International cricket in 2026

The 2026 International cricket season will take place from April 2026 to September 2026.^[1] This calendar will include men's Test, One Day International (ODI) and Twenty20 International (T20I) matches (between full member teams), women's Test, women's One Day International (WODI) and women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) matches, as well as some other significant series.^[2]^[3] The 2026 Women's T20 World Cup is scheduled to be hosted in England in June and July 2026.^[4] In addition to the matches shown here, a number of other T20I series involving associate nations will be played during this period.

Season overview

Men's events

International tours
Start date	Home team	Away team	Results [Matches]
Start date	Home team	Away team	Test	ODI	T20I
17 April 2026	Bangladesh	New Zealand	N/a	[3]	[3]
8 May 2026	Bangladesh	Pakistan	[2]	N/a	N/a
27 May 2026	Ireland	New Zealand	[1]	N/a	N/a
4 June 2026	England	New Zealand	[3]	N/a	N/a
5 June 2026	Bangladesh	Australia	N/a	[3]	[3]
6 June 2026	India	Afghanistan	[1]	[3]	N/a
26 June 2026	Ireland	India	N/a	N/a	[2]
June 2026	West Indies	Sri Lanka	[2]	[3]	[3]
June 2026	Zimbabwe	Bangladesh	[2]	[5]	N/a
June 2026	Pakistan	Australia	N/a	[3]	N/a
1 July 2026	England	India	N/a	[3]	[5]
July 2026	West Indies	New Zealand	N/a	[3]	[3]
15 July 2026	West Indies	Pakistan	[2]	N/a	N/a
23 July 2026	Zimbabwe	India	N/a	N/a	[3]
5 August 2026	Ireland	Afghanistan	N/a	[5]	N/a
13 August 2026	Australia	Bangladesh	[2]	N/a	N/a
19 August 2026	England	Pakistan	[3]	N/a	N/a
August 2026	Namibia	South Africa	N/a	[3]	N/a
15 September 2026	England	Sri Lanka	N/a	[3]	[3]
International tournaments
Start date	Tournament				Winners
2 April 2026	2026 Namibia Tri-Nation Series (round 16)
May 2026	2026 Nepal Tri-Nation Series (round 17)
5 May 2026	2026 United States Tri-Nation Series (round 18)
June 2026	2026 Canada Tri-Nation Series (round 19)
15 July 2026	2026 Netherlands Tri-Nation Series (round 20)
August 2026	2026 Namibia T20I Tri-Nation Series
August 2026	2026 Cricket World Cup Challenge League B

Women's events

Women's international tours
Start date	Home team	Away team	Results [Matches]
Start date	Home team	Away team	WTest	WODI	WT20I
April 2026	Bangladesh	Sri Lanka	N/a	[3]	[3]
17 April 2026	South Africa	India	N/a	N/a	[5]
24 April 2026	Pakistan	Zimbabwe	N/a	[3]	[3]
10 May 2026	England	New Zealand	N/a	[3]	[3]
28 May 2026	England	India	[1]	N/a	[3]
10 July 2026	Ireland	West Indies	N/a	[3]	N/a
1 September 2026	England	Ireland	N/a	[3]	N/a
International tournaments
Start date	Tournament				Winners
28 May 2026	2026 Ireland Women's Tri-Nation Series
28 May 2026	2026 Scotland Women's Tri-Nation Series
12 June 2026	2026 Women's T20 World Cup
July 2026	2026 Women's Asia Cup

April

2026 Namibia Tri-Nation Series (round 16)


2024–2026 Cricket World Cup League 2 – Tri-series
No.	Date	Team 1	Team 2	Venue	Result
ODI 4946	2 April	Oman	Scotland	Wanderers Cricket Ground, Windhoek
ODI 4947	4 April	Namibia	Oman	Wanderers Cricket Ground, Windhoek
ODI 4948	6 April	Namibia	Scotland	Wanderers Cricket Ground, Windhoek
ODI 4949	8 April	Oman	Scotland	Wanderers Cricket Ground, Windhoek
ODI 4950	10 April	Namibia	Oman	Wanderers Cricket Ground, Windhoek
ODI 4951	12 April	Namibia	Scotland	Wanderers Cricket Ground, Windhoek

