New Zealand Cricket Unveils Home Season Schedule for 2025-26

New Delhi : New Zealand have announced their schedule for the upcoming home summer, with a whopping five teams visiting for 46 days of international cricket, according to the ICC website. The three-match ICC World Test Championship series against the West Indies in December highlights the schedule release, but the Black Caps will also host trans-Tasman rivals Australia and England in white-ball series prior to taking on the Caribbean side across all formats. The team will then host South Africa in a five-game T20I series in March, just outside the expected slot for the next edition of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup in India and Sri Lanka, while New Zealand’s women’s side also hosts the Proteas and Zimbabwe for the first time early in 2026.

New Zealand fast bowler Kyle Jamieson is already looking forward to the busy upcoming schedule and is hoping he can continue to feature across all three formats. “It feels like a marquee summer. 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,” Kyle Jamieson said as quoted from the ICC website. “It’s great to have another three-Test series at home, and I’m sure the fans will get 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,” he added. Much of the White Ferns’ focus heading into the summer will be the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup in India and Sri Lanka later this year, though batter Georgia Plimmer is excited about what lies ahead in the new year. The White Ferns will host Zimbabwe for the first time across six white-ball fixtures and then have eight matches against South Africa, which includes some double headers with the men’s side.

“We can’t wait for the international season and the chance to play in another ICC Cricket World Cup. 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,” Georgia Plimmer said. “It’s great to see more T20I double headers as they are such a great experience for teams and fans alike, and it was awesome to see such strong crowds last season,” she added. 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.