International cricket in 2023-24

ST JOHN’S, Antigua – The West Indies will commence the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) Men’s Future Tours Programme (FTP) for the period 2023-27 with a full home series against India in July and August 2023 followed by a white ball tour by England in December 2023. These form part of over 150 international matches that West Indies will play home and away within the new FTP.

Fans can now start to look forward to planning for home fixtures and away tours over the next five years, starting with India’s all-format tour in 2023 which will feature two Test matches as West Indies’ first home fixture in the new 2025 World Test Championship (WTC). India will also play three One-Day Internationals (ODIS) and five T20 Internationals (T20Is).

England will return to the West Indies in late 2023 for an eight-match white-ball series with three ODIs and five T20Is with a second white-ball tour of the Caribbean in 2024.

The new FTP features an ICC World tournament every year including the ICC T20 World Cup for the West Indies and USA in 2024 and two World Test Championships. West Indies will be playing India, South Africa and Bangladesh at home, and Australia, England and Pakistan away as part of the 2023-2025 World Test Championship. The full West Indies FTP can be found here https://bit.ly/3QSaIXi

The ICC FTP is a result of a collective effort of Full Members with ICC’s coordination and support. The FTP ensures a level of certainty of bilateral cricket fixtures across the three cricket formats. The exact dates and venues for each Series will be announced in due course by Cricket West Indies (CWI) following consultation with each ICC Member nation.

The West Indies have home fixtures against India, England (twice), South Africa, Bangladesh, Australia, Pakistan before the end of 2025 with an enticing schedule away fixtures around the world including defending the Richards-Botham Trophy in England in the summer of 2024.

Cricket West Indies (CWI) President, Ricky Skerritt, and CEO Johnny Grave welcomed the announcement of the new FTP.

Skerritt said:

England have announced a bumper home schedule for the summer of 2023, which will include a five-match Ashes series against Australia and a one-off Test match against Ireland.

Ben Stokes' men will get their summer underway with a one-off Test match against Ireland at Lord's, which will be played between June 1-4.

Their attention will then turn to the five-match Test series against Australia, with England hoping to regain the Ashes after their 4-0 defeat in 2021/22 Down Under. 

The men's Ashes will be contested between June 16 to July 31, with Edgbaston, Lord's, Headingley, Old Trafford and The Oval set to host the Tests. 

The England men's side will also contest in an ODI and a T20I series against New Zealand, comprising four 20-over and four 50-over games. The series against New Zealand will be played between August 30 and September 15. 

They will also play a three-match ODI series against Ireland between September 20 and 26, as they ramp up their preparations for the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup 2023, which will be played in India. 

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England also announced the schedule of the multi-format women's Ashes series, including the first-ever five-day Test match for the England women's team on home soil.

The series will consist of one Test (worth four points), three ODIs (worth two points) and three T20Is (worth two points). It will be played between June 22 and July 18. 

The women's team will also take on Sri Lanka in a three-match T20I series (between September 2-9) and a three-match T20I series (between September 14-19), in what rounds up a bumper home schedule for both the men's and the women's sides. 

England's home schedule for 2023: 

Thursday June 1-Sunday June 4: One-off Test Match, England Men v Ireland Men, Lord’s

Men’s Ashes Series

Friday June 16-Tuesday June 20: 1st Test, England Men v Australia Men, Edgbaston

Wednesday June 28-Sunday July 2: 2nd Test, England Men v Australia Men, Lord’s

Thursday July 6-Monday July 10: 3rd Test, England Men v Australia Men, Headingley

Wednesday July 19-Sunday July 23: 4th Test, England Men v Australia Men, Emirates Old Trafford

Thursday July 27-Monday 31: 5th Test, England Men v Australia Men, The Kia Oval

Women’s Ashes Series

Thursday June 22-Monday June 26: One-off Test Match, England Women v Australia Women. Trent Bridge

Saturday July 1: 1st T20I, England Women v Australia Women, Edgbaston

Wednesday July 5: 2nd T20I, England Women v Australia Women, The Kia Oval

Saturday July 8: 3rd T20I, England Women v Australia Women, Lord’s

Wednesday July 12: 1st ODI, England Women v Australia Women, Seat Unique Stadium, Bristol

Sunday July 16: 2nd ODI, England Women v Australia Women, The Ageas Bowl

Tuesday July 18: 3rd ODI, England Women v Australia Women, Cooper Associates County Ground, Taunton

Men's T20I series v New Zealand

Wednesday August 30: 1st T20I, England Men v New Zealand, Seat Unique Riverside, Chester-le-Street

Friday September 1: 2nd T20I, England Men v New Zealand, Emirates Old Trafford

Sunday September 3: 3rd T20I, England Men v New Zealand, Edgbaston

Tuesday September 5: 4th T20I, England Men v New Zealand, Trent Bridge

Women’s T20I series v Sri Lanka

Saturday September 2: 1st T20I, England Women v Sri Lanka Women, Cloud County Ground, Chelmsford

Wednesday September 6: 2nd T20IEngland Women v Sri Lanka Women, Incora County Ground, Derby

Saturday September 9: 3rd T20I, England Women v Sri Lanka Women, Seat Unique Riverside, Chester-le-Street

Men’s ODI series v New Zealand

Friday September 8: 1st ODI, England Men v New Zealand, Sophia Gardens, Cardiff

Sunday September 10: 2nd ODI, England Men v New Zealand, The Ageas Bowl

Wednesday September 13: 3rd ODI, England Men v New Zealand, Kia Oval

Friday September 15: 4th ODI, England Men v New Zealand, Lord’s

Women’s ODI series v Sri Lanka

Thursday September 14: 1st ODI, England Women v Sri Lanka Women, Uptonsteel County Ground, Leicester

Sunday September 17: 2nd ODIEngland Women v Sri Lanka Women, The 1st Central County Ground, Hove

Tuesday September 19: 3rd ODI, England Women v Sri Lanka Women, The Spitfire Ground, Canterbury

Men’s ODI series v Ireland

Wednesday September 20: 1st ODI, England Men v Ireland Men, Headingley

Saturday September 23: 2nd ODI, England Men v Ireland Men, Trent Bridge

Tuesday September 26: 3rd ODI, England Men v Ireland Men, Seat Unique Stadium, Bristol

Which country will host ICC in 2023?

It is scheduled to be hosted by India during October and November 2023, and will be the first time the competition is held entirely in India. Three previous editions were partially hosted there – 1987, 1996, and 2011.

Is there any cricket World Cup in 2023?

The inaugural edition of the ICC Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup will take place in South Africa from January 2023. As many as 16 teams will compete in the tournament, which will start on 14 January and comprise 41 matches in all.

Which teams will qualify for 2023 Cricket World Cup?

In total, 32 countries are taking part in the qualification process, from which 10 will qualify for the World Cup. ... Super League..

Where is T20 World Cup 2023 held?

The 2023 ICC Women's T20 World Cup is scheduled to be the eighth edition of ICC Women's T20 World Cup tournament. It is scheduled to be held in South Africa, from 10 to 26 February 2023.