By Zainab Shafiq 
New Zealand Cricket has unveiled a cricket-packed home summer that fans won’t want to miss. With 46 days of back-to-back fixtures across formats, the 2025–26 season is shaping up to be a blockbuster. What’s most exciting is the strategic overlap of high-profile tours, the World Cup build-up, and cricket-packed home summer action featuring both the Black Caps and the White Ferns.
For the men, New Zealand will welcome Australia, England, the West Indies, and South Africa across formats, leading into the T20 World Cup next year in India and Sri Lanka. The cricket-packed home summer kicks off in October with three T20Is against Australia in Mount Maunganui, followed by a multi-format clash with England through November. The West Indies tour will be even more extensive, featuring five T20Is, three ODIs, and three Tests across seven weeks.
While the women’s team has no fixtures before their ODI World Cup in India and Sri Lanka this September-October, their home summer starts in February 2026 with a historic bilateral series against Zimbabwe—their first visit to New Zealand. Joint T20I double-headers with South Africa will follow this in March and a concluding ODI series will run into early April.
This season is also a significant nod to gender parity in the sport. The joint double-header series in March will see both men’s and women’s teams face South Africa in five T20Is, aligning fan engagement and stadium buzz. These double-headers mark a strategic move by NZC to promote women’s cricket as more than just a side act.
BlackCaps’ star Kyle Jamieson described the season as a “marquee summer,” applauding the quality of opposition and home support. Meanwhile, White Ferns’ Georgia Plimmer expressed her excitement for the 14-match home season, highlighting how double-headers provide “a great experience for teams and fans alike.”
In total, the cricket-packed home summer includes 25 matches for the men and 14 for the women, across nine venues.
New Zealand cricket men’s fixtures for summer 2025-26
Against Australia
- Oct 1 – 1st T20I, Mount Maunganui
- Oct 3 – 2nd T20I, Mount Maunganui
- Oct 4 – 3rd T20I, Mount Maunganui
Against England
- Oct 18 – 1st T20I, Christchurch
- Oct 20 – 2nd T20I, Christchurch
- Oct 23 – 3rd T20I, Auckland
- Oct 26 – 1st ODI, Mount Maunganui
- Oct 29 – 2nd ODI, Hamilton
- Nov 1 – 3rd ODI, Wellington
Against West Indies
- Nov 5 – 1st T20I, Auckland
- Nov 6 – 2nd T20I, Auckland
- Nov 9 – 3rd T20I, Nelson
- Nov 10 – 4th T20I, Nelson
- Nov 13 – 5th T20I, Dunedin
- Nov 16 – 1st ODI, Christchurch
- Nov 19 – 2nd ODI, Napier
- Nov 22 – 3rd ODI, Hamilton
- Dec 2-6 – 1st Test, Christchurch
- Dec 10-14 – 2nd Test, Wellington
- Dec 18-22 – 3rd Test, Mount Maunganui
Against South Africa
- Mar 15 – 1st T20I, Mount Maunganui
- Mar 17 – 2nd T20I, Hamilton
- Mar 20 – 3rd T20I, Auckland
- Mar 22 – 4th T20I, Wellington
- Mar 25 – 5th T20I, Christchurch
New Zealand women’s fixtures
Against Zimbabwe
- Feb 25 – 1st T20I, Hamilton
- Feb 27 – 2nd T20I, Hamilton
- Mar 1 – 3rd T20I, Hamilton
- Mar 5 – 1st ODI, Dunedin
- Mar 8 – 2nd ODI, Dunedin
- Mar 11 – 3rd ODI, Dunedin
Against South Africa
- Mar 15 – 1st T20I, Mount Maunganui
- Mar 17 – 2nd T20I, Hamilton
- Mar 20 – 3rd T20I, Auckland
- Mar 22 – 4th T20I, Wellington
- Mar 25 – 5th T20I, Christchurch
- Mar 29 – 1st ODI, Christchurch
- Apr 1 – 2nd ODI, Wellington
- Apr 4 – 3rd ODI, Wellington
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