New Zealand in Bangladesh


ODI series
No.	Date	Venue	Result
1st ODI	17 April	Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Mirpur
2nd ODI	20 April	Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Mirpur
3rd ODI	23 April	BSFLMR Cricket Stadium, Chattogram
T20I series
No.	Date	Venue	Result
1st T20I	27 April	BSFLMR Cricket Stadium, Chattogram
2nd T20I	29 April	BSFLMR Cricket Stadium, Chattogram
3rd T20I	2 May	Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Mirpur

India women in South Africa


WT20I series
No.	Date	Venue	Result
1st WT20I	17 April	Kingsmead, Durban
2nd WT20I	19 April	Kingsmead, Durban
3rd WT20I	22 April	Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
4th WT20I	25 April	Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
5th WT20I	27 April	Willowmoore Park, Benoni

Sri Lanka women in Bangladesh


2025–2029 ICC Women's Championship — WODI series
No.	Date	Venue	Result
1st WODI	20 April	Shaheed Qamaruzzaman Stadium, Rajshahi
2nd WODI	22 April	Shaheed Qamaruzzaman Stadium, Rajshahi
3rd WODI	25 April	Shaheed Qamaruzzaman Stadium, Rajshahi
WT20I series
No.	Date	Venue	Result
1st WT20I	28 April	Sylhet International Cricket Stadium, Sylhet
2nd WT20I	30 April	Sylhet International Cricket Stadium, Sylhet
3rd WT20I	2 May	Sylhet International Cricket Stadium, Sylhet

Zimbabwe women in Pakistan


2025–2029 ICC Women's Championship — WODI series
No.	Date	Venue	Result
1st WODI	April
2nd WODI	April
3rd WODI	April
WT20I series
No.	Date	Venue	Result
1st WT20I	May
2nd WT20I	May
3rd WT20I	May

May

2026 United States Tri-Nation Series

Pakistan in Bangladesh


2025–2027 ICC World Test Championship – Test series
No.	Date	Venue	Result
1st Test	8–12 May
2nd Test	16–20 May

New Zealand women in England


2025–2029 ICC Women's Championship — WODI series
No.	Date	Venue	Result
1st WODI	10 May	Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street
2nd WODI	13 May	County Ground, Northampton
3rd WODI	16 May	Sophia Gardens, Cardiff
WT20I series
No.	Date	Venue	Result
1st WT20I	20 May	County Ground, Derby
2nd WT20I	23 May	St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury
3rd WT20I	25 May	County Ground, Hove

New Zealand in Ireland


Test match
No.	Date	Venue	Result
Only Test	27–30 May

2026 Ireland Women's Tri-Nation Series

Pos	Team	NRR
1	Ireland	—
2	Pakistan	—
3	West Indies	—

First match(es) will be played: May 2026. Source: ESPNcricinfo


Round-robin
No.	Date	Team 1	Team 2	Venue	Result
1st WT20I	28 May	Ireland	West Indies	Castle Avenue, Clontarf
2nd WT20I	29 May	Pakistan	West Indies	Castle Avenue, Clontarf
3rd WT20I	31 May	Ireland	Pakistan	Castle Avenue, Clontarf
4th WT20I	1 June	Ireland	West Indies	Castle Avenue, Clontarf
5th WT20I	3 June	Pakistan	West Indies	Castle Avenue, Clontarf
6th WT20I	4 June	Ireland	Pakistan	Castle Avenue, Clontarf

