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] Australia is scheduled to host a one-off day-night Test against England in March 2027 to celebrate 150 years of Test cricket.^[6]^[7]^[8]

Season overview

Men's events

International tours
Start date	Home team	Away team	Results [Matches]
Start date	Home team	Away team	Test	ODI	T20I
September 2026	Zimbabwe	Australia	N/a	[3]	N/a
September 2026	Afghanistan	India	N/a	N/a	[3]
24 September 2026	South Africa	Australia	[3]	[3]	N/a
September 2026	India	West Indies	N/a	[3]	[5]
October 2026	Pakistan	Sri Lanka	[2]	N/a	[3]
22 October 2026	New Zealand	India	[2]	[5]	[3]
28 October 2026	Bangladesh	West Indies	[2]	N/a	N/a
November 2026	Australia	England	[1]	[3]	[5]
15 November 2026	South Africa	Bangladesh	[2]	[3]	[3]
17 December 2026	South Africa	England	[3]	[3]	N/a
December 2026	Afghanistan	Zimbabwe	[2]	[3]	[3]
December 2026	Australia	New Zealand	[4]	N/a	N/a
December 2026	India	Sri Lanka	N/a	[3]	[3]
January 2027	New Zealand	Sri Lanka	[2]	[3]	[3]
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
September 2026	2026 Asian Games
October 2026	2026 Pakistan Tri-Nation Series

Women's events

Women's international tours
Start date	Home team	Away team	Results [Matches]
Start date	Home team	Away team	WTest	WODI	WT20I
–	–	–	–	–	–
International tournaments
Start date	Tournament				Winners
September 2026	2026 Asian Games

September

Australia in Zimbabwe


ODI series
No.	Date	Venue	Result
1st ODI	September
2nd ODI	September
3rd ODI	September

Asian Games

Women's tournament

Men's tournament

Australia in South Africa


ODI series
No.	Date	Venue	Result
1st ODI	24 September	Kingsmead, 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, Durban
2nd Test	18–22 October	St George's Park, Gqeberha
3rd Test	27–31 October	Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town

October

2026 Pakistan Tri-Nation Series


ODI tri-series
No.	Date	Team 1	Team 2	Venue	Result
1st ODI	October	Pakistan	England
2nd ODI	October	Sri Lanka	England
3rd ODI	October	Pakistan	Sri Lanka
Final
Final	November	TBA	TBA

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

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, 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

England in Australia

ODI series
No.	Date	Venue	Result
1st ODI	November
2nd ODI	November
3rd ODI	November
T20I series
No.	Date	Venue	Result
1st T20I	November
2nd T20I	November
3rd T20I	November
4th T20I	November
5th T20I	November
Only Test
No.	Date	Venue	Result
Only Test	11–15 March	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne

December

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

February

England in Bangladesh

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

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". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 4 June 2023.
^ "Cricket retained for 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games in Japan". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 30 April 2025.
^ "Cricket set to be part of 2026 Asian Games". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 30 April 2025.
^ "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.
^ "Australia-England 150th anniversary Test in 2027 will be a pink-ball day-night match". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 April 2025.

[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". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 4 June 2023.

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

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

[6] "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.

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

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

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International cricket in 2026–27
Preceding season: International cricket in 2026
September 2026	Asian Games M W
October 2026	Men's T20WC Africa Sub-regional Qualifier C
November 2026	England in Australia Women's Emerging Nations Trophy
Ongoing	World Test Championship CWC League 2 CWC Challenge League Women's Championship Associate T20I cricket
Following Season: International cricket in 2027