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  England cricket tour of Sri Lanka called off due to coronavirus Article Source: The Guardian England’s cricketers will fly home from Sri Lanka on Friday, their tour having been called off amid the coronavirus pandemic that now threatens to do huge damage to the upcoming home summer. The decision to postpone the two-Test series was announced while Joe Root’s players were out in the middle on day two of their tour match in Colombo and followed overnight talks between the two boards and their respective governments. Though the England and Wales Cricket Board released a statement the previous evening insisting the tour was going ahead, within this was the acknowledgment of an increasingly vulnerable position given supporters had begun flying out before Thursday’s first Test in Galle. Announcing the change in tack on Friday, an ECB spokesperson said: “Due to the Covid-19 pandemic worsening globally, and after discussions with ...