Inaugural ICC World Test Championship winners (2019-2021), New Zealand, are ready to begin their journey in the 2025-2027 ICC World Test Championship. In the last two WTC cycles, the Blackcaps finished in the sixth and fourth places, respectively.
Here, we can check the complete schedule for the New Zealand national cricket team in the 2025-2027 ICC World Test Championship.
West India tour of New Zealand in 2025/26 (3-match Test series) – December 2025
2-6 December: New Zealand vs West Indies (Hagley Oval, Christchurch)
10-14 December: New Zealand vs West Indies (Basin Reserve, Wellington)
18-22 December: New Zealand vs West Indies (Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui)
New Zealand last lost a home Test match against West Indies in 1995. After that Test, hosts New Zealand have recorded six Test wins and four Test draws against West Indies, including all last six Test victories.
After losing their last home Test series against West Indies in 1995, hosts New Zealand have recorded five Test series wins and one Test series draw against West Indies, including winning all last three Test series.
New Zealand tour of England in 2026: Crowe-Thrope Trophy 2025 (3-match Test series) – June 2026
Before losing their last three Tests against the hosts England, New Zealand last beat the hosts England in Test cricket in June 2021.
While New Zealand lost their last bilateral Test series against the hosts England in 2022, the Blackcaps recorded their last Test series win against the hosts England in 2021.
India tour of New Zealand in 2026/27 (2-match Test series) - October-November 2026
New Zealand are undefeated in their last six home Tests against India, recording three wins and three draws. The Blackcaps last suffered a home Test defeat against India in the 2009 Hamilton Test.
New Zealand have won all their last two home Test series against India after suffering their last home Test series against India in 2009.
New Zealand tour of Australia in 2026/27: Trans-Tasman Trophy 2026/27 – December 2026 – January 2027
New Zealand's last time defeating Australia in a home Test match was back in the 1993 Auckland Test. Since then, Blackcaps are winless in the last 12 home Tests against the Baggy Greens (11 wins and one draw), including losing all the last seven Tests.
Hosts New Zealand have recorded two Test series wins against Australia in 1986 and 1990. Since then, New Zealand have suffered one home Test series draw and the last five Test series defeats against Australia.
Sri Lanka tour of New Zealand in 2026/27 (2-match Test series) – January 2027
Hosts New Zealand are eight Tests unbeaten against Sri Lanka, with seven wins and one draw. New Zealand last suffered a home Test match defeat in 2006.
After Sri Lanka won their only Test series in New Zealand in 1995, New Zealand have recorded six home Test series wins and one home Test series draw against Sri Lanka (winning all the last four Test series).
New Zealand tour of Pakistan in 2026/27 (2-match Test series) – March 2027
New Zealand last won a Test match in Pakistan in 1996, as they have recorded two defeats and two draws in Test cricket in Pakistan since their last Test win in Pakistan.
Apart from their only Test series win back in 1969, New Zealand have suffered four Test series defeats along with two Test series draws in their last six Test series in Pakistan.
