New Zealand Cricket (NZC) has unveiled a blockbuster home summer schedule, with its men’s and women’s teams set to feature in an action-packed line-up of major international fixtures. The standout feature of the schedule is India’s highly anticipated all-format tour of New Zealand.
India and New Zealand will contest five T20Is, five One-Day Internationals (ODIs), and two Test matches in a 12-game series that, according to the ICC website, will be the most extensive international tour ever hosted by NZC in terms of matches played.
The tour will also see India return to New Zealand for Test cricket for the first time since 2019, and it will be their first limited-overs tour of the country since 2022.
Other Than India…
Following India’s tour, the New Zealand men’s
team will host Sri Lanka for an all-format series beginning on January 16, featuring three T20Is, three ODIs, and two Test matches.
The New Zealand women’s team, currently in England preparing to defend their ICC Women’s T20 World Cup crown, will host Bangladesh for a six-match limited-overs series from December 10 to 23, comprising three T20Is and three ODIs.
The Bangladesh series will be the White Ferns’ only home assignment of the summer. The team had been scheduled to tour Australia in February-March 2027, but those plans have been postponed following the rescheduling of the inaugural ICC Women’s Champions Trophy in Sri Lanka to February 2027. As a result, the trans-Tasman series will now take place at a later date.
New Zealand’s Home Summer Schedule
New Zealand Men’s
India tour of New Zealand
- 1st T20I – 22 October, Christchurch
- 2nd T20I – 24 October, Christchurch
- 3rd T20I – 27 October, Wellington
- 4th T20I – 30 October, Auckland
- 5th T20I – 1 November, Hamilton
- 1st ODI – 4 November, Auckland
- 2nd ODI – 7 November, Wellington
- 3rd ODI – 10 November, Hamilton
- 4th ODI – 13 November, Mount Maunganui
- 5th ODI – 15 November, Mount Maunganui
- 1st Test – 19-23 November, Wellington
- 2nd Test – 27 November-1 December 2026, Christchurch
Sri Lanka Tour of New Zealand
- 1st ODI – 16 January, Napier
- 2nd ODI – 19 January, Wellington
- 3rd ODI – 22 January, Dunedin
- 1st T20I – 26 January, Christchurch
- 2nd T20I – 29 January, Nelson
- 3rd T20I – 31 January, Nelson
- 1st Test – 4-8 February, Mount Maunganui
- 2nd Test – 12-16 February, Hamilton
New Zealand Women’s
Bangladesh Tour of New Zealand
- 1st T20I – 10 December, Nelson
- 2nd T20I – 12 December, Nelson
- 3rd T20I – 15 December, Wellington
- 1st ODI – 18 December, Wellington
- 2nd ODI – 21 December, Mount Maunganui
- 3rd ODI – 23 December, Mount Maunganui.
(With inputs from Agencies)
