New Zealand Cricket Home Summer Schedule 2025-26: Full list of matches, dates, venues, fixtures
The Kiwis will host as many as five different international teams in their upcoming home summer, New Zealand Cricket (NZC) announced on Wednesday.
While the highlight remains the three-match Test series against West Indies, which will be a part of the ICC World Test Championship, the Black Caps will also face off against trans-Tasman rival Australia, England, and South Africa.
Meanwhile, White Ferns—the women’s cricket team—will host the Proteas and Zimbabwe in early 2026.
The men’s team will play a total of 25 international matches during the home summer, while the White Ferns will host 14 games.
Here is New Zealand’s full home summer schedule:
New Zealand men’s fixtures
Against Australia
- October 1 – 1st T20I, Mount Maunganui
- October 3 – 2nd T20I, Mount Maunganui
- October 4 – 3rd T20I, Mount Maunganui
Against England
- October 18 – 1st T20I, Christchurch
- October 20 – 2nd T20I, Christchurch
- October 23 – 3rd T20I, Auckland
- October 26 – 1st ODI, Mount Maunganui
- October 29 – 2nd ODI, Hamilton
- November 1 – 3rd ODI, Wellington
Against West Indies
- November 5 – 1st T20I, Auckland
- November 6 – 2nd T20I, Auckland
- November 9 – 3rd T20I, Nelson
- November 10 – 4th T20I, Nelson
- November 13 – 5th T20I, Dunedin
- November 16 – 1st ODI, Christchurch
- November 19 – 2nd ODI, Napier
- November 22 – 3rd ODI, Hamilton
- December 2-6 – 1st Test, Christchurch
- December 10-14 – 2nd Test, Wellington
- December 18-22 – 3rd Test, Mount Maunganui
Against South Africa
- March 15 – 1st T20I, Mount Maunganui
- March 17 – 2nd T20I, Hamilton
- March 20 – 3rd T20I, Auckland
- March 22 – 4th T20I, Wellington
- March 25 – 5th T20I, Christchurch
New Zealand women’s fixtures
Against Zimbabwe
- February 25 – 1st T20I, Hamilton
- February 27 – 2nd T20I, Hamilton
- March 1 – 3rd T20I, Hamilton
- March 5 – 1st ODI, Dunedin
- March 8 – 2nd ODI, Dunedin
- March 11 – 3rd ODI, Dunedin
Against South Africa
- March 15 – 1st T20I, Mount Maunganui
- March 17 – 2nd T20I, Hamilton
- March 20 – 3rd T20I, Auckland
- March 22 – 4th T20I, Wellington
- March 25 – 5th T20I, Christchurch
- March 29 – 1st ODI, Christchurch
- April 1 – 2nd ODI, Wellington
- April 4 – 3rd ODI, Wellington
