India will tour Australia later this year for a bumper eight-game, eight-city white-ball trip, while top-flight cricket is returning to the Top End.
Having already announced dates and venues for the summer’s main event, England’s Ashes tour, Cricket Australia today revealed the remaining international fixtures for the 2025-26 season.
South Africa’s three-ODI, three-T20I tour of northern Australia heralds the first internationals played in Darwin in 17 years, with Cairns and Mackay also to host the Proteas in August, an official Cricket Australia report said.
This year’s series marks the first top-tier men’s games in Far North Queensland since New Zealand and Zimbabwe played matches in Cairns and Townsville in 2022, while Darwin will see its first internationals since Bangladesh toured for three ODIs played at Marrara Stadium in 2008.
The 2025-26 ‘season’ will be the first ever to feature men’s internationals in all eight Australian states and territories, with Canberra and Hobart both set to host India during their five-game T20 series.
Men’s ODI Series v India
October 19: Perth Stadium, Perth (D/N)
October 23: Adelaide Oval, Adelaide (D/N)
October 25: SCG, Sydney (D/N)
Men’s T20I Series v India
October 29: Manuka Oval, Canberra (N)
October 31: MCG, Melbourne (N)
November 2: Bellerive Oval, Hobart (N)
November 6: Gold Coast Stadium, Gold Coast (N)
November 8: The Gabba, Brisbane (N)
(all times local)
That will come after the 2023 World Cup finalists face off in 50-over matches in Perth, Adelaide and Sydney. Gold Coast’s Carrara Stadium will then see T20 action along with the staple venues, the MCG and the Gabba.
India are returning after a gripping five-Test Border-Gavaskar Trophy in 2024-25.
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