:35:35+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":675,"url":"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/wnd-2026-06-04.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Slsports Viraj","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@SlSports5","twitter_site":"@SlSports5","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Slsports Viraj","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/west-indies-emerging-tour-of-sri-lanka-2026\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/west-indies-emerging-tour-of-sri-lanka-2026\/"},"author":{"name":"Slsports Viraj","@id":"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/#\/schema\/person\/6e3ead9806ed4f2b4ddfc9faa69328a5"},"headline":"West Indies Emerging Tour of Sri Lanka 2026","datePublished":"2026-06-04T09:35:33+00:00","dateModified":"2026-06-04T09:35:35+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/west-indies-emerging-tour-of-sri-lanka-2026\/"},"wordCount":112,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/west-indies-emerging-tour-of-sri-lanka-2026\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/wnd-2026-06-04.jpg","keywords":["slsports","sports news","sri lanka cricket","West Indies Emerging Tour"],"articleSection":["Cricket","International Cricket","National Cricket"],"inLanguage":"si","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/slsports.lk\/west-indies-emerging-tour-of-sri-lanka-2026\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/west-indies-emerging-tour-of-sri-lanka-2026\/","url":"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/west-indies-emerging-tour-of-sri-lanka-2026\/","name":"West Indies Emerging Tour of Sri Lanka 2026 - SL Sports","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/west-indies-emerging-tour-of-sri-lanka-2026\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/west-indies-emerging-tour-of-sri-lanka-2026\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/wnd-2026-06-04.jpg","datePublished":"2026-06-04T09:35:33+00:00","dateModified":"2026-06-04T09:35:35+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/west-indies-emerging-tour-of-sri-lanka-2026\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"si","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/slsports.lk\/west-indies-emerging-tour-of-sri-lanka-2026\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"si","@id":"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/west-indies-emerging-tour-of-sri-lanka-2026\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/wnd-2026-06-04.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/wnd-2026-06-04.jpg","width":1200,"height":675},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/west-indies-emerging-tour-of-sri-lanka-2026\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"West Indies Emerging Tour of Sri Lanka 2026"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/#website","url":"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/","name":"SL Sports","description":"SL Sports - Sri Lanka&#039;s Premium Sports Channel","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/#organization"},"alternateName":"SL Sports","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"si"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/#organization","name":"SL Sports","alternateName":"SL Sports","url":"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"si","@id":"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-12-03-at-16.24.18.jpeg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-12-03-at-16.24.18.jpeg","width":666,"height":591,"caption":"SL Sports"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/lknewsroom","https:\/\/x.com\/SlSports5","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@SLSPORTSLK","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/slsports17\/"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/#\/schema\/person\/6e3ead9806ed4f2b4ddfc9faa69328a5","name":"Slsports Viraj","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"si","@id":"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b7b872708dd3b24ab7ceb718fb4835bba36cbdff96449029958bb51f410e614d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b7b872708dd3b24ab7ceb718fb4835bba36cbdff96449029958bb51f410e614d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Slsports Viraj"},"url":"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/si\/author\/slsports-viraj\/"}]}},"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/si\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11871","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/si\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/si\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/si\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/si\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11871"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/si\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11871\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11874,"href":"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/si\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11871\/revisions\/11874"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/si\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11873"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/si\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11871"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/si\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11871"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/si\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}