Dates revealed for Canberra Test between Australia and Sri Lanka

Canberra's historic cricket fixture is set to avoid a nightmare timeslot clash with the Australian Open tennis tournament when the capital hosts Australia's first February Test match in 21 years.Fairfax Media can reveal Cricket Australia is poised to announced the dates for the summer of cricket as early as Friday, with officials putting the finishing touches on the schedule.It's understood Canberra will likely take centre stage from January 31-February 4 when Australia plays against Sri Lanka in a perfectly timed match for new broadcaster Channel Seven.It will be the first time Australia has played a home Test so late in the summer since 1998 and is a bonus for Cricket Australia's $1.2 billion broadcast deal with Channel Seven and Fox Sports.Channel Seven has the rights to the Australian Open for one more year and the extended summer of Tests has caused a schedule headache for officials.The tennis has been Channel Seven's marquee event and the network will be determined to go out with a bang when the tournament finishes on January 27.The timing of Canberra's cricket content will ensure the capital gets bang for its buck in terms of national exposure when the city hosts its first international Test.Cricket Australia is still ironing out the kinks of its six-Test summer and working with its new broadcast partners to reach suitable agreements for all parties.India's governing cricket body, the Board of Control for Cricket in India, has thrown a spanner in the works by reportedly rejecting the proposal for a day-night fixture in Adelaide.