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Nigeria Cricket to host Ghana and Sierra Leone in Quadrangular Tournament in September 2026

Nigeria Cricket Federation (NCF) will be hosting the Men’s National teams of Ghana and Sierra Leone in a T20 Quadrangular Tournament (with ICC T20I team ranking points for matches involving Nigeria, Ghana and Sierra Leone), with NCF fielding their “A” squad as the fourth (4th) team in the event, from September 21st – 26th, 2026,…
Minor League Cricket (MiLC) 2026 to begin in September

The 6th edition of Minor League Cricket (MiLC) will be taking place from September 17th – October 25th, 2026 across venues of Church Street Park in Morrisville, North Carolina; Grand Prairie Stadium in Texas; and the newly opened Knight Riders Cricket Ground in California, among the eight (8) venues announced to host the matches. The…
Vanuatu Cricket to host 2028 ICC U19 Men’s Cricket World Cup EAP Division 2 Qualifier in September 2026

Vanuatu Cricket Association (VCA) will be hosting the U19 Men’s National teams of Papua New Guinea (PNG), Samoa and Indonesia in the 2028 ICC U19 Men’s Cricket World Cup EAP Division 2 Qualifier from September 07th – 12th, 2026. The teams will be playing each other in a single round-robin group stage format, following which,…
Malaysia Cricket to host UAE Men for T20I series with September 2026

Malaysian Cricket Association (MCA) will be hosting the Men’s National team of United Arab Emirates, for a three (3)-match T20 International series (with ICC T20I team ranking points), from September 14th – 17th, 2026, at the Bayuemas Oval in Kuala Lumpur. This will be the maiden bi-lateral T20I series arrangement made between the two (2)…
Jersey Cricket to host Guernsey Men for Annual Inter-Insular OD game in September 2026

Jersey Cricket will be hosting the seventy-second (72nd) edition of the traditional 50-overs Inter-Insular game against Guernsey on September 05th, 2026, at the Grainville Playing Fields in St Saviour. Jersey Men are the Defending Champions of the Trophy, after winning the game last year in Guernsey, by 8 wickets margin, chasing a target of 150…
Japan Men and Women to play bi-lateral T20I series ahead of Asian Games

Japan Cricket Association (JCA) have scheduled bi-lateral T20 International series (with ICC T20I team ranking points) for both their Men’s and Women’s Teams, in the lead-up to the upcoming Asian Games 2026 in September 2026 in Aichi-Nagoya. Fellow participant in the Women’s Cricket category at the Games, Malaysia Women, will be playing a three (3)-match…
Romania Cricket to host Women’s Continental Cup in August 2026

Cricket Federation of Romania will be hosting the Men’s National teams of Turkiye, Austria, Isle of Man, Guernsey, Greece, Czechia and Norway in the Women’s Continental Cup tournament from August 26th – 30th, 2026, at the Moara Vlasiei cricket ground ovals in Bucharest. This edition will the fourth (4th) overall for the Women’s Continental Cup,…
European T20 Premier League 2026 kicks off a promising future

The inaugural European T20 Premier League (ETPL) is set to usher in a new era for franchise cricket in Europe, with six city-based teams from Ireland, Scotland and the Netherlands competing for the first ETPL title. The ETPL is being organised by Cricket Ireland, Cricket Scotland and the Royal Dutch Cricket Association (KNCB) and will…
Cricket Namibia to host South Africa and Zimbabwe for T20I Tri-series and ODI series in August 2026

Cricket Namibia (CN) will be hosting the Men’s National teams of South Africa and Zimbabwe for a T20 International Tri-series tournament (with ICC T20I team ranking points) from August 15th – September 06th, 2026, at the FNB Namibia Cricket Ground. South Africa will stay back after the completion of the T20I Tri-series, to play a…
Malaysia Cricket to host 2028 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Asia Sub-regional Qualifier A in October 2026

Malaysian Cricket Association (MCA) will be hosting the Men’s National teams of Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Thailand, Bhutan, Mongolia and Myanmar for the 2028 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Asia Sub-regional Qualifier A tournament from October 03rd – 15th, 2026. All the teams will be playing against each other in a single round-robin group stage format,…
Latvia Cricket to host Men’s Baltic Cup in August 2026

