New Zealand, the spirited Blackcaps, have to prove themselves in 2026 that they can now finish a tournament in a successful way, as they are waiting for an ICC World Cup title for a long time.
Here, we are checking the complete cricket schedule for New Zealand in the calendar year of 2026.
January: New Zealand tour of India
3-match ODI series
5-match T20I series
New Zealand have lost all seven bilateral ODI series against India in India.
New Zealand lost the last three bilateral T20I series against India in India. In 2012, they played a one-off T20I in India, which was the only T20I series success for the Blackcaps in India.
February 7 – March 8: ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 (Hosts India and Sri Lanka)
April: New Zealand tour of Bangladesh
3-match ODI series
3-match T20I series
After losing two back-to-back bilateral ODI series in Bangladesh, New Zealand won the last series in 2023.
While New Zealand won the one-off T20I in Bangladesh in 2013, hosts Bangladesh won their last T20I series in 2021.
May: New Zealand tour of Ireland
One-off Test
It will be the first Test match between Ireland and New Zealand.
June: New Zealand tour of England
3-match Test series
After a drawn Test series in 2015, New Zealand won the next bilateral Test series in England in 2021. However, hosts England won their next Test series battle in 2022.
July: New Zealand tour of West Indies
3-match ODI series
3-match T20I series
After losing four straight bilateral ODI series in the West Indies, New Zealand recorded their first-ever bilateral ODI series win in the West Indies in 2022.
New Zealand played two bilateral T20I series against West Indies in the West Indies, where the first one was drawn in 2014, and New Zealand won the last one in 2022.
October-November: India tour of New Zealand
2-match Test series
3-match ODI series
5-match T20I series
After losing the bilateral home Test series against India in 2009, New Zealand won all their last three home Test series against India.
New Zealand have won all their last three home bilateral ODI series against India. Their last home ODI series defeat against India was in 2019.
New Zealand lost their last two home bilateral T20I series against India, while previously they won their first two home bilateral T20I series against India.
December: New Zealand tour of Australia
3-match Test series (Stretch to January 2027)
New Zealand won their only bilateral Test series in Australia in 1985, but then lost seven out of their last 10 Test series in Australia, including the last two Test series.
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