2026 Scotland Women's Tri-Nation Series

Pos	Team	NRR
1	Bangladesh	—
2	Netherlands	—
3	Scotland	—

First match(es) will be played: June 2026. Source: ^{[citation needed]}


Round-robin
No.	Date	Team 1	Team 2	Venue	Result
1st WT20I	28 May	Scotland	Netherlands	The Grange Club, Edinburgh
2nd WT20I	30 May	Scotland	Bangladesh	The Grange Club, Edinburgh
3rd WT20I	31 May	Bangladesh	Netherlands	The Grange Club, Edinburgh
4th WT20I	2 June	Scotland	Bangladesh	The Grange Club, Edinburgh
5th WT20I	3 June	Scotland	Netherlands	The Grange Club, Edinburgh
6th WT20I	4 June	Bangladesh	Netherlands	The Grange Club, Edinburgh

India women in England


WT20I series
No.	Date	Venue	Result
1st WT20I	28 May	County Ground, Chelmsford
2nd WT20I	30 May	County Ground, Bristol
3rd WT20I	2 June	County Ground, Taunton
WTest series
No.	Date	Venue	Result
Only WTest	10–13 July	Lord's, London

June

New Zealand in England


2025–2027 ICC World Test Championship – Test series
No.	Date	Venue	Result
1st Test	4–8 June	Lord's, London
2nd Test	17–21 June	The Oval, London
3rd Test	25–29 June	Trent Bridge, Nottingham

Australia in Bangladesh


ODI series
No.	Date	Venue	Result
1st ODI	5 June
2nd ODI	8 June
3rd ODI	11 June
T20I series
No.	Date	Venue	Result
1st T20I	15 June
2nd T20I	18 June
3rd T20I	20 June

Afghanistan in India


Only Test
No.	Date	Venue	Result
Only Test	6–10 June	Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium, New Chandigarh
ODI Series
No.	Date	Venue	Result
1st ODI	14 June	HPCA Stadium, Dharmashala
2nd ODI	17 June	Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow
3rd ODI	20 June	M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai

2026 Women's T20 World Cup

Pos	Team v t e	NRR	Qualification
1	Australia	—	Advanced to the semi-final
2	Bangladesh	—	Advanced to the semi-final
3	India	—
4	Netherlands	—
5	Pakistan	—
6	South Africa	—

First match(es) will be played: 13 June 2026. Source: ^[5]

Pos	Team v t e	NRR	Qualification
1	England (H)	—	Advanced to the semi-final
2	Ireland	—	Advanced to the semi-final
3	New Zealand	—
4	Scotland	—
5	Sri Lanka	—
6	West Indies	—