Latvia Cricket Federation (LCF) will be hosting the Men’s National teams of Estonia, Lithuania and Poland in the Annual Men’s Baltic Cup T20 tournament on August 29th and 30th, 2026, at the Infinity oval ground. The Annual event has been taking place in Estonia since it’s inception, and this will be first time of the…
Rwanda Cricket to host 3rd edition of ILT20 Continent Cup in September 2026

Rwanda Cricket Association (RCA) will be hosting the Men’s National teams of Kenya, Botswana, Sierra Leone, and Uganda, in what will be a truncated event now (was originally announced as the biggest till date, in terms of participation in the ILT20 Continent Cup tournament with Malawi, Nigeria and Tanzania), in the overall third (3rd) edition…
Nigeria Cricket to host 2028 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Africa Sub-regional Qualifier C in October 2026

Nigeria Cricket Federation (NCF) will be hosting the Men’s National teams of Uganda, Zambia, Gambia, Mozambique and Lesotho in the 2028 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Africa Sub-regional Qualifier C tournament from October 18th – 23rd, 2026, at the Tafawa Balewa Square Cricket Oval in Lagos. The teams will be competing against each other in…
Asian Games 2026 Cricket Schedule announced

How many teams will play cricket at Asian Games 2026 The Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) and Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games and Asian Para Games Organizing Committee (AINAGOC) will be hosting the sports discipline of Cricket during the 2026 Asian Games programme, to be co-hosted by Japan’s Aichi Prefecture and its capital Nagoya from September 19th…
Tanzania Cricket to host 2027 ICC U19 Women’s T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier in August 2026

Tanzania Cricket Association (TCA) will be hosting the U19 Women’s National teams of Uganda, Kenya, Rwanda, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Malawi and Nigeria, in the 2027 ICC U19 Women’s T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier from August 30th – September 05th, 2026, at the TCA Cricket Arena in University of Dar es Salaam (UDSM). The eight (8) nations…
Serbia Cricket to host Women’s T20I Tri-series in September 2026

Serbia Cricket Federation will be hosting the Women’s National teams of Bulgaria and Croatia for a T20 International Tri-series tournament (with ICC T20I team ranking points) from September 04th – 06th, 2026, at the Lisicji Jarak Cricket Ground in Belgrade. Croatia Women’s team will be playing their first-ever T20Is against both Serbia and Bulgaria, during…
Czechia Cricket to host Women’s T20I Tri-series in September 2026

Czechia Cricket will be hosting the Women’s National teams of Belgium and Portugal in a T20 International Tri-series tournament (with ICC T20I team ranking points) from September 04th – 06th, 2026, at the Vinor Cricket Ground, Prague. The teams will play against each other in a double round-robin group stage format, before the 2nd and…
Denmark and Jersey Men to tour Scotland for OD games in August 2026

Cricket Scotland (CS) will be hosting the Men’s National teams of Denmark and Jersey for One-day games (50-overs) against their “A” team, as part of Denmark and Jersey’s preparations towards the final round of 2027 ICC CWC Challenge League Group A, which is scheduled to take place in September/October period (Host TBA, as there are…
Cayman Cricket to host 2nd edition of North America Cup in September 2026

Cayman Cricket will be hosting the second (2nd) edition of the North American Cup T20I tournament from September 20th – 27th, 2026, at the Jimmy Powell Oval ground in West Bay. Men’s National teams of Bermuda and Bahamas will be competing alongside the host’s for the title, as the Defending Champions from the inaugural edition,…
Cricket Canada to host Men’s National T20 Championship in August 2026

Cricket Canada have announced the Men’s National T20 Championship 🏆 from August 17th – 21st, 2026 at the Maple Leaf cricket ground in Ontario. Provinces of Alberta, Manitoba, Newfoundland & Labrador, Ontario, Saskatchewan, British Columbia, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and Quebec will be competing in the tournament. With the North American Cup,…
Cricket Germany to host Women’s Nordic Cup in August 2026

