Date:01/05/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/05/01/stories/2008050156452100.htm

Sport - Cricket

Ahmedabad to host first Test

New Delhi: Ahmedabad will host the first cricket Test between India and England when Michael Vaughan’s team comes to India for a two-Test and seven-ODI series in November-December, the final itinerary of which will be announced soon by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).

The second Test of the series will be played in Mumbai before the two teams lock horns in a one-day series.

The first of the seven one-dayers will be played in the Capital.

Indore, Rajkot, Jamshedpur, Cuttack, Guwahati and Kanpur will host the remaining matches of the series.

“The final itinerary will be decided on the basis of logistics,” the BCCI Secretary, Niranjan Shah, said in a statement. — PTI