England will play three-testseries against West Indies and South Africa next year separated by a five-match one-day series against Australia, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said on Wednesday.
The home side, who replaced India as the world's top-rankedtest nation this year, will play 14 one-day internationals,including a match against Scotland, and four Twenty20 games during a crowded summer.
"With England looking to maintain its position as the numberone side in the ICC's World Test rankings and also preparing todefend the world T20 title in Sri Lanka next autumn, interest innext summer's international programme will be intense," ECBchief executive David Collier said in a statement.
"A record number of people attended this season'sinternational fixtures and with an exciting summer in prospectagain in 2012, we would urge spectators to buy tickets early inorder to avoid disappointment."
Test match schedule:
West Indies
First test, Lord's, May 17-20
Second test, Trent Bridge, May 25-29
Third test, Edgbaston, June 7-11
South Africa
First test, Oval, July 19-23
Second test, Headingley, Aug. 2-6
Third test, Lord's, Aug. 16-20
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