Cricket Germany will be hosting the Women’s National teams of Sweden and Denmark for the fifth (5th) edition of the Women’s Nordic Cup tournament from August 28th – 30th, 2026, at the GelsenTrabPark cricket ground in Gelsenkirchen. The Cricket Board of Germany will be hosting the tournament for the first time, with the German Women’s…
Cricket Scotland to host Netherlands Women for ODI series in August 2026

Cricket Scotland (CS) will be hosting the Women’s National team of Netherlands for a three (3)-match One-day International series (with ICC ODI team ranking points) from August 28th – September 01st, 2026, at the Clydesdale Cricket Club ground and in Stirling. With no dedicated pathway structure in place for the Associate Member teams with Women’s…
Cricket Finland to host 2028 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Europe Sub-regional Qualifier C in August 2026

The International Cricket Council (ICC) have announced the Europe qualification pathway for the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2028, featuring three (3) sub-regional qualification events (Sub-regional Qualifier A, Sub-regional Qualifier B and Sub-regional Qualifier C) to be staged across Cyprus, Denmark and Finland in 2026. Cricket Finland return to host another Europe Sub-Regional Qualifier, building…
Malawi Cricket to host Men’s T20I Tri-series in August 2026

Malawi Cricket Union will be hosting the Men’s National teams of Rwanda and Zambia for a T20 International Tri-series tournament (with ICC T20I team ranking points) from August 11th – 15th, 2026, at the TCA Oval in Blantyre. This series will see the first-ever meeting in Men’s T20Is between the teams of Malawi and Zambia.…
Emirates Cricket to host ACC Women’s Asia Cup 2026 in August/September

Emirates Cricket Board (ECB) will be hosting the Women’s National teams of India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Thailand, Indonesia and Hong Kong, China for the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) Women’s Asia Cup 2026 tournament from August 28th – September 13th, 2026, in Dubai. This will be the tenth (10th) edition of the Women’s Asia Cup…
Rwanda Cricket to host 2028 ICC U19 Men’s CWC Africa Division 2 Qualifier in August 2026

Rwanda Cricket Association (RCA) will be hosting the 2028 ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup Africa Division 2 Qualifier from August 09th – 15th, 2026, across three (3) venues at Gahanga International Cricket Stadium ovals 1 & 2 and at IPRC Kigali ground. RCA will be hosting the U19 Men’s National teams of Uganda, Mozambique, Nigeria,…
Luxembourg Cricket to host Belgium Women for T20I series in August 2026

Luxembourg Cricket Federation (LCF) will be hosting the Women’s National team of Belgium for a four (4)-match T20 International series (with ICC T20I team ranking points) on August 22nd and 23rd, 2026, at the Pierre Werner Cricket Ground in Walferdange. For Belgium Women’s team, this series will be their first since their last International matches,…
Tanzania Cricket to host final round of CWC Challenge League Group B in August 2026

Tanzania Cricket Association (TCA) will be hosting the third (3rd) and the final round 2027 ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup Challenge League Group B from August 08th – 17th, 2026, at the University of Dar es Salaam Ground 1 and Ground 2 in Dar-es-Salaam. TCA will host the Men’s National teams of Bahrain, Hong Kong-China,…
Malaysia Cricket to host ACC Men’s Premier Cup 2026 in August/September

Malaysian Cricket Association (MCA) will be hosting the Men’s National teams of Nepal, Oman, Singapore, Hong Kong-China, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar and United Arab Emirates (UAE) in the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) Men’s Premier Cup tournament from August 30th – September 12th, 2026, across four (4) venues in Bangi and Kuala Lumpur. This year’s…
Cayman Cricket to host 2027 ICC U19 Women’s T20 World Cup Americas Qualifier in August 2026

Cayman Cricket will be hosting the U19 Women’s National teams of United States of America (USA), Canada and Argentina, for the 2027 ICC U19 Women’s T20 World Cup Americas Qualifier from August 09th – 16th, 2026, at the Jimmy Powell cricket oval. In a first, ICC Americas has also selected a NextGen XI squad comprising…
Cricket PNG to host Thailand Women for ODI/T20I series in August 2026

