Future tours locked in for NZ Cricket

The immediate playing schedule for the White Ferns and the future tours programme for the Black Caps have been confirmed.

Katey Martin batting against the West Indies
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The playing schedule for the White Ferns tour of the Caribbean next month has been confirmed with three ODI’s and five T20 internationals.

All the games will be played at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in Antigua.

It is the first time in eight years that the New Zealand women have toured the West Indies.

Meanwhile the Black Caps will commence the next cycle of the International Cricket Council Men’s Future Tours Programme with a limited overs tour of England in September next year while their campaign in the third edition of the ICC World Test Championship kicks off in Bangladesh a month later.

New Zealand’s other away series in the 2023-25 WTC are in Sri Lanka and India in September- October 2024 while their home series are against Australia, England and South Africa.

The champions of the inaugural WTC, play India, Sri Lanka and the West Indies at home in the 2025-27 WTC while touring Australia, England and Pakistan.

New Zealand’s other Test commitments include away fixtures against Afghanistan, Ireland and Zimbabwe during the 2023-27 cycle and four five-match T20I series – two against India and one each against England and the West Indies.

Ross Taylor and Kane Wiliamson
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WTC Series: New Zealand play Australia, England and South Africa at home in the 2023-27 WTC and Bangladesh, India and Sri Lanka at home. In the 2025-27 WTC, they play India, Sri Lanka and the West Indies at home, while they play Australia, England and Pakistan in away tours.

The schedule could see the Black Caps play Australia in a Melbourne Boxing Day test in 2026.

New Zealand Cricket CEO David White said: “Since its inception in 2001 the FTP has provided certainty of content and commercial sustainability for all our full members – and this latest instalment continues to do that,” he said.

“It brings a sense of structure to our bilateral cricket, context to the Test game in the form of the WTC, and more stability for everyone involved.

“I’m confident the first ever FTP for women’s cricket will bring the same benefits, providing a basis for realising the huge potential for growth in the women’s game.”

White Ferns tour of West Indies (all games in Antigua)

1st ODI: September 16

2nd ODI: September 19

3rd ODI: September 22

1st T20I: September 26

2nd T20I: September 28

3rd T20I: October 1

4th T20I: October 4

5th T20I: October 6