Trip will include three ODIs and three T20Is
\nIslamabad
\nAustralia\u2019s home international season will begin in late August and the men\u2019s team faces one of their busiest summers as the catch-up of Covid-impacted series continues in the final months of the current future tours programme.
\nThe men\u2019s side will face Zimbabwe (ODIs), New Zealand (ODIs), West Indies (T20Is and Tests), England (T20Is and ODIs) and South Africa (Tests and ODIs) in the 2022-23 campaign\u2013in addition to the men\u2019s T20 World Cup\u2013with the first two of those series taking place in Townsville and Cairns, starting on August 28, as international cricket returns to the Top End. The last time Australia\u2019s men played in the region was 2008 although Townsville has since hosted internationals involving Papua New Guinea.
\nThe women\u2019s team will host Pakistan for ODIs and T20Is in January before the T20 World Cup in South Africa while they are also set to travel to India for five T20Is before Christmas.
\nThe three men\u2019s ODIs against South Africa, set to take place after the Test series in mid-January, remain to be confirmed after a request from CSA to have them moved but no alternative window has yet been found. It is understood CSA had hoped to play them before the Test series to enable players to return home in time for the recently-announced domestic T20 league.
\n\u201cOur strong intention is to play them as scheduled and we\u2019re working through that with South Africa,\u201d Peter Roach, Cricket Australia\u2019s head of operations and scheduling, said. \u201cThis is a really busy season of cricket and finding a spot will be difficult, but we\u2019re engaged in that discussion with South Africa and we hope to finalise that in the coming weeks.\u201d
\nThe T20Is against West Indies and two bilateral series against England will be squeezed in either side of the men\u2019s T20 World Cup with the T20Is acting as warm-ups. Australia will also make a whistle-stop tour to India in mid-September for three T20Is. Originally, West Indies were slated for three T20Is but one match has been dropped due to the tight window with the CPL finishing in late September and them being involved in the qualifying phase of the World Cup.
\nThe five men\u2019s Tests of the summer will take place across barely six weeks with Perth (November 30-December 4) hosting the opening match against West Indies followed by a day-night game in Adelaide (December 8-12). South Africa will play at the Gabba (December 17-21), MCG (Boxing Day) and SCG (January 4-8) before the ODI series wraps up the men\u2019s home schedule ahead of a tour to India next February and March.
\nThat order of Tests means a move away from the tradition of the Gabba being the opening match (although that has also happened a number of times in recent years) but it allows both West Indies fixtures\u2013played before the holiday period\u2013to have a greater primetime slot on Australia\u2019s east coast television market while CA are also looking ahead to when the Gabba is not available during its redevelopment for the 2032 Olympics.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe also know the Gabba\u2019s going to be offline for a couple of years,\u201d Roach said. \u201cTaking the chance to look at some different opportunities when we\u2019ve got the chance to us makes a bit of sense. We\u2019ve got a very good record in Perth too. Moving away from fortress Gabba is not something that scares us.\u201d
\nAfter last season featured two women\u2019s Tests against India and England, there are none on the calendar for the upcoming summer but they remain central to Cricket Australia\u2019s ambitions. The two limited-overs series against Pakistan will take place from January 16-29 across Allan Border Field, North Sydney Oval and Manuka Oval with the teams then heading to South Africa for the T20 World Cup where Australia will defend their title.
\nUnlike recent seasons, no women\u2019s internationals have been scheduled for September with an eye on player workload heading into the World Cup while March has also been left vacant in case a Women\u2019s IPL gets off the ground.
\nThere are some tight turnarounds in the men\u2019s schedule with the first ODI against England in Adelaide taking place just four days after the T20 World Cup final on November 13, should either side make it that far, and there is a maximum of four days between Tests once that format begins on November 30.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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