International cricket in 2026–27

The 2026-27 International cricket season will take place from September 2026 to March 2027.^[1]^[2] This calendar will include men's Test, men's One Day International (ODI), men's Twenty20 International (T20I), women's Test, women's One Day International (ODI) and women's Twenty20 International (T20I) matches, as well as some other significant series.^[3] In addition to the matches shown here, a number of other T20I series involving associate nations are being played during this period.

The cricket at the 2026 Asian Games for both Men's and Women's, is scheduled to take place in Japan in September and October 2026.^[4]^[5] The inaugural 2027 ICC Women's Champions Trophy is scheduled to be held in Sri Lanka in February 2027.^[6]

Australia is scheduled to host a one-off day-night Test against England in March 2027 to celebrate 150 years of Test cricket.^[7]^[8]^[9]

Season overview

Men's events

International tours
Start date	Home team	Away team	Results [Matches]
Start date	Home team	Away team	Test	ODI	T20I
24 September 2026	South Africa	Australia	[3]	[3]	N/a
27 September 2026	India	West Indies	N/a	[3]	[5]
October 2026	Afghanistan	Bangladesh	[1]	[3]	N/a
9 October 2026	Pakistan	Sri Lanka	[2]	N/a	[3]
22 October 2026	New Zealand	India	[2]	[5]	[5]
28 October 2026	Bangladesh	West Indies	[2]	N/a	N/a
13 November 2026	Australia	England	[1]	[3]	[5]
15 November 2026	South Africa	Bangladesh	[2]	[3]	[3]
9 December 2026	Australia	New Zealand	[4]	N/a	N/a
13 December 2026	India	Sri Lanka	N/a	[3]	[3]
17 December 2026	South Africa	England	[3]	[3]	N/a
December 2026	Afghanistan	Zimbabwe	[2]	[3]	[3]
3 January 2027	India	Zimbabwe	N/a	[3]	N/a
16 January 2027	New Zealand	Sri Lanka	[2]	[3]	[3]
21 January 2027	India	Australia	[5]	N/a	N/a
February 2027	West Indies	Afghanistan	[1]	[3]	[3]
February 2027	Bangladesh	England	[2]	N/a	N/a
February 2027	Sri Lanka	South Africa	[2]	N/a	N/a
March 2027	Afghanistan	Ireland	[1]	[3]	[3]
March 2027	Pakistan	New Zealand	[2]	N/a	N/a
Men's international tournaments
Start date	Tournament				Winners
9 October 2026	2026 Oman Tri-Nation Series (round 22)				N/a
18 October 2026	2026 Pakistan Tri-Nation Series
22 February 2027	2027 Cricket World Cup Qualifier

Women's events

Women's international tours
Start date	Home team	Away team	Results [Matches]
Start date	Home team	Away team	WTest	WODI	WT20I
9 October 2026	Australia	Bangladesh	N/a	[3]	N/a
16 October 2026	India	Zimbabwe	N/a	[3]	[3]
18 October 2026	Australia	New Zealand	N/a	[3]	[3]
9 December 2026	South Africa	India	[1]	[3]	[3]
10 December 2026	New Zealand	Bangladesh	N/a	[3]	[3]
18 March 2027	South Africa	Australia	[1]	[3]	[3]
International tournaments
Start date	Tournament				Winners
14 February 2027	2027 Women's Champions Trophy

September

Australia in South Africa


ODI series
No.	Date	Venue	Result
1st ODI	24 September	Kingsmead Cricket Ground, Durban
2nd ODI	27 September	Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
3rd ODI	30 September	JB Marks Oval, Potchefstroom
2025–2027 ICC World Test Championship – Test series
No.	Date	Venue	Result
1st Test	9–13 October	Kingsmead Cricket Ground, Durban
2nd Test	18–22 October	St George's Park Cricket Ground, Gqeberha
3rd Test	27–31 October	Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town

West Indies in India


ODI series
No.	Date	Venue	Result
1st ODI	27 September	Greenfield International Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram
2nd ODI	30 September	Assam Cricket Association Stadium, Guwahati
3rd ODI	3 October	Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium, Mullanpur
T20I Series
No.	Date	Venue	Result
1st T20I	6 October	Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow
2nd T20I	9 October	JSCA International Stadium Complex, Ranchi
3rd T20I	11 October	Holkar Stadium, Indore
4th T20I	14 October	Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad
5th T20I	17 October	M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru

