International cricket in 2025–26

The 2025–26 International cricket season is scheduled to take place from September 2025 to March 2026.^[1] This calendar includes men's Test, ODI and T20I matches between full member teams, women's Test, ODI and T20I matches, as well as some other significant series.^[2]^[3]

The 2025 Asia Cup will be held in September 2025 in India, while also hosting (along with Sri Lanka) the 2026 Men's T20 World Cup in February and March 2026.^[4]^[5]^[6] The 2025 Women's Cricket World Cup is scheduled to take place in India and Sri Lanka from September to November 2025.^[7]

Season overview

Men's events

International tours
Start date	Home team	Away team	Results [Matches]
Start date	Home team	Away team	Test	ODI	T20I
27 September 2025	Nepal	West Indies	—	—	[3]
October 2025	New Zealand	Australia	—	—	[3]
2 October 2025	India	West Indies	[2]	—	—
11 October 2025	Namibia	South Africa	—	—	[1]
19 October 2025	Australia	India	—	[3]	[5]
October 2025	Bangladesh	West Indies	—	[3]	[3]
October 2025	Pakistan	South Africa	[2]	[3]	[3]
October 2025	Pakistan	Ireland	—	[3]	[3]
November 2025	Bangladesh	Ireland	[2]	[3]	[3]
November 2025	New Zealand	England	—	[3]	[3]
November 2025	Pakistan	Sri Lanka	—	[3]	[3]
14 November 2025	India	South Africa	[2]	[3]	[5]
21 November 2025	Australia	England	[5]	—	—
December 2025	Nepal	Oman	—	[2]	—
December 2025	New Zealand	West Indies	[3]	[3]	[5]
11 January 2026	India	New Zealand	—	[3]	[5]
27 January 2026	South Africa	West Indies	—	—	[5]
February 2026	Pakistan	Australia	—	[3]	[3]
February 2026	Sri Lanka	England	—	[3]	[3]
March 2026	Bangladesh	Pakistan	[2]	[3]	[3]
International tournaments
Start date	Tournament				Winners
September 2025	2025 Asia Cup
January – February 2026	2026 Under-19 Cricket World Cup
February – March 2026	2026 Men's T20 World Cup

Women's events

Women's international tours
Start date	Home team	Away team	Results [Matches]
Start date	Home team	Away team	WTest	WODI	WT20I
14 September 2025	India	Australia	—	[3]	—
5 December 2025	South Africa	Ireland	—	[3]	[3]
December 2025	India	Bangladesh	—	[3]	[3]
10 February 2026	South Africa	Pakistan	—	[3]	[3]
15 February 2026	Australia	India	[1]	[3]	[3]
International tournaments
Start date	Tournament				Winners
30 September 2025	2025 Women's Cricket World Cup

September

2025 Asia Cup

Australia women in India


WODI series
No.	Date	Venue	Result
1st WODI	14 September	Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium, Mullanpur
2nd WODI	17 September	Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium, Mullanpur
3rd WODI	20 September	Arun Jaitley Cricket Stadium, New Delhi

West Indies against Nepal in the UAE


T20I series
No.	Date	Venue	Result
1st T20I	27 September	Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah
2nd T20I	28 September	Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah
3rd T20I	30 September	Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah

2025 Women's Cricket World Cup

Pos	Team v t e	NRR	Qualification
1	Australia	—	Advance to the knockout stage
2	Bangladesh	—
3	England	—
4	India (H)	—
5	New Zealand	—
6	Pakistan	—
7	South Africa	—
8	Sri Lanka	—

First match(es) will be played: 30 September 2025. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(H) Host

