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]

International tours
Start date	Home team	Away team	Results [Matches]
Start date	Home team	Away team	Test	ODI	T20I
13 September 2026	Afghanistan	India	N/a	N/a	[3]
15 September 2026	Zimbabwe	Australia	N/a	[3]	N/a
24 September 2026	South Africa	Australia	[3]	[3]	N/a
27 September 2026	India	West Indies	N/a	[3]	[5]
October 2026	Pakistan	Sri Lanka	[2]	N/a	N/a
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
24 September 2026	2026 Asian Games – Men's tournament
9 October 2026	2026 Oman Tri-Nation Series (round 22)				N/a
October 2026	2026 Pakistan Tri-Nation Series
22 February 2027	2027 Cricket World Cup Qualifier

T20I series
No.	Date	Venue	Result
[1st T20I]	13 September	Arun Jaitley Cricket Stadium, New Delhi
[2nd T20I]	15 September	Arun Jaitley Cricket Stadium, New Delhi
[3rd T20I]	26 September	Arun Jaitley Cricket Stadium, New Delhi

Pos	Team v t e	NRR	Qualification
1	Afghanistan	—	Advanced to the knockout stage
2	Japan (H)	—	Advanced to the knockout stage
3	Nepal	—

Pos	Team v t e	NRR	Qualification
1	Hong Kong	—	Advanced to the knockout stage
2	Malaysia	—	Advanced to the knockout stage
3	Oman	—

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

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