October

Bangladesh women in Australia

2025–2029 ICC Women's Championship — WODI series
No.	Date	Venue	Result
1st WODI	9 October	Allan Border Field, Brisbane
2nd WODI	11 October	Allan Border Field, Brisbane
3rd WODI	14 October	Allan Border Field, Brisbane

2026 Oman Tri-Nation Series (round 22)


2024–2026 Cricket World Cup League 2 – Tri-series
No.	Date	Team 1	Team 2	Venue	Result
1st ODI	9 October	Oman	Canada	Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 1, Al Amarat
2nd ODI	11 October	Canada	Nepal	Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 1, Al Amarat
3rd ODI	13 October	Oman	Nepal	Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 1, Al Amarat
4th ODI	15 October	Oman	Canada	Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 1, Al Amarat
5th ODI	17 October	Canada	Nepal	Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 1, Al Amarat
6th ODI	19 October	Oman	Nepal	Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 1, Al Amarat

Sri Lanka in Pakistan


T20I series
No.	Date	Venue	Result
1st T20I	9 October	Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi
2nd T20I	11 October	Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi
3rd T20I	13 October	Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi
2025–2027 ICC World Test Championship — Test Series
No.	Date	Venue	Result
1st Test	9-13 November	Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi
2nd Test	17-21 November	Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore

Zimbabwe women in India

WT20I series
No.	Date	Venue	Result
1st WT20I	16 October	Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Cricket Stadium, Raipur
2nd WT20I	18 October	Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Cricket Stadium, Raipur
3rd WT20I	20 October	Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Cricket Stadium, Raipur
2025–2029 ICC Women's Championship — WODI series
No.	Date	Venue	Result
1st WODI	23 October	Baroda Cricket Association Stadium, Vadodara
2nd WODI	25 October	Baroda Cricket Association Stadium, Vadodara
3rd WODI	28 October	Baroda Cricket Association Stadium, Vadodara

2026 Pakistan Tri-Nation Series


ODI tri-series
No.	Date	Team 1	Team 2	Venue	Result
1st ODI	18 October	Pakistan	Sri Lanka	Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi
2nd ODI	20 October	Pakistan	England	Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi
3rd ODI	22 October	Sri Lanka	England	Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi
4th ODI	25 October	Pakistan	England	Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
5th ODI	27 October	Pakistan	Sri Lanka	Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
6th ODI	29 October	Sri Lanka	England	Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
Final
Final	31 October	TBA	TBA	Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore

New Zealand women in Australia

WT20I series
No.	Date	Venue	Result
1st WT20I	18 October	North Sydney Oval, Sydney
2nd WT20I	20 October	North Sydney Oval, Sydney
3rd WT20I	22 October	North Sydney Oval, Sydney
2025–2029 ICC Women's Championship — WODI series
No.	Date	Venue	Result
1st WODI	6 March	Manuka Oval, Canberra
2nd WODI	8 March	CitiPower Centre, Melbourne
3rd WODI	10 March	CitiPower Centre, Melbourne

India in New Zealand


T20I series
No.	Date	Venue	Result
1st T20I	22 October	Hagley Oval, Christchurch
2nd T20I	24 October	Hagley Oval, Christchurch
3rd T20I	27 October	Wellington Regional Stadium, Wellington
4th T20I	30 October	Eden Park, Auckland
5th T20I	1 November	Seddon Park, Hamilton
ODI series
No.	Date	Venue	Result
1st ODI	4 November	Eden Park, Auckland
2nd ODI	7 November	Wellington Regional Stadium, Wellington
3rd ODI	10 November	Seddon Park, Hamilton
4th ODI	13 November	Bay Oval, Tauranga
5th ODI	15 November	Bay Oval, Tauranga
2025–2027 ICC World Test Championship – Test series
No.	Date	Venue	Result
1st Test	19–23 November	Basin Reserve, Wellington
2nd Test	27 November–1 December	Hagley Oval, Christchurch

West Indies in Bangladesh

2025–2027 ICC World Test Championship – Test series
No.	Date	Venue	Result
1st Test	28 October–1 November
2nd Test	5–9 November

