The 2026–27 International cricket season is taking place from late September 2026 to March 2027. This calendar includes 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. In addition to the matches shown here, a number of other T20I series involving associate nations are being played during this period.
The inaugural 2027 ICC Women's Champions Trophy is scheduled to be held in India in February 2027.
Australia is scheduled to host a one-off day-night Test against England in March 2027 to celebrate 150 years of Test cricket.
Season overview
Men's events International tours Start date Home team Away team Results [Matches] Test ODI T20I 24 September 2026 2–1 27 September 2026 2–1 9 October 2026 9 October 2026 22 October 2026 22 October 2026 27 October 2026 28 October 2026 13 November 2026 15 November 2026 9 December 2026 13 December 2026 17 December 2026 3 January 2027 16 January 2027 21 January 2027 February 2027 February 2027 February 2027 March 2027 26 March 2027 Men's international tournaments Start date Tournament Winners 3 October 2026 2026 United States Tri-Nation Series (round 22) 9 October 2026 2026 Oman Tri-Nation Series (round 23) 17 October 2026 2026 Afghanistan Tri-Nation Series 18 October 2026 2026–27 Pakistan ODI Tri-Series 21 October 2026 2026 Cricket World Cup Challenge League A 22 February 2027 2027 Cricket World Cup Qualifier
Women's events Women's international toursStart dateHome teamAway teamResults [Matches]WTestWODIWT20I 24 September 2026 1–2 0–3 9 October 2026 16 October 2026 18 October 2026 9 December 2026 10 December 2026 18 March 2027 International tournaments Start date Tournament Winners 14 February 2027
September West Indies women in Zimbabwe
No. Date Venue Result WODI 1565 24 September Harare Sports Club, Harare by 99 runs WODI 1566 27 September Harare Sports Club, Harare by 4 wickets WODI 1567 30 September Harare Sports Club, Harare by 91 runs WT20I series No. Date Venue Result WT20I 3029 3 October Takashinga Cricket Club, Harare by 8 wickets WT20I 3030 5 October Takashinga Cricket Club, Harare by 8 wickets WT20I 3031 7 October Takashinga Cricket Club, Harare by 8 wickets
Australia in South Africa
+ ODI series No. Date Venue Result ODI 5017 24 September Kingsmead Cricket Ground, Durban by 67 runs ODI 5019 27 September Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg by 32 runs ODI 5023 30 September JB Marks Oval, Potchefstroom by 45 runs (DLS) No. Date Venue Result Test 2637 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 ODI 5020 27 September Greenfield International Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram by 8 wickets ODI 5022 30 September Assam Cricket Association Stadium, Guwahati by 8 wickets ODI 5024 3 October Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium, Mullanpur by 5 wickets T20I Series No. Date Venue Result T20I 4166 6 October Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow by 8 wickets T20I 4179 9 October JSCA International Stadium Complex, Ranchi T20I 4187 11 October Holkar Stadium, Indore T20I 4202 14 October Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad 5th T20I 17 October M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
October 2026 United States Tri-Nation Series (round 22)
+ 2024–2026 Cricket World Cup League 2 – Tri-series No. Date Team 1 Team 2 Venue Result ODI 5025 3 October Grand Prairie Stadium, Grand Prairie No result ODI 5026 5 October Grand Prairie Stadium, Grand Prairie by 6 wickets ODI 5027 7 October Grand Prairie Stadium, Grand Prairie by 4 wickets ODI 5029 9 October Grand Prairie Stadium, Grand Prairie ODI 5031 11 October Grand Prairie Stadium, Grand Prairie ODI 5033 13 October Grand Prairie Stadium, Grand Prairie
Bangladesh women in Australia
No. Date Venue Result WODI 1568 9 October Allan Border Field, Brisbane WODI 1569 11 October Allan Border Field, Brisbane WODI 1570 14 October Allan Border Field, Brisbane
Bangladesh against Afghanistan in the UAE
+ Only Test No. Date Venue Result Test 2936 9–13 October Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi
2026 Oman Tri-Nation Series (round 23)
+ 2024–2026 Cricket World Cup League 2 – Tri-series No. Date Team 1 Team 2 Venue Result ODI 5028 9 October Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 1, Al Amarat ODI 5030 11 October Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 1, Al Amarat ODI 5032 13 October Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 1, Al Amarat ODI 5034 15 October Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 1, Al Amarat 5th ODI 17 October Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 1, Al Amarat 6th ODI 19 October Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 1, Al Amarat
Sri Lanka in Pakistan
+ T20I series No. Date Venue Result T20I 4180 9 October Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi T20I 4188 11 October Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi T20I 4195 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 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 Afghanistan Tri-Nation Series
+Round-robin No. Date Team 1 Team 2 Venue Result 1st ODI 17 October Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi 2nd ODI 19 October Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi 3rd ODI 21 October Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah Final 4th ODI 23 October TBD TBD Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah
2026–27 Pakistan ODI Tri-Series
+Round-robin No. Date Team 1 Team 2 Venue Result 1st ODI 18 October Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi 2nd ODI 20 October Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi 3rd ODI 22 October Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi 4th ODI 25 October Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore 5th ODI 27 October Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore 6th ODI 29 October Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore Final 7th ODI 31 October TBD TBD 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 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
2026 Cricket World Cup Challenge League A (Kenya)
+2024–2026 ICC Cricket World Cup Challenge League – List A seriesNo.DateTeam 1Team 2VenueResult 1st Match 21 October 2nd Match 22 October 3rd Match 22 October 4th Match 24 October 5th Match 24 October 6th Match 25 October 7th Match 25 October 8th Match 27 October 9th Match 27 October 10th Match 28 October 11th Match 28 October 12th Match 30 October 13rd Match 30 October 14th Match 31 October 15th Match 31 October
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 No. Date Venue Result 1st Test 19–23 November Basin Reserve, Wellington 2nd Test 27 November–1 December Hagley Oval, Christchurch
Ireland in Namibia
+ ODI series No. Date Venue Result 1st ODI 22 October 2nd ODI 24 October 3rd ODI 27 October 4th ODI 30 October 5th ODI 1 November
Zimbabwe against Afghanistan in the UAE
+ T20I series No. Date Venue Result 1st T20I 27 October Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah 2nd T20I 29 October Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah 3rd T20I 1 November Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah Test series No. Date Venue Result 1st Test 5–9 November Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah 2nd Test 13–17 November Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah
West Indies in Bangladesh
No. Date Venue Result 1st Test 28 October–1 November Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka 2nd Test 5–9 November Sylhet International Cricket Stadium, Sylhet
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
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
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 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
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