Associate cricket have been hit badly in the wake of this, as most of the ICC events like Challenge League, League 2 and T20 World Cup qualifiers until the end of Jun 2020 have already been postponed. However, as per the FTP calender updated by ICC as of 15th Jan 2020, there were many proposed bi-lateral arrangements made between fellow Associate members with ODI status until 2021 and now stand uncertain as when International cricket resumes (and it is a big “when”), the ICC events will definitely take more priority to get finished as they count towards qualification process for 2021 T20 World Cup and 2023 ICC Cricket World Cup.

Among the proposed series under the Associate FTP 2019-2023 were a 3-match ODI series between USA and Netherlands in South Africa, Namibia’s 2-match T20I series against Papua New Guinea in Port Moresby and 3-match T20I series at home, running adjacent to the schedules League 2 rounds in the respective countries. Nepal were to host Netherlands for a 3-match series each in ODI and T20I formats in Apr 2021 under the proposed calender, while Scotland and PNG were to play a 2-match T20I series running adjacent to League 2 round.

Nepal were also scheduled to host USA for a 3-match T20I series in Aug 2021, running adjacent to League 2 round being hosted by them. Also, Scotland were scheduled to host Oman for a 3-match T20I series and UAE were scheduled to host Nepal for a 3-match T20I series in Jan 2022, running adjacent to League 2 rounds in the respective countries.

Ireland made their Test debut against Pakistan in May 2018 at home, while Afghanistan played their debut test against India in Jun 2018 at Bengaluru, India. Ireland, Afghanistan and Zimbabwe, however, are not part of the Test championship to be held from 15th Jul 2019 – 30th Apr 2021 between the top 9 Test members nations.

Of the 12 matches scheduled, Ireland and Afghanistan will play each other four times between 2019 and 2022. Afghanistan will play host to three of the games, while Ireland will host the final match between the two nations. All series against their opponents will be one-off test matches with limited-overs matches included in the overall tour (only exception being 2021 Zimbabwe tour of Afghanistan, which will feature two Tests).

Afghanistan will be travelling to Australia, Zimbabwe and Bangladesh as part of their Test FTP, while Ireland will travel to England, Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe and Bangladesh.