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toured

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from 30 October 2012 to 29 November 2012. The tour consisted of two

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, five

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s and one

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matches.

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moved the second and third ODIs against

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from the

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to the Pallekele Cricket Stadium, because the Premadasa was flooded after three weeks of monsoon rain.Colombo ODIs moved to Pallekele
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Squads

Venues

All matches were played at the following four grounds:

Twenty20 Series

Only T20I

ODI series

1st ODI

2nd ODI

3rd ODI

4th ODI

5th ODI

Test series

1st Test

2nd Test

References

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