Cricket Papua New Guinea (CPNG) will be hosting the Women’s National team of Thailand for a bi-lateral series, comprising of One-day Internationals (ODIs) and T20 Internationals (with ICC T20I team ranking points) from August 10th – 17th, 2026, at the Amini Park cricket ground in Port Moresby. This will be the maiden bi-lateral series arrangement…
Cricket Oman to host Canada and Nepal for ODI Tri-series in October 2026

Cricket Oman (OC) will be hosting the Men’s National Teams of Canada and Nepal for an ODI Tri-series from October 09th – 19th, 2026, which will be the twenty-second (22nd) round of the 2027 ICC Cricket World Cup League 2 cycle (Qualification pathway tournament towards 2027 CWC Global Qualifier). Top four (4) after completion of…
Malaysia Men on tour of Bangladesh in August 2026

Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) will be hosting the Men’s National team of Malaysia for a series of matches in both T20 and 50-over formats from August 08th – 16th, 2026. Malaysian Team will play two (2) T20 matches against Bangladesh High Performance Team in Mirpur, and then play three (3) 50-overs matches against the Bangladesh…
Cricket China to host Women’s T20I Tri-series in August 2026

Cricket China will be hosting the Women’s National teams of Indonesia and Oman for a T20 International Tri-series tournament (with ICC T20I team ranking points) from August 20th – 24th, 2026, at the Zhejiang University of Technology Cricket Field in Hangzhou. This tournament will be crucial for China Women’s preparation towards their maiden appearance in…
Cricket Scotland to host Canada and UAE for ODI Tri-series in August 2026

Cricket Scotland (CS) will be hosting the Men’s National Teams of Canada and United Arab Emirates for an ODI Tri-series from August 03rd – 13th, 2026, which will be the twenty-first (21st) round of the 2027 ICC Cricket World Cup League 2 cycle (Qualification pathway tournament towards 2027 CWC Global Qualifier). Top four (4) after…
Cricket Colombia to host Men’s South American Championships in August 2026

Cricket Colombia will be hosting the twenty-first (21st) edition of the Men’s South American Championships from August 06th – 09th, 2026, at the Los Pinos Polo club grounds in Bogota. Men’s National Teams from Brazil, Panama, Mexico, Turks & Caicos Islands and Peru will be competing with the host’s for the Title, which is currently…
Norway Cricket to host Iran and Uzbekistan Men for T20I Tri-series in August 2026

Norwegian Cricket Federation (NCF) will be hosting the Men’s National teams of Iran and Uzbekistan for a T20I International Tri-series tournament (with ICC T20I team ranking points) from August 13th – 16th, 2026. It will be a historic series, involving two (2) of Asian region’s Associate teams, who have till date, only played in Asian…
Cricket Kenya to host Bahrain Men for T20I/OD series in July/August 2026

Cricket Kenya (CK) will be hosting the Men’s National team of Bahrain for a T20 International series (with ICC T20I team ranking points) and One-day series from July 31st – August 05th, 2026, at the Nairobi Gymkhana cricket ground. With Bahrain scheduled to travel to Tanzania in August 2026 for the final round of 2027…
Cricket Scotland to host Ireland U19 Women for Celtic Cup in July 2026

Cricket Scotland (CS) will be hosting the U19 Women’s National team of Ireland for a five (5)-match T20 series from July 27th – 30th, 2026, at the Strathallan School cricket ground in Perth. The annual series this year will be crucial for both the teams, as Ireland U19 begin preparing themselves for the 2027 ICC…
Estonia Cricket to host Finland Women for T20I series in July 2026

Estonia Cricket Association will be hosting the Women’s National team of Finland for a two (2)-match T20 International series (with ICC T20I team ranking points) on July 25th, 2026, at the National Cricket field in Tallinn. This will be the second (2nd) bi-lateral T20I series between the two (2) teams, with the inaugural series held…
Romania Cricket to host Inaugural edition of ECA European Championships in July 2026