First match(es) will be played: 12 June 2026. Source: ^[6]
(H) Host

Round-robin
No.	Date	Team 1	Team 2	Venue	Result
1st WT20I	12 June	England	Sri Lanka	Edgbaston, Birmingham
2nd WT20I	13 June	Ireland	Scotland	Old Trafford, Manchester
3rd WT20I	13 June	Australia	South Africa	Old Trafford, Manchester
4th WT20I	13 June	New Zealand	West Indies	Rose Bowl, Southampton
5th WT20I	14 June	Bangladesh	Netherlands	Edgbaston, Birmingham
6th WT20I	14 June	India	Pakistan	Edgbaston, Birmingham
7th WT20I	16 June	New Zealand	Sri Lanka	Rose Bowl, Southampton
8th WT20I	16 June	England	Ireland	Rose Bowl, Southampton
9th WT20I	17 June	Australia	Bangladesh	Headingley, Leeds
10th WT20I	17 June	India	Netherlands	Headingley, Leeds
11th WT20I	17 June	Pakistan	South Africa	Edgbaston, Birmingham
12th WT20I	18 June	Scotland	West Indies	Headingley, Leeds
13th WT20I	19 June	Ireland	New Zealand	Rose Bowl, Southampton
14th WT20I	20 June	Australia	Netherlands	Rose Bowl, Southampton
15th WT20I	20 June	Bangladesh	Pakistan	Rose Bowl, Southampton
16th WT20I	20 June	England	Scotland	Headingley, Leeds
17th WT20I	21 June	Sri Lanka	West Indies	County Ground, Bristol
18th WT20I	21 June	India	South Africa	Old Trafford, Manchester
19th WT20I	23 June	New Zealand	Scotland	County Ground, Bristol
20th WT20I	23 June	Ireland	Sri Lanka	County Ground, Bristol
21st WT20I	23 June	Australia	Pakistan	Headingley, Leeds
22nd WT20I	24 June	England	West Indies	Lord's, London
23rd WT20I	25 June	Bangladesh	India	Old Trafford, Manchester
24th WT20I	25 June	Netherlands	South Africa	County Ground, Bristol
25th WT20I	26 June	Scotland	Sri Lanka	Old Trafford, Manchester
26th WT20I	27 June	Netherlands	Pakistan	County Ground, Bristol
27th WT20I	27 June	Ireland	West Indies	County Ground, Bristol
28th WT20I	27 June	England	New Zealand	The Oval, London
29th WT20I	28 June	Bangladesh	South Africa	Lord's, London
30th WT20I	28 June	Australia	India	Lord's, London
Semi-finals
No.	Date	Team 1	Team 2	Venue	Result
1st semi-final	30 June	TBA	TBA	The Oval, London
2nd semi-final	2 July	TBA	TBA	The Oval, London
Final
No.	Date	Team 1	Team 2	Venue	Result
Final	5 July	TBA	TBA	Lord's, London

India in Ireland


T20I series
No.	Date	Venue	Result
1st T20I	26 June	Stormont, Belfast
2nd T20I	28 June	Stormont, Belfast

July

India in England


T20I series
No.	Date	Venue	Result
1st T20I	1 July	Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street
2nd T20I	4 July	Old Trafford, Manchester
3rd T20I	7 July	Trent Bridge, Nottingham
4th T20I	9 July	County Ground, Bristol
5th T20I	11 July	Rose Bowl, Southampton
ODI series
No.	Date	Venue	Result
1st ODI	14 July	Edgbaston, Birmingham
2nd ODI	16 July	Sophia Gardens, Cardiff
3rd ODI	19 July	Lord's, London

India in Zimbabwe


T20I series
No.	Date	Venue	Result
1st T20I	23 July	Harare Sports Club, Harare
2nd T20I	25 July	Harare Sports Club, Harare
3rd T20I	26 July	Harare Sports Club, Harare

West Indies women in Ireland


2025–2029 ICC Women's Championship — WODI series
No.	Date	Venue	Result
1st WODI	10 July	Bready Cricket Club Ground, Bready
2nd WODI	12 July	Bready Cricket Club Ground, Bready
3rd WODI	15 July	Bready Cricket Club Ground, Bready

2026 Netherlands Tri-Nation Series

Bangladesh in Zimbabwe


Test series
No.	Date	Venue	Result
1st Test
2nd Test
ODI series
No.	Date	Venue	Result
1st ODI
2nd ODI
3rd ODI
4th ODI
5th ODI

2026 Women's Asia Cup

August

Afghanistan in Ireland


ODI series
No.	Date	Venue	Result
1st ODI	5 August	Bready Cricket Club Ground, Magheramason
2nd ODI	7 August	Bready Cricket Club Ground, Magheramason
3rd ODI	10 August	Stormont Cricket Ground, Belfast
4th ODI	12 August	Stormont Cricket Ground, Belfast
5th ODI	14 August	Stormont Cricket Ground, Belfast

2026 Namibia T20I Tri-Nation Series

Pos	Team	NRR
1	Namibia	—
2	South Africa	—
3	Zimbabwe	—

First match(es) will be played: August 2026. Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Bangladesh in Australia

2025–2027 ICC World Test Championship – Test series
No.	Date	Venue	Result
1st Test	13–17 August	Marrara Oval, Darwin
2nd Test	22–26 August	Great Barrier Reef Arena, Mackay