November

England in Australia

ODI series
No.	Date	Venue	Result
1st ODI	13 November	Perth Stadium, Perth
2nd ODI	15 November	Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
3rd ODI	18 November	Bellerive Oval, Hobart
T20I series
No.	Date	Venue	Result
1st T20I	21 November	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
2nd T20I	24 November	Carrara Stadium, Gold Coast
3rd T20I	27 November	The Gabba, Brisbane
4th T20I	29 November	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
5th T20I	2 December	Manuka Oval, Canberra
Only Test
No.	Date	Venue	Result
Only Test	11–15 March	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne

Bangladesh in South Africa

2025–2027 ICC World Test Championship – Test series
No.	Date	Venue	Result
1st Test	15–19 November	Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
2nd Test	23–27 November	Centurion Park, Centurion
ODI series
No.	Date	Venue	Result
1st ODI	1 December	Buffalo Park, East London
2nd ODI	4 December	St George's Park Cricket Ground, Gqeberha
3rd ODI	7 December	Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town
T20I series
No.	Date	Venue	Result
1st T20I	10 December	De Beers Diamond Oval, Kimberley
2nd T20I	12 December	Willowmoore Park, Benoni
3rd T20I	13 December	Centurion Park, Centurion

December

New Zealand in Australia

2025–2027 ICC World Test Championship – Test series
No.	Date	Venue	Result
1st Test	9–13 December	Perth Stadium, Perth
2nd Test	17–21 December	Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
3rd Test	26–30 December	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
4th Test	4–8 January	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney

India women in South Africa

WTest match
No.	Date	Venue	Result
Only WTest	9–12 December	St George's Park Cricket Ground, Gqeberha
2025–2029 ICC Women's Championship — WODI series
No.	Date	Venue	Result
1st WODI	16 December	Boland Park, Paarl
2nd WODI	19 December	Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town
3rd WODI	22 December	Maunguang Oval, Bloemfontein
WT20I series
No.	Date	Venue	Result
1st WT20I	26 December	Willowmoore Park, Benoni
2nd WT20I	29 December	JB Marks Oval, Potchefstroom
3rd WT20I	30 December	JB Marks Oval, Potchefstroom

Bangladesh women in New Zealand


WT20I series
No.	Date	Venue	Result
1st WT20I	10 December	Saxton Oval, Nelson
2nd WT20I	12 December	Saxton Oval, Nelson
3rd WT20I	15 December	Basin Reserve, Wellington
WODI series
No.	Date	Venue	Result
1st WODI	18 December	Basin Reserve, Wellington
2nd WODI	21 December	Bay Oval, Tauranga
3rd WODI	23 December	Bay Oval, Tauranga

Sri Lanka in India


ODI series
No.	Date	Venue	Result
1st ODI	13 December	Arun Jaitley Cricket Stadium, New Delhi
2nd ODI	16 December	M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
3rd ODI	19 December	Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad
T20I Series
No.	Date	Venue	Result
1st T20I	22 December	Niranjan Shah Stadium, Rajkot
2nd T20I	24 December	Barabati Stadium, Cuttack
3rd T20I	27 December	Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune

England in South Africa

2025–2027 ICC World Test Championship – Test series
No.	Date	Venue	Result
1st Test	17–21 December	Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
2nd Test	26–30 December	Centurion Park, Centurion
3rd Test	3–7 January	Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town
ODI series
No.	Date	Venue	Result
1st ODI	10 January	Boland Park, Paarl
2nd ODI	13 January	Mangaung Oval, Bloemfontein
3rd ODI	15 January	Mangaung Oval, Bloemfontein

January

Zimbabwe in India


ODI series
No.	Date	Venue	Result
1st ODI	3 January	Eden Gardens, Kolkata
2nd ODI	6 January	Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad
3rd ODI	9 January	Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai

Sri Lanka in New Zealand


ODI series
No.	Date	Venue	Result
1st ODI	16 January	McLean Park, Napier
2nd ODI	19 January	Basin Reserve, Wellington
3rd ODI	22 January	University of Otago Oval, Dunedin
T20I series
No.	Date	Venue	Result
1st T20I	26 January	Hagley Oval, Christchurch
2nd T20I	29 January	Saxton Oval, Nelson
3rd T20I	31 January	Saxton Oval, Nelson
2025–2027 ICC World Test Championship – Test series
No.	Date	Venue	Result
1st Test	4–8 February	Bay Oval, Tauranga
2nd Test	12–16 February	Seddon Park, Hamilton

