Tour dates confirmed for two warm-up games for touring India team

Cricket Australia (CA) and the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), today confirmed the detail of the two warm-up tour games India will play following their arrival in Australia prior to the first Test match, which begins at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 26 December 2011.

The first warm-up tour game will be a two-day game played against a CA Chairman's XI on Thursday 15 December and Friday 16 December at Manuka Oval in Canberra. The second warm-up game will be a three-day game played from Monday 19 December until Wednesday 21 December, also against a CA Chairman's XI at Manuka Oval in Canberra . The matches will start at 11am.

The two tour games will be a part of the inaugural 'Festival of Cricket' in Canberra from 4 December until 21 December, which also includes a Sheffield Shield game from 6 December to 9 December and a Ryobi One-Day Cup match on 4 December, both between RTA SpeedBlitz Blues and PKF Tasmanian Tigers at Manuka Oval.