Cricket: England's split tour
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Your support makes all the difference.ENGLAND are close to persuading South Africa to split the 1995-96 winter tour into two halves with a five-Test series being followed by a limited-over international competition which would serve as a warm-up for the World Cup, writes Glenn Moore.
England would pick two squads with Test players flying back after the Test matches to be replaced by one-day specialists.
FUTURE DATES: Home: 1995 West Indies; 1996 India / Pakistan; 1997 Australia; 1998 South Africa; 1999 New Zealand / World Cup; 2000 West Indies; 2001 Australia. Away: 1994-95 Australia; 1995-96 South
Africa / World Cup (14 February-17 March); 1996-97 New Zealand; 1997-98 West Indies; 1998-99 Australia; 1999-2000 tba; 2000-01 tba; 2001-02 tba; 2002-03 Australia.
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