Australia in India


2025–2027 ICC World Test Championship – Test series
No.	Date	Venue	Result
1st Test	21–25 January	Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur
2nd Test	29 January–2 February	M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
3rd Test	11–15 February	Assam Cricket Association Stadium, Guwahati
4th Test	19–23 February	JSCA International Stadium Complex, Ranchi
5th Test	27 February–3 March	Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad

February

England in Bangladesh

2025–2027 ICC World Test Championship – Test series
No.	Date	Venue	Result
1st Test
2nd Test

South Africa in Sri Lanka

2025–2027 ICC World Test Championship – Test series
No.	Date	Venue	Result
1st Test
2nd Test

2027 Women's Champions Trophy

2027 Cricket World Cup Qualifier

March

Australia women in South Africa

WT20I series
No.	Date	Venue	Result
1st WT20I	18 March	De Beers Diamond Oval, Kimberley
2nd WT20I	21 March	Willowmoore Park, Benoni
3rd WT20I	23 March	Buffalo Park, East London
2025–2029 ICC Women's Championship — WODI series
No.	Date	Venue	Result
1st WODI	27 March	St George's Park Cricket Ground, Gqeberha
2nd WODI	31 March	Boland Park, Paarl
3rd WODI	3 April	Kingsmead Cricket Ground, Durban
WTest match
No.	Date	Venue	Result
Only WTest	8–11 April	JB Marks Oval, Potchefstroom

References

↑ "Men's Future Tours Programme 2023 to 2027" (PDF). International Cricket Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 November 2022. Retrieved 14 March 2023.
↑ "Men's FTP for 2023-2027 announced". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 14 March 2023.
↑ "Season archive". Cricinfo. Retrieved 4 June 2023.
↑ "Cricket retained for 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games in Japan". Cricinfo. Retrieved 30 April 2025.
↑ "Cricket set to be part of 2026 Asian Games". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 30 April 2025.
↑ "ICC BOARD APPROVES KEY WOMEN'S CRICKET PATHWAY DECISIONS". International Cricket Council. 1 June 2026. Retrieved 12 August 2026.
↑ "Australia to host England in one-off match in 2027 to celebrate 150 years of Test cricket". International Cricket Council. 18 August 2024. Retrieved 2 April 2025.
↑ "Australia, England to play one-off match at MCG for 150th Test anniversary in 2027". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 2 April 2025.
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[1] "Men's Future Tours Programme 2023 to 2027" (PDF). International Cricket Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 November 2022. Retrieved 14 March 2023.

[2] "Men's FTP for 2023-2027 announced". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 14 March 2023.

[3] "Season archive". Cricinfo. Retrieved 4 June 2023.

[4] "Cricket retained for 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games in Japan". Cricinfo. Retrieved 30 April 2025.

[5] "Cricket set to be part of 2026 Asian Games". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 30 April 2025.

[6] "ICC BOARD APPROVES KEY WOMEN'S CRICKET PATHWAY DECISIONS". International Cricket Council. 1 June 2026. Retrieved 12 August 2026.

[7] "Australia to host England in one-off match in 2027 to celebrate 150 years of Test cricket". International Cricket Council. 18 August 2024. Retrieved 2 April 2025.

[8] "Australia, England to play one-off match at MCG for 150th Test anniversary in 2027". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 2 April 2025.

[9] "Australia-England 150th anniversary Test in 2027 will be a pink-ball day-night match". Cricinfo. Retrieved 2 April 2025.

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International cricket in 2026–27
Preceding season: International cricket in 2026
September 2026	Australia in Zimbabwe Australia in South Africa West Indies in India
October 2026	Men's T20WC Asia Sub-regional Qualifier A Bangladesh women in Australia Oman Tri-Nation Series Sri Lanka in Pakistan Zimbabwe women in India Pakistan Tri-Nation Series New Zealand women in Australia Men's T20WC Africa Sub-regional Qualifier C India in New Zealand West Indies in Bangladesh
November 2026	England in Australia Bangladesh in South Africa Women's Emerging Nations Trophy
December 2026	New Zealand in Australia India women in South Africa Bangladesh women in New Zealand Sri Lanka in India England in South Africa
January 2027	Zimbabwe in India Australia in India
February 2027	Women's Champions Trophy
Ongoing	World Test Championship CWC League 2 CWC Challenge League Women's Championship Associate T20I cricket
Following Season: International cricket in 2027