Australia, England, West Indies, South Africa to tour New Zealand in packed 2025-26 season
The women will also host Zimbabwe, for the first time, and South Africa for limited-overs matches in early 2026
ESPNcricinfo staff
24-Jun-2025 • 15 hrs ago
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New Zealand Cricket (NZC) have announced a busy international schedule for both the men's (BlackCaps) and the women's (White Ferns) national teams. The men will host Australia, England, South Africa and West Indies across formats, while the women have 14 games lined up, against South Africa and Zimbabwe. All this, along with their respective World Cups: the women play the ODI World Cup through September and October in India and Sri Lanka and the men take part in the T20 World Cup early next year, also in India and Sri Lanka.
Australia, England and West Indies will visit New Zealand before Christmas for men's fixtures, with the T20 World Cup taking place soon after, followed by South Africa's tour, which will feature double-headers with the women's games. Australia will play three T20Is, all in October. The England series comprises three T20Is and three ODIs, starting in October and running into November. Then West Indies will feature in five T20Is, three ODIs, and three Tests to round off the tour, which starts on November 5 and runs till December 22.
The women don't have any fixtures scheduled before the ODI World Cup, and get into action in February 2026 with three ODIs and three T20Is beginning February and ending in March against Zimbabwe in what will be the team's first visit to New Zealand for a bilateral series.
This will be followed by the double-header T20I series against South Africa. Both the men and the women will play five T20Is between March 15 and March 25, and the women will then play a series of three ODIs between late March and early April.
This adds up to 46 days of international cricket across nine venues in New Zealand.
"It feels like a marquee summer," Kyle Jamieson said in a NZC statement. "The calibre of opposition means we'll be constantly tested for the duration of the season and that's what you want as a cricketer.
"It's great to have another three-Test series at home and I'm sure the fans will get in behind the Test team as they have in seasons gone by. It's always special to play in front of a home crowd and we're hoping Kiwis will get out in force to support us once again this summer."
Compared to the 25 matches, including three Tests, that the men will play, the women have 14 fixtures lined up.
"We can't wait for the international season and the chance to play in another ICC Cricket World Cup," Georgia Plimmer said. "We want to play as much cricket as we can, especially in front of our home fans and it's exciting to have a 14-game home summer to prepare for.
"It's great to see more T20I doubleheaders as they are such a great experience for teams and fans alike and it was awesome to see such strong crowds last season."
New Zealand men's fixtures
Against Australia
- Oct 1 - 1st T20I, Mount Maunganui
- Oct 3 - 2nd T20I, Mount Maunganui
- Oct 4 - 3rd T20I, Mount Maunganui
Against England
- Oct 18 - 1st T20I, Christchurch
- Oct 20 - 2nd T20I, Christchurch
- Oct 23 - 3rd T20I, Auckland
- Oct 26 - 1st ODI, Mount Maunganui
- Oct 29 - 2nd ODI, Hamilton
- Nov 1 - 3rd ODI, Wellington
Against West Indies
- Nov 5 - 1st T20I, Auckland
- Nov 6 - 2nd T20I, Auckland
- Nov 9 - 3rd T20I, Nelson
- Nov 10 - 4th T20I, Nelson
- Nov 13 - 5th T20I, Dunedin
- Nov 16 - 1st ODI, Christchurch
- Nov 19 - 2nd ODI, Napier
- Nov 22 - 3rd ODI, Hamilton
- Dec 2-6 - 1st Test, Christchurch
- Dec 10-14 - 2nd Test, Wellington
- Dec 18-22 - 3rd Test, Mount Maunganui
Against South Africa
- Mar 15 - 1st T20I, Mount Maunganui
- Mar 17 - 2nd T20I, Hamilton
- Mar 20 - 3rd T20I, Auckland
- Mar 22 - 4th T20I, Wellington
- Mar 25 - 5th T20I, Christchurch
New Zealand women's fixtures
Against Zimbabwe
- Feb 25 - 1st T20I, Hamilton
- Feb 27 - 2nd T20I, Hamilton
- Mar 1 - 3rd T20I, Hamilton
- Mar 5 - 1st ODI, Dunedin
- Mar 8 - 2nd ODI, Dunedin
- Mar 11 - 3rd ODI, Dunedin
Against South Africa
- Mar 15 - 1st T20I, Mount Maunganui
- Mar 17 - 2nd T20I, Hamilton
- Mar 20 - 3rd T20I, Auckland
- Mar 22 - 4th T20I, Wellington
- Mar 25 - 5th T20I, Christchurch
- Mar 29 - 1st ODI, Christchurch
- Apr 1 - 2nd ODI, Wellington
- Apr 4 - 3rd ODI, Wellington