Pakistan in England


2025–2027 ICC World Test Championship – Test series
No.	Date	Venue	Result
1st Test	19–23 August	Headingley, Leeds
2nd Test	27–31 August	Lord's, London
3rd Test	9–13 September	Edgbaston, Birmingham

2026 Cricket World Cup Challenge League B (Tanzania)

Teams:

September

Ireland women in England


2025–2029 ICC Women's Championship — WODI series
No.	Date	Venue	Result
1st WODI	1 September	Grace Road, Leicester
2nd WODI	3 September	County Ground, Derby
3rd WODI	6 September	New Road, Worcester

Sri Lanka in England


T20I series
No.	Date	Venue	Result
1st T20I	15 September	Rose Bowl, Southampton
2nd T20I	17 September	Sophia Gardens, Cardiff
3rd T20I	19 September	Old Trafford, Manchester
ODI series
No.	Date	Venue	Result
1st ODI	22 September	Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street
2nd ODI	24 September	Headingley, Leeds
3rd ODI	27 September	The Oval, London

References

^ "Future Tour Programs (FTP) Schedule of ICC". CricSchedule. Retrieved 16 March 2024.
^ "Men's Future Tours Programme 2023 to 2027" (PDF). International Cricket Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 December 2022. Retrieved 14 March 2023.
^ "Men's FTP for 2023-2027 announced". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 14 March 2023.
^ "England to host 2026 T20 Women's World Cup". Sky Sports. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
^ "Women's T20 World Cup Points Table | Women's T20 World Cup Standings | Women's T20 World Cup Ranking". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 7 October 2024.
^ "Women's T20 World Cup Points Table | Women's T20 World Cup Standings | Women's T20 World Cup Ranking". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 7 October 2024.

[1] "Future Tour Programs (FTP) Schedule of ICC". CricSchedule. Retrieved 16 March 2024.

[2] "Men's Future Tours Programme 2023 to 2027" (PDF). International Cricket Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 December 2022. Retrieved 14 March 2023.

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

[4] "England to host 2026 T20 Women's World Cup". Sky Sports. Retrieved 26 July 2022.

[5] "Women's T20 World Cup Points Table | Women's T20 World Cup Standings | Women's T20 World Cup Ranking". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 7 October 2024.

[6] "Women's T20 World Cup Points Table | Women's T20 World Cup Standings | Women's T20 World Cup Ranking". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 7 October 2024.

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v t e International cricket in 2026
Preceding season: International cricket in 2025–26
April 2026	Namibia Tri-Nation Series Men's Central American Championship Greece women in Cyprus Portugal Tri-Nation Series Kalahari Women's Tournament Sweden in Indonesia Easter Cup New Zealand in Bangladesh India women in South Africa Women's Challenge Trophy Sri Lanka women in Bangladesh Croatia women in Cyprus Zimbabwe women in Pakistan
May 2026	Jersey in Denmark Men's T20WC EAP Sub-regional Qualifier Pakistan in Bangladesh New Zealand women in England Men's T20WC Europe Sub-regional Qualifier A Men's T20WC Africa Sub-regional Qualifier A New Zealand in Ireland Ireland Women's Tri-Nation Series Scotland Women's Tri-Nation Series India women in England
June 2026	New Zealand in England Afghanistan in India Women's T20 World Cup Guernsey women in Jersey Men's T20WC Americas Sub-regional Qualifier A India in Ireland
July 2026	Men's T20WC Europe Sub-regional Qualifier B India in England 2026 Central American and Caribbean Games
August 2026	Afghanistan in Ireland Bangladesh in Australia Men's T20WC Europe Sub-regional Qualifier C Pakistan in England Women's Continental Cup
September 2026	Ireland women in England Sri Lanka in England North American Cup
Ongoing	World Test Championship CWC League 2 CWC Challenge League Women's Championship Associate T20I cricket
Following Season: International cricket in 2026–27