New Zealand Cricket (NZC) announced New Zealand's home international schedule for the 2025-25 season on Wednesday, with four teams set to tour New Zealand this season. The men's team will host Australia, England, the West Indies, and South Africa in a packed home season across multiple formats, the first three sides arriving before Christmas ahead of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup campaign in India and Sri Lanka, which is set to start in January and runs into March. The New Zealand women team will be involved in their own ICC Cricket World Cup between late September and early November, are set for a 14-game home summer, including a first-ever series against Zimbabwe, and a five-match T20I series against South Africa alongside the men's team, in a continuation of the successful T20 International doubleheaders. The home international summer will have 46 days of international cricket played at nine venues throughout the country: Eden Park (Auckland), Seddon Park (Hamilton), Bay Oval (Tauranga), McLean Park (Napier), Sky Stadium (Wellington), Cello Basin Reserve (Wellington), Saxton Oval (Nelson), Hagley Oval (Christchurch) and the University of Otago Oval (Dunedin). New Zealand Home International Schedule 2025-26 New Zealand v Australia 1st T20I, Bay Oval, Wednesday, 1 October 2025, 19:15 2nd T20I, Bay Oval, Friday, 3 October 2025, 19:15 3rd T20I, Bay Oval, Saturday, 4 October 2025, 19:15 New Zealand v England 1st T20I, Hagley Oval, Saturday, 18 October 2025, 19:15 2nd T20I, Hagley Oval, Monday, 20 October 2025, 19:15 3rd T20I, Eden Park, Thursday, 23 October 2025, 19:15 1st ODI, Bay Oval, Sunday, 26 October 2025, 14:00 2nd ODI, Seddon Park, Wednesday, 29 October 2025, 14:00 3rd ODI, Sky Stadium, Saturday, 1 November 2025, 14:00 New Zealand v West Indies 1st T20I, Eden Park, Wednesday, 5 November 2025, 19:15 2nd T20I, Eden Park, Thursday, 6 November 2025, 19:15 3rd T20I, Saxton Oval, Sunday, 9 November 2025, 13:15 4th T20I, Saxton Oval, Monday, 10 November 2025, 13:15 5th T20I, University of Otago Oval, Thursday, 13 November 2025, 13:15 1st ODI, Hagley Oval, Sunday, 16 November 2025, 14:00 2nd ODI, McLean Park, Wednesday, 19 November 2025, 14:00 3rd ODI, Seddon Park, Saturday, 22 November 2025, 14:00 3-dayer, Bert Sutcliffe Oval, Wednesday, 26 – Friday, 28 November 2025, 11:00 1st Test, Hagley Oval, Tuesday 2 – Saturday 6 December 2025, 11:00 2nd Test, Cello Basin Reserve, Wednesday 10 – Sunday 14 December 2025, 11:00 3rd Test, Bay Oval, Thursday 18 – Monday 22 December 2025, 11:00 New Zealand Women v Zimbabwe Women 1st T20I, Seddon Park, Wednesday 25 February 2026, 19:15 2nd T20I, Seddon Park, Friday 27 February 2026, 19:15 3rd T20I, Seddon Park, Sunday, 1 March 2026, 13:15 1st ODI, University of Otago Oval, Thursday, 5 March 2026, 11:00 2nd ODI, University of Otago Oval, Sunday, 8 March 2026, 11:00 3rd ODI, University of Otago Oval, Wednesday, 11 March 2026, 11:00 New Zealand Women & New Zealand v South Africa – T20I Doubleheaders 1st T20I, Bay Oval, Sunday, 15 March 2026, 14:45 & 19:15 2nd T20I, Seddon Park, Tuesday, 17 March 2026, 14:45 & 19:15 3rd T20I, Eden Park, Friday, 20 March 2026, 14:45 & 19:15 4th T20I, Sky Stadium, Sunday, 22 March 2026, 14:45 & 19:15 5th T20I, Hagley Oval, Wednesday, 25 March 2026, 14:45 & 19:15 New