The Inaugural edition of the European Cricket Association (ECA) Men’s European Championships 2026 tournament from July 20th – 30th, 2026, at the Moara Vlasiei cricket ground in Bucharest. Men’s National teams from Austria, France Cricket, Romania, Turkiye, and Israel will be competing in the marquee tournament of the ECA, with the Women’s European Championships also…
Switzerland Cricket to host Women’s T20I Quadrangular in July 2026

Switzerland Cricket will be hosting the Women’s National teams of Brazil, Spain and Jersey in a Women’s Quadrangular T20 tournament (with ICC team ranking points) from July 27th – 31st, 2026, at the Embrach Cricket ground in Zurich. This will be the first-ever Women’s International tournament being hosted by the Cricket Board, and the participation…
Argentina Cricket to host Canada Women for T20I series in July 2026

Cricket Argentina will be hosting the Women’s National team of Canada for a seven (7)-match T20 International series (with ICC T20I team ranking points) from July 29th – August 02nd, 2026, at the St George’s College Ground in Buenos Aires. This will be the maiden bi-lateral series arrangement done between the two (2) Cricket Boards,…
Cricket Namibia to host Women’s T20I Quadrangular in July 2026

Cricket Namibia (CN) will be hosting the Women’s National teams of Uganda, Tanzania and Hong Kong-China for a Women’s Quadrangular T20 tournament (with ICC T20I team ranking points) from July 21st – 30th, 2026, at the FNB National Cricket ground and HP oval in Windhoek. This will be the second (2nd) time Hong Kong-China Women…
Guernsey Cricket to host 2028 ICC U19 Men’s Cricket World Cup Europe Division 2 Qualifier in July 2026

Guernsey Cricket will be hosting the 2028 ICC U19 Men’s Cricket World Cup Europe Division 2 Qualifier from July 24th – 30th, 2026, across four (4) venues at Port Soif, College Field, King George V Playing Fields and Memorial Fields. Men’s National teams from Guernsey, Belgium, France, Germany, Isle of Man, Italy, Sweden and Switzerland…
Malaysia Cricket to host ICC U19 Women’s T20 World Cup Asia Qualifier in July 2026

Malaysian Cricket Association (MCA) will be hosting the 2027 ICC U19 Women’s T20 World Cup Asia Qualifier from July 21st – 30th, 2026. MCA will be hosting the U19 Women’s teams of Bhutan, Thailand, Kuwait, Myanmar, United Arab Emirates (UAE), Hong Kong-China and Qatar in the eight (8)-nation event, from which the winner of the…
Eight Qualification spots from 2028 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Global Qualifier

For the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2028 qualification pathway, Scotland will enter directly into the Europe Regional Final, recognising the exceptional circumstances surrounding its participation in the 2026 tournament. The remaining teams that competed at the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 but did not secure automatic qualification will advance directly to the Global Qualifier. The…
Four spots from Global Qualifiers into 2027 Men’s Cricket World Cup

The qualification pathway for the fourteen (14)-team ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2027 was confirmed by International Cricket Council (ICC) with ten (10) teams gaining automatic qualification. The ten (10) will comprise South Africa and Zimbabwe as Full Member host’s and the next eight (8) highest ranked teams on the ICC MRF Tyres ODI Rankings…
Jersey Cricket to host Nepal and UAE Men for OD series in July 2026

Jersey Cricket will be hosting the Men’s National teams of Nepal and United Arab Emirates in separate bi-lateral One-day series in July 2026, comprising of two (2) matches each, at the at NCC Grainville cricket ground. Nepal Men will play their matches with the host on 13th and 15th, before travelling to Netherlands for Round…
Netherlands Cricket to host Nepal and Namibia for ODI Tri-series in July 2026

Netherlands Cricket Board (KNCB) will be hosting the Men’s National Teams of Nepal and Namibia for an ODI Tri-series from July 21st – 31st, 2026, which will be the twentieth (20th) round of the 2027 ICC Cricket World Cup League 2 cycle (Qualification pathway tournament towards 2027 CWC Global Qualifier). Top four (4) after completion…