Double-headers, a test series against England, the return of the Rose Bowl are some of the highlights of the 2024-25 home international summer of cricket in New Zealand.
The programme starts with the Black Caps much-anticipated three match test series against England before Christmas.
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The end of the season has the White Ferns hosting Australia’s T20I side in late-March with visits from the Australia women’s ODI team, Sri Lanka men and women, and the Pakistan men’s side - potentially 41 days of international cricket across eight different cities.
The Black Caps fly to Pakistan in February for a tri-series against the hosts and South Africa before starting their ICC Champions Trophy campaign, ahead of returning home for five T20Is and three ODIs against Pakistan in March.
There will be a number of short-form games being played around the country’s holiday hot-spots in the New Year’s period, including Mt Maunganui and Nelson, and a Friday night T20I double header at Eden Park in March, interest is expected to remain high.
The White Ferns will play a three-match Rose Bowl ODI series against Australia at the Cello Basin Reserve in the week before Christmas, and will later host a multi-format tour by Sri Lanka in March, immediately ahead of a three-game T20Is series against the No 1 ranked Australians.
Their last five T20Is will be played as double-headers alongside Black Caps-Pakistan T20Is.
The Black Caps have a full schedule of offshore cricket in their immediate future, including six tests and a six-match, white-ball tour of Sri Lanka, before returning home for the test series against England.
The White Ferns also continue their busy winter schedule, with a three-game T20I series in Australia in mid-September, followed by the ICC T20 World Cup in Bangladesh (September-October) and a multi-format tour of India in the back half of October.
All home fixtures will be broadcast free-to-air on TVNZ and SENZ.
Full schedule here