International Cricket Council (ICC) have unveiled the Women’s Future Tours Program (FTP) for 2022-2025 period, that confirms the bilateral international tours for 10 teams over the next three years and incorporates all three formats of the game. The the FTP ensures more matches for teams with the enhancement of the ICC Women’s Championship (IWC) to a 10-team event. With teams featuring in more matches across formats in bilateral series, over 300 matches will be played as part of the 2022-25 FTP.
Among the fixtures are two multi-format Ashes series during the period consisting of one Test, three ODIs and three T20Is each – one in England in June 2023 and the other in Australia in January 2025. The three ODIs in the first series will be part of the ICC Women’s Championship, which provides direct qualification to the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2025 in India. The other commitments for Australia, reigning World champions of both the 50-over and 20-over formats as well as winners of both previous editions of the IWC, include an away series of a Test, three ODIs and three T20Is in India in December 2023 apart from the IWC home series against them. They also play a three-match home series, which is not part of an IWC tour, against New Zealand in March 2025.
England, India and South Africa are the other teams to schedule Tests during this period while some teams have planned five match T20I series. England play New Zealand in both a home and away series of three ODIs and five T20Is during this period while India have three T20Is each scheduled along with their IWC series against Ireland, New Zealand, South Africa and the West Indies. The West Indies play five T20Is at home versus Ireland, three T20Is in Australia, five in Pakistan, three in Sri Lanka, and three each at home against Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. Bangladesh play additional three T20Is each against South Africa and the West Indies (January ‘25) while Ireland play five T20Is against the West Indies in June 2023, three home T20Is against England in September ’24, three away T20Is against India, in January ’25 and five T20Is away against Bangladesh in December ’24. Sri Lanka play three T20Is each against Ireland, New Zealand, South Africa and the West Indies.