Group stage
No.	Date	Team 1	Team 2	Venue	Result
1st WODI	30 September	India	Sri Lanka	M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
2nd WODI	1 October	Australia	New Zealand	Holkar Stadium, Indore
3rd WODI	2 October	Bangladesh	Pakistan	R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
4th WODI	3 October	England	South Africa	M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
5th WODI	4 October	Sri Lanka	Australia	R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
6th WODI	5 October	India	Pakistan	R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
7th WODI	6 October	New Zealand	South Africa	Holkar Stadium, Indore
8th WODI	7 October	Bangladesh	England	ACA Cricket Stadium, Guwahati
9th WODI	8 October	Australia	Pakistan	R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
10th WODI	9 October	India	South Africa	ACA–VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam
11th WODI	10 October	Bangladesh	New Zealand	ACA–VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam
12th WODI	11 October	England	Sri Lanka	ACA Cricket Stadium, Guwahati
13th WODI	12 October	India	Australia	ACA–VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam
14th WODI	13 October	Bangladesh	South Africa	ACA–VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam
15th WODI	14 October	Sri Lanka	New Zealand	R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
16th WODI	15 October	England	Pakistan	R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
17th WODI	16 October	Australia	Bangladesh	ACA–VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam
18th WODI	17 October	Sri Lanka	South Africa	R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
19th WODI	18 October	New Zealand	Pakistan	R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
20th WODI	19 October	India	England	Holkar Stadium, Indore
21st WODI	20 October	Sri Lanka	Bangladesh	R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
22nd WODI	21 October	Pakistan	South Africa	R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
23rd WODI	22 October	Australia	England	Holkar Stadium, Indore
24th WODI	23 October	India	New Zealand	ACA Cricket Stadium, Guwahati
25th WODI	24 October	Sri Lanka	Pakistan	R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
26th WODI	25 October	Australia	South Africa	Holkar Stadium, Indore
27th WODI	26 October	England	New Zealand	ACA Cricket Stadium, Guwahati
28th WODI	26 October	India	Bangladesh	M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
Semi-finals
No.	Date	Team 1	Team 2	Venue	Result
1st semi-final	29 October	TBA	TBA	Guwahati / Colombo
2nd semi-final	30 October	TBA	TBA	M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
Final
No.	Date	Team 1	Team 2	Venue	Result
Final	2 November	TBA	TBA	Bengaluru / Colombo

October

West Indies in India


2025–2027 ICC World Test Championship – Test series
No.	Date	Venue	Result
1st Test	2–6 October	Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad
2nd Test	10–14 October	Arun Jaitley Cricket Stadium, New Delhi

South Africa in Namibia


Only T20I
No.	Date	Venue	Result
Only T20I	11 October	Namibia Cricket Ground, Windhoek

India in Australia


ODI series
No.	Date	Venue	Result
1st ODI	19 October	Perth Stadium, Perth
2nd ODI	23 October	Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
3rd ODI	25 October	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
T20I series
No.	Date	Venue	Result
1st T20I	29 October	Manuka Oval, Canberra
2nd T20I	31 October	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
3rd T20I	2 November	Bellerive Oval, Hobart
4th T20I	6 November	Carrara Stadium, Gold Coast
5th T20I	8 November	The Gabba, Brisbane

West Indies in Bangladesh


ODI series
No.	Date	Venue	Result
1st ODI	October
2nd ODI	October
3rd ODI	October
T20I series
No.	Date	Venue	Result
1st T20I	October
2nd T20I	October
3rd T20I	October

November

South Africa in India


2025–2027 ICC World Test Championship – Test series
No.	Date	Venue	Result
1st Test	14–18 November	Eden Gardens, Kolkata
2nd Test	22–26 November	Assam Cricket Association Stadium, Guwahati
ODI series
No.	Date	Venue	Result
1st ODI	30 November	JSCA International Stadium Complex, Ranchi
2nd ODI	3 December	Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Cricket Stadium, Raipur
3rd ODI	6 December	ACA–VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam
T20I series
No.	Date	Venue	Result
1st T20I	9 December	Barabati Stadium, Cuttack
2nd T20I	11 December	Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium, Mullanpur
3rd T20I	14 December	Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharamsala
4th T20I	17 December	Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow
5th T20I	19 December	Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad

Ireland in Bangladesh


Test series
No.	Date	Venue	Result
1st Test	November
2nd Test	November
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

England in Australia


2025–2027 ICC World Test Championship – Test series
No.	Date	Venue	Result
1st Test	21–25 November	Perth Stadium, Perth
2nd Test	4–8 December	The Gabba, Brisbane
3rd Test	17–21 December	Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
4th Test	26–30 December	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
5th Test	4–8 January	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney

December

Ireland women in South Africa


WT20I series
No.	Date	Venue	Result
1st WT20I	5 December	Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town
2nd WT20I	7 December	Boland Park, Paarl
3rd WT20I	10 December	Willowmoore Park, Benoni
WODI series
No.	Date	Venue	Result
1st WODI	13 December	Buffalo Park, East London
2nd WODI	16 December	St George's Park, Gqeberha
3rd WODI	19 December	Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg

Bangladesh women in India


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

January

New Zealand in India


ODI series
No.	Date	Venue	Result
1st ODI	11 January	Baroda Cricket Association Stadium, Vadodara
2nd ODI	14 January	Niranjan Shah Stadium, Rajkot
3rd ODI	18 January	Holkar Stadium, Indore
T20I series
No.	Date	Venue	Result
1st T20I	21 January	Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur
2nd T20I	23 January	Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Cricket Stadium, Nava Raipur
3rd T20I	25 January	Assam Cricket Association Stadium, Guwahati
4th T20I	28 January	ACA–VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam
5th T20I	31 January	Greenfield International Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram

West Indies in South Africa


T20I series
No.	Date	Venue	Result
1st T20I	27 January	Boland Park, Paarl
2nd T20I	29 January	Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town
3rd T20I	1 February	Buffalo Park, East London
4th T20I	4 February	Centurion Park, Centurion
5th T20I	6 February	Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg

February

Pakistan women in South Africa


WT20I series
No.	Date	Venue	Result
1st WT20I	10 February	JB Marks Oval, Potchefstroom
2nd WT20I	13 February	Willowmoore Park, Benoni
3rd WT20I	16 February	De Beers Diamond Oval, Kimberley
2025–2029 ICC Women's Championship — WODI series
No.	Date	Venue	Result
1st WODI	22 February	Mangaung Oval, Bloemfontein
2nd WODI	25 February	Centurion Park, Centurion
3rd WODI	1 March	Kingsmead, Durban

India women in Australia


WT20I series
No.	Date	Venue	Result
1st WT20I	15 February	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
2nd WT20I	19 February	Manuka Oval, Canberra
3rd WT20I	21 February	Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
WODI series
No.	Date	Venue	Result
1st WODI	24 February	Allan Border Field, Brisbane
2nd WODI	27 February	Bellerive Oval, Hobart
3rd WODI	1 March	Junction Oval, Melbourne
Only WTest
No.	Date	Venue	Result
Only WTest	6–9 March	WACA Ground, Perth

March

Pakistan in Bangladesh


2025–2027 ICC World Test Championship – Test series
No.	Date	Venue	Result
1st Test	March
2nd Test	March
ODI series
No.	Date	Venue	Result
1st ODI	March
2nd ODI	March
3rd ODI	March
T20I series
No.	Date	Venue	Result
1st T20I	March
2nd T20I	March
3rd T20I	March

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. Retrieved 14 March 2023.
^ "Men's FTP for 2023-2027 announced". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 14 March 2023.
^ "India to host Men's Asia Cup 2025". cricketpakistan.com.pk. 28 July 2024. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
^ "T20 World Cup to return to Asia in 2026". Times Now. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
^ "USA to stage T20 World Cup: 2024-2031 ICC Men's tournament hosts confirmed". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
^ "India to host 2025 Women's ODI World Cup". ESPNCricinfo. 26 July 2022. Retrieved 1 August 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. Retrieved 14 March 2023.

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

[4] "India to host Men's Asia Cup 2025". cricketpakistan.com.pk. 28 July 2024. Retrieved 29 July 2024.

[5] "T20 World Cup to return to Asia in 2026". Times Now. Retrieved 17 August 2022.

[6] "USA to stage T20 World Cup: 2024-2031 ICC Men's tournament hosts confirmed". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 15 August 2023.

[7] "India to host 2025 Women's ODI World Cup". ESPNCricinfo. 26 July 2022. Retrieved 1 August 2024.

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v t e International cricket in 2025–26
Preceding season: International cricket in 2025
September 2025	Asia Cup Australia women in India West Indies against Nepal in the UAE Women's Cricket World Cup
October 2025	Men's T20 World Cup Asia–EAP Regional Final West Indies in India South Africa in Namibia India in Australia
November 2025	Cyprus Tri-Nation Series South Africa in India Gibraltar women in Malta Gibraltar in Malta The Ashes Belgium women in Spain
December 2025	Ireland women in South Africa
January 2026	New Zealand in India West Indies in South Africa
February 2026	Paksitan women in South Africa India women in Australia Men's T20 World Cup Africa Regional Final
Ongoing	World Test Championship CWC League 2 CWC Challenge League Associate T20I cricket
Following Season: International cricket in 2026