International cricket in 2020–21

The 2020–21 international cricket season is scheduled to take place from September 2020 to April 2021.^[1]^[2] Currently, 15 Tests, 51 One Day Internationals (ODIs), 72 Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is), 6 Women's One Day Internationals (WODIs) and 34 Women's Twenty20 Internationals (WT20Is) are scheduled to be played during this period. Additionally, a number of other T20I/WT20I matches are scheduled to be played in minor series involving associate nations. The 2020 ICC Men's T20 World Cup in Australia and the 2021 Women's Cricket World Cup in New Zealand are scheduled to take place during this time, starting on 18 October 2020 and 6 February 2021 respectively.^[3]^[4]

Season overview

International tours
Start date	Home team	Away team	Results [Matches]
Start date	Home team	Away team	Test	ODI	T20I
September 2020	India	England	[5]	[3]	[3]
4 October 2020	Australia	West Indies	—	—	[3]
11 October 2020	Australia	India	[4]	[3]	[3]
October 2020	South Africa	Pakistan	—	[3]	[3]
October 2020	Sri Lanka	Zimbabwe	—	[3]	[2]
October 2020	New Zealand	Bangladesh	—	—	[3]
November 2020	Pakistan	Zimbabwe	—	[3]	[3]
21 November 2020	Australia	Afghanistan	[1]	—	—
December 2020	New Zealand	Pakistan	[2]	—	[3]
December 2020	Bangladesh	Sri Lanka	—	[3]	—
26 January 2021	Australia	New Zealand	—	[3]	[1]
February 2021	South Africa	Australia	[3]	—	—
March 2021	New Zealand	Australia	—	—	[3]
International tournaments
Start date	Tournament				Winners
September 2020	2020 Asia Cup
September 2020	2020 Namibia Tri-Nation Series
30 September 2020	2020 Malaysia Cricket World Cup Challenge League A
18 October 2020	2020 ICC Men's T20 World Cup
December 2020	2020 United Arab Emirates Tri-Nation Series
January 2021	2021 Oman Tri-Nation Series
February 2021	2021 Nepal Tri-Nation Series
April 2021	2021 Papua New Guinea Tri-Nation Series

Women's international tours
Start date	Home team	Away team	Results [Matches]
Start date	Home team	Away team	WTest	WODI	WT20I
27 September 2020	Australia	New Zealand	—	[3]	[3]
22 January 2021	Australia	India	—	[3]	—
Women's international tournaments
Start date	Tournament			Winners
September 2020	2020 Women's Twenty20 Asia Cup
6 February 2021	2021 Women's Cricket World Cup

September

England in India

2020–22 ICC Cricket World Cup Super League – ODI series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
[1st ODI]
[2nd ODI]
[3rd ODI]
T20I series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
[1st T20I]
[2nd T20I]
[3rd T20I]
Anthony de Mello Trophy, 2019–21 ICC World Test Championship – Test series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
[ 1st Test]
[ 2nd Test]
[ 3rd Test]
[ 4th Test]
[ 5th Test]

2020 Asia Cup

2020 Women's Twenty20 Asia Cup

2020 Namibia Tri-Nation Series

2019–22 ICC Cricket World Cup League 2 – Tri-series
No.	Date	Team 1	Captain 1	Team 2	Captain 2	Venue	Result
[ 1st ODI]	September
[ 2nd ODI]	September
[ 3rd ODI]	September
[ 4th ODI]	September
[ 5th ODI]	September
[ 6th ODI]	September

2020 Malaysia Cricket World Cup Challenge League A

Template:2020 Malaysia Cricket World Cup Challenge League A

New Zealand women in Australia

WT20I series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
1st T20I	27 September			North Sydney Oval, Sydney
2nd T20I	29 September			North Sydney Oval, Sydney
3rd T20I	1 October			North Sydney Oval, Sydney
WODI series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
1st WODI	5 October			Riverway Stadium, Townsville
2nd WODI	7 October			Cazaly's Stadium, Cairns
3rd WODI	10 October			Carrara Stadium, Gold Coast

October

West Indies in Australia

T20I series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
1st T20I	4 October			Riverway Stadium, Townsville
2nd T20I	6 October			Cazaly's Stadium, Cairns
3rd T20I	9 October			Carrara Stadium, Gold Coast

India in Australia

T20I series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
1st T20I	11 October			The Gabba, Brisbane
2nd T20I	14 October			Manuka Oval, Canberra
3rd T20I	17 October			Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
Border–Gavaskar Trophy, 2019–21 ICC World Test Championship – Test series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
1st Test	3–7 December			The Gabba, Brisbane
2nd Test	11–15 December			Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
3rd Test	26–30 December			Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
4th Test	3–7 January			Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
2020–22 ICC Cricket World Cup Super League – ODI series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
1st ODI	12 January			Perth Stadium, Perth
2nd ODI	15 January			Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
3rd ODI	17 January			Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney

Pakistan in South Africa

T20I series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
[1st T20I]	October
[2nd T20I]	October
[3rd T20I]	October
2020–22 ICC Cricket World Cup Super League – ODI series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
[1st ODI]
[2nd ODI]
[3rd ODI]

Zimbabwe in Sri Lanka

T20I series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
[1st T20I]
[2nd T20I]
2020–22 ICC Cricket World Cup Super League – ODI series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
[1st ODI]
[2nd ODI]
[3rd ODI]

Bangladesh in New Zealand

T20I series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
[1st T20I]	October
[2nd T20I]	October
[3rd T20I]	October

2020 ICC Men's T20 World Cup

Template:2020 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Group A

Template:2020 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Group B

Group stage
No.	Date	Team 1	Captain 1	Team 2	Captain 2	Venue	Result
1st T20I	18 October	Sri Lanka		Ireland		Kardinia Park, Geelong
2nd T20I	18 October	Papua New Guinea		Oman		Kardinia Park, Geelong
3rd T20I	19 October	Bangladesh		Namibia		Bellerive Oval, Hobart
4th T20I	19 October	Netherlands		Scotland		Bellerive Oval, Hobart
5th T20I	20 October	Ireland		Oman		Kardinia Park, Geelong
6th T20I	20 October	Sri Lanka		Papua New Guinea		Kardinia Park, Geelong
7th T20I	21 October	Namibia		Scotland		Bellerive Oval, Hobart
8th T20I	21 October	Bangladesh		Netherlands		Bellerive Oval, Hobart
9th T20I	22 October	Papua New Guinea		Ireland		Kardinia Park, Geelong
10th T20I	22 October	Sri Lanka		Oman		Kardinia Park, Geelong
11th T20I	23 October	Netherlands		Namibia		Bellerive Oval, Hobart
12th T20I	23 October	Bangladesh		Scotland		Bellerive Oval, Hobart

Super 12

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	Pts	NRR	Qualification
1	England	5	4	1	8	2.464	Advanced to knockout stage
2	Australia	5	4	1	8	1.216	Advanced to knockout stage
3	South Africa	5	4	1	8	0.739
4	Sri Lanka	5	2	3	4	−0.269
5	West Indies	5	1	4	2	−1.641
6	Bangladesh	5	0	5	0	−2.383

Source: ESPN Cricinfo

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	Pts	NRR	Qualification
1	Pakistan	5	5	0	10	1.583	Advanced to knockout stage
2	New Zealand	5	4	1	8	1.162	Advanced to knockout stage
3	India	5	3	2	6	1.747
4	Afghanistan	5	2	3	4	1.053
5	Namibia	5	1	4	2	−1.890
6	Scotland	5	0	5	0	−3.543

Source: ESPN Cricinfo

Super 12
No.	Date	Team 1	Captain 1	Team 2	Captain 2	Venue	Result
13th T20I	24 October	Australia		Pakistan		Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
14th T20I	24 October	India		South Africa		Perth Stadium, Perth
15th T20I	25 October	TBC		TBC		Bellerive Oval, Hobart
16th T20I	25 October	New Zealand		West Indies		Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
17th T20I	26 October	Afghanistan		TBC		Perth Stadium, Perth
18th T20I	26 October	England		TBC		Perth Stadium, Perth
19th T20I	27 October	New Zealand		TBC		Bellerive Oval, Hobart
20th T20I	28 October	Afghanistan		TBC		Perth Stadium, Perth
21st T20I	28 October	Australia		West Indies		Perth Stadium, Perth
22nd T20I	29 October	Pakistan		TBC		Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
23rd T20I	29 October	India		TBC		Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
24th T20I	30 October	England		South Africa		Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
25th T20I	30 October	West Indies		TBC		Perth Stadium, Perth
26th T20I	31 October	New Zealand		Pakistan		Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane
27th T20I	31 October	Australia		TBC		Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane
28th T20I	1 November	Afghanistan		South Africa		Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
29th T20I	1 November	England		India		Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
30th T20I	2 November	TBC		TBC		Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
31st T20I	2 November	New Zealand		TBC		Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane
32nd T20I	3 November	Pakistan		West Indies		Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
33rd T20I	3 November	Australia		TBC		Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
34th T20I	4 November	Afghanistan		England		Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane
35th T20I	5 November	South Africa		TBC		Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
36th T20I	5 November	India		TBC		Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
37th T20I	6 November	Pakistan		TBC		Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
38th T20I	6 November	Australia		New Zealand		Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
39th T20I	7 November	England		TBC		Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
40th T20I	7 November	West Indies		TBC		Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
41st T20I	8 November	South Africa		TBC		Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
42nd T20I	8 November	Afghanistan		India		Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney

Finals

Semi-Finals
No.	Date	Team 1	Captain 1	Team 2	Captain 2	Venue	Result
43rd T20I	11 November	TBC		TBC		Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
44th T20I	12 November	TBC		TBC		Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
Final
45th T20I	15 November	TBC		TBC		Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne

November

Zimbabwe in Pakistan

T20I series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
[1st T20I]
[2nd T20I]
[3rd T20I]
2020–22 ICC Cricket World Cup Super League – ODI series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
[1st ODI]
[2nd ODI]
[3rd ODI]

Afghanistan in Australia

Only Test
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
Only Test	21–25 November			Perth Stadium, Perth

December

Pakistan in New Zealand

T20I series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
[1st T20I]
[2nd T20I]
[3rd T20I]
2019–21 ICC World Test Championship – Test series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
[ 1st Test]
[ 2nd Test]

Sri Lanka in Bangladesh

2020–22 ICC Cricket World Cup Super League – ODI series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
[1st ODI]
[2nd ODI]
[3rd ODI]

2020 United Arab Emirates Tri-Nation Series

2019–22 ICC Cricket World Cup League 2 – Tri-series
No.	Date	Team 1	Captain 1	Team 2	Captain 2	Venue	Result
[ 1st ODI]	December
[ 2nd ODI]	December
[ 3rd ODI]	December
[ 4th ODI]	December
[ 5th ODI]	December
[ 6th ODI]	December

January

India women in Australia

WODI series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
1st WODI	22 January			Manuka Oval, Canberra
2nd WODI	25 January			Junction Oval, Melbourne
3rd WODI	28 January			Bellerive Oval, Hobart

New Zealand in Australia

2020–22 ICC Cricket World Cup Super League, Chappell–Hadlee Trophy – ODI series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
1st ODI	26 January			Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
2nd ODI	29 January			Manuka Oval, Canberra
3rd ODI	31 January			Bellerive Oval, Hobart
Only T20I
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
Only T20I	2 February			Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney

2021 Oman Tri-Nation Series

2019–22 ICC Cricket World Cup League 2 – Tri-series
No.	Date	Team 1	Captain 1	Team 2	Captain 2	Venue	Result
[ 1st ODI]	January
[ 2nd ODI]	January
[ 3rd ODI]	January
[ 4th ODI]	January
[ 5th ODI]	January
[ 6th ODI]	January

February

2021 Women's Cricket World Cup

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR
1	Australia	7	7	0	0	14	1.283
2	South Africa	7	5	1	1	11	0.078
3	England	7	4	3	0	8	0.949
4	West Indies	7	3	3	1	7	−0.885
5	India	7	3	4	0	6	0.642
6	New Zealand (H)	7	3	4	0	6	0.027
7	Bangladesh	7	1	6	0	2	−0.999
8	Pakistan	7	1	6	0	2	−1.313

Source: ESPNcricinfo
(H) Host

Advance to Knockout Stage

Group stage
No.	Date	Team 1	Captain 1	Team 2	Captain 2	Venue	Result
1st WT20I	6 February	New Zealand		TBA		Eden Park, Auckland
2nd WT20I	7 February	Australia		England		Eden Park, Auckland
3rd WT20I	7 February	TBA		TBA		University Oval, Dunedin
4th WT20I	8 February	TBA		South Africa		Seddon Park, Hamilton
5th WT20I	9 February	New Zealand		TBA		University Oval, Dunedin
6th WT20I	10 February	England		TBA		Seddon Park, Hamilton
7th WT20I	10 February	Australia		TBA		Bay Oval, Tauranga
8th WT20I	11 February	TBA		South Africa		Seddon Park, Hamilton
9th WT20I	13 February	TBA		England		University Oval, Dunedin
10th WT20I	13 February	New Zealand		Australia		Basin Reserve, Wellington
11th WT20I	14 February	TBA		South Africa		University Oval, Dunedin
12th WT20I	14 February	TBA		TBA		Bay Oval, Tauranga
13th WT20I	16 February	Australia		TBA		Basin Reserve, Wellington
14th WT20I	17 February	South Africa		England		Basin Reserve, Wellington
15th WT20I	17 February	New Zealand		TBA		Bay Oval, Tauranga
16th WT20I	18 February	TBA		TBA		Hagley Oval, Christchurch
17th WT20I	20 February	TBA		TBA		Hagley Oval, Christchurch
18th WT20I	20 February	New Zealand		South Africa		Seddon Park, Hamilton
19th WT20I	21 February	TBA		Australia		Hagley Oval, Christchurch
20th WT20I	21 February	England		TBA		Bay Oval, Tauranga
21st WT20I	23 February	South Africa		TBA		Basin Reserve, Wellington
22nd WT20I	24 February	England		TBA		Hagley Oval, Christchurch
23rd WT20I	24 February	TBA		Australia		Seddon Park, Hamilton
24th WT20I	25 February	New Zealand		TBA		Basin Reserve, Wellington
25th WT20I	26 February	South Africa		Australia		Seddon Park, Hamilton
26th WT20I	27 February	TBA		TBA		Basin Reserve, Wellington
27th WT20I	28 February	New Zealand		England		Hagley Oval, Christchurch
28th WT20I	28 February	TBA		TBA		Bay Oval, Tauranga
Semi-finals
No.	Date	Team 1	Captain 1	Team 2	Captain 2	Venue	Result
29th WT20I	3 March	TBA		TBA		Bay Oval, Tauranga
30th WT20I	4 March	TBA		TBA		Seddon Park, Hamilton
Final
No.	Date	Team 1	Captain 1	Team 2	Captain 2	Venue	Result
31st WT20I	7 March	TBA		TBA		Hagley Oval, Christchurch

Australia in South Africa

2019–21 ICC World Test Championship – Test series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
[ 1st Test]
[ 2nd Test]
[ 3rd Test]

2021 Nepal Tri-Nation Series

2019–22 ICC Cricket World Cup League 2 – Tri-series
No.	Date	Team 1	Captain 1	Team 2	Captain 2	Venue	Result
[ 1st ODI]	February
[ 2nd ODI]	February
[ 3rd ODI]	February
[ 4th ODI]	February
[ 5th ODI]	February
[ 6th ODI]	February

March

Australia in New Zealand

T20I series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
[1st T20I]	March
[2nd T20I]	March
[3rd T20I]	March

April

2021 Papua New Guinea Tri-Nation Series

2019–22 ICC Cricket World Cup League 2 – Tri-series
No.	Date	Team 1	Captain 1	Team 2	Captain 2	Venue	Result
[ 1st ODI]	April
[ 2nd ODI]	April
[ 3rd ODI]	April
[ 4th ODI]	April
[ 5th ODI]	April
[ 6th ODI]	April

References

^ "Schedule for inaugural World Test Championship announced". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
^ "Men's Future Tours Programme" (PDF). International Cricket Council. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
^ "ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2020 fixtures announced". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
^ "ICC Women's Cricket World World Cup 2021 fixtures announced". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 11 March 2020.

[1] "Schedule for inaugural World Test Championship announced". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 11 January 2019.

[2] "Men's Future Tours Programme" (PDF). International Cricket Council. Retrieved 11 October 2019.

[3] "ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2020 fixtures announced". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 29 January 2019.

[4] "ICC Women's Cricket World World Cup 2021 fixtures announced". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 11 March 2020.

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v t e International cricket in 2020–21
Preceding season: International cricket in 2020
September 2020	Asia Cup Women's Twenty20 Asia Cup Malta in Bulgaria New Zealand women in Australia
October 2020	Balkan Cup West Indies in Australia Zimbabwe in Pakistan
November 2020	Ireland women against Scotland in Spain India in Australia West Indies in New Zealand England in South Africa
December 2020	Pakistan in New Zealand Sri Lanka in South Africa
January 2021	Ireland in UAE England in Sri Lanka West Indies in Bangladesh Pakistan women in South Africa Ireland against Afghanistan in UAE Zimbabwe women in Namibia South Africa in Pakistan
February 2021	England in India Pakistan women in Zimbabwe Australia in New Zealand England women in New Zealand
March 2021	Zimbabwe against Afghanistan in UAE Sri Lanka in West Indies South Africa women in India Bangladesh in New Zealand Australia women in New Zealand
April 2021	Pakistan in South Africa Uganda in Namibia Nepal Tri-Nation Series Pakistan in Zimbabwe Bangladesh in Sri Lanka
Ongoing	World Test Championship Cricket World Cup Super League Cricket World Cup League 2 Cricket World Cup Challenge League Associate T20I cricket
Following Season: International cricket in 2021