For the 2024–2025 season, New Zealand Cricket has released an exciting summer itinerary that includes tours by Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and England for the men’s squad. Conversely, the women’s team will play at home against Australia and Sri Lanka.
The announcement follows the Kiwis’ ongoing development as a strong cricketing nation, keen to host elite teams and offer their players top-notch competition. Beginning in late November, the men’s calendar begins with a much awaited three-match ICC World Test Championship series against England. Fans’ enthusiasm in this series, which will be played in Hamilton, Wellington, and Christchurch, has already been considerable, as evidenced by the high demand for tickets.
After the England series, the Black Caps will play three Twenty20 Internationals and three One-Day Internationals against Sri Lanka in white-ball cricket around the New Year. After that, the schedule changes to a hectic time in March and April when Pakistan visits for three ODIs and five T20Is, giving plenty cricket practice for the upcoming ICC Champions Trophy.
Australia and New Zealand women will play an ODI series at Rose Bowl.
Beginning with the highly anticipated Rose Bowl ODI series against Australia in Wellington shortly before Christmas, the White Ferns’ summer promises to be equally thrilling. They will host a multi-format tour of Sri Lanka in March, and then they will play a three-match Twenty20 International series against the best-ranked Australian side.
Several doubleheaders are scheduled, which is a noteworthy characteristic, especially in the later half of the summer. White Ferns matches will take place before Black Caps white-ball matches at these events. TVNZ 1, TVNZ DUKE, and TVNZ+ will all provide free-to-air broadcasts of all international matches, guaranteeing national accessibility for supporters.
New Zealand’s men’s schedule:
Test series vs England
First Test: Nov 28-Dec 2, Christchurch
Second Test: Dec 6-10, Wellington
Third Test: Dec 14-18, Hamilton
T20I series vs Sri Lanka
First T20I: Dec 28, Tauranga
Second T20I: Dec 30, Tauranga
Third T20I: Jan 2, Nelson
ODI series vs Sri Lanka
First ODI: Jan 5, Wellington
Second ODI: Jan 8, Hamilton
Third ODI: Jan 11, Auckland
T20I series vs Pakistan
First T20I: March 16, Christchurch
Second T20I: March 18, Dunedin
Third T20I: March 21, Auckland
Fourth T20I: March 23, Tauranga
Fifth T20I: March 26, Wellington
ODI series vs Pakistan
First ODI: March 29, Napier
Second ODI: April 2, Hamilton
Third ODI: April 5, Tauranga
New Zealand’s Women’s schedule:
ODI series vs Australia
First ODI: Dec 19, Wellington
Second ODI: Dec 21, Wellington
Third ODI: Dec 23, Wellington
ODI series vs Sri Lanka
First ODI: March 4, Napier
Second ODI: March 7, Nelson
Third ODI: March 9, Nelson
T20I series vs Sri Lanka
First T20I: March 14, Christchurch
Second T20I: March 16, Christchurch
Third T20I: March 18, Christchurch
T20I series vs Australia
First T20I: March 21, Auckland
Second T20I: March 23, Tauranga
Third T20I: March 26, Wellington
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