England Women are heading back to the subcontinent in a big way. Charlotte Edwards' side have confirmed a white-ball tour of Sri Lanka in February and March 2027, sandwiching the ICC Women's Champions Trophy in India — a blockbuster winter that also includes a red-ball training camp in India in January.
The timing is no accident. With the Women's Champions Trophy in India sitting between the T20I and ODI legs, England's selectors have built an entire subcontinent education programme around one marquee event: T20Is in Kandy, a camp in India, the global tournament, then ODIs in Dambulla. It is the kind of long-range planning that title-contending sides do.
England head into the winter in strong form — they just completed a 3-0 ODI sweep of Sri Lanka at home, with Sophia Dunkley striking her second international century in the final game. The sting of losing the home T20 World Cup final to Australia at Lord's still lingers, and this tour is the first big step in the response.
Sri Lanka, meanwhile, get another shot at the side that dominated them at home — this time in front of their own fans in Kandy and Dambulla. Expect big crowds and a far tougher fight than the last meeting.