India Women Cricket Schedule: ICC Women FTP: In the first-ever women’s Future Tours Programme, Team India have secured 5-match T20 series against Australia at home in December this year. It will be followed by a tri-nation series involving South Africa and West Indies in South Africa. Furthermore, India will also play two test matches in 2024 at home against England and Australia.
- The Indian women’s team will play as many as 65 international games in the inaugural Future Tours & Programmes (FTP)
- ICC FTP three year-cycle is between May 2022 to April, 2025.
- The ICC on Tuesday announced the the structured calender that includes a total of 301 matches (seven Tests, 135 ODIs and 159 T20Is) over a period of three years.
- India’s share of matches will be two Tests against England and Australia along with 27 ODIs and 36 T20 Internationals during the said duration.
- Since the FTP has started from May, 2022, India have already played 3 WODIs and 3 WT20Is against Sri Lanka.
- As per the list, India hosts New Zealand, South Africa, West Indies and Ireland at home, the away series are against Australia, England, Sri Lanka (already played) an d Bangladesh
India Women Cricket Schedule: Harmanpreet Kaur & Co to play 5-match T20 series against Australia in December, Check Full Schedule
ICC Women FTP Highlights:
- Fixtures confirmed for 2022-25 ICC Women’s Championship
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Similar to ICC Men’s ODI Super League, women teams will play bilateral ODI series before the 2025 World Cup.
- In total, 7 Tests, 135 ODIs and 159 T20s will be played leading up to 2025 World Cup.
- The new FTP also ensures more Test match cricket between countries
- A standalone women’s only Ashes series between Australia and England in 2025
- Team India will play just two Test matches during this period.
India Women Cricket Schedule: Harmanpreet Kaur & Co to play 5-match T20 series against Australia in December, Check Full Schedule
ICC General Manager of Cricket, Wasim Khan, said the confirmation of the first ever women’s FTP was a watershed moment for women’s cricket.
“This is a huge moment for the women’s game,” Khan said. “This FTP not only lends certainty to future cricket tours but also sets the base for a structure that is sure to grow in the coming years.”
In total there will be over 300 international women’s games played during the next period, which features a total of seven Test matches, 135 ODIs and 159 T20Is.
Teams will play three-match bilateral ODI series as part of the 2022-25 ICC Women’s Championships, ahead of the next women’s 50-over World Cup in India in 2025.
Many of those three-game ODI series are accompanied by corresponding T20I series, with some teams opting to play five-game T20I series alongside the ICC Women’s Championships fixtures.
India Women’s Cricket Schedule
- September 2022: India tour of England – 3 ODIs, 3 T20Is
- October 2022: Asia Cup T20
- December 2022: India vs Australia – 5 T20Is
- January 2023: Tri Series in South Africa – India, West Indies and South Africa – 4 T20Is
- February 2023: T20 World Cup in South Africa
- June-July 2023: India tour of Bangladesh – 3 ODIs, 3 T20Is
- September 2023: India vs South Africa – 3 ODIs, 3 T20Is
- October 2023: India vs New Zealand – 3 ODIs, 3 T2oIs
- December 2023: India vs England – 1 Test, 3 T20Is
- December 2023 – January 2024 – India vs Australia – 1 Test, 3 ODIs, 3 T20Is
- December 2024 – India tour of Australia – 3 ODIs
- December 2024: India vs West Indies – 3 ODIs, 3 T20Is
- January 2025: India vs Ireland – 3 ODIs, 3 T20Is
India Women Cricket Schedule: Harmanpreet Kaur & Co to play 5-match T20 series against Australia in December, Check Full Schedule
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The first-ever Women’s Future Tours Program ⬇️
— ICC (@ICC) August 16, 2022
All bilateral T20I matches count towards respective team rankings, which in turn serves as a primary mechanism for determining the teams that qualify for ICC global events.
One of the highlights of the women’s calendar is England’s next trip to Australia for the multi-format Ashes series. It will be a standalone series at the start of 2025, with the corresponding men’s series coming later that year.
Just last month the ICC confirmed the host country for every women’s white-ball tournament to be played up until 2027, with the latest fixtures confirmed by the FTP all featuring around those major ICC events.
Full list of upcoming major ICC Women’s events:
- February 2023 – Women’s T20 World Cup in South Africa
- September / October 2024 – Women’s T20 World Cup in Bangladesh
- September / October 2025 – Women’s Cricket World Cup in India
- June 2026 – Women’s T20 World Cup in England
- February 2027 – Women’s T20 Champions Trophy in Sri Lanka
