NZ vs AUS: World Test Champions Australia will play their first tests in New Zealand in eight years following a T20 series in February, Cricket Australia (CA) and New Zealand Cricket (NZC) confirmed on Tuesday, July 18.
Tim Southee’s Black Caps will host the first test in Wellington on February 29, with the second and final test in Christchurch on March 8.
Before the Tests, the two sides will face off in a three-match T20I series starting in Wellington on February 21.
Australia whitewashed New Zealand 3-0 at home in the last Test series they played in 2019–20. The Australians also whitewashed the Black Caps 2-0 on their previous tour of New Zealand in 2016, which also happened to be the last Test series of former Black Caps skipper Brendon McCullum, who broke the record of the fastest Test hundred in his last match.
NZ vs AUS: Full Schedule
First T20I: Wellington, February 21
Second T20I: Auckland, February 23
Third T20I: Auckland, February 25
First Test: Wellington, February 29-March 4
Second Test: Christchurch, March 8-12
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New Zealand Cricket also confirmed the team’s home summer schedule against South Africa, with a two-test series starting in Tauranga on February 4 and followed by Hamilton on February 13.
New Zealand kicks off the home summer with a three-match ODI series against Bangladesh on December 17, followed by three T20s against the South Asians.
They then host Pakistan in five T20s starting in Auckland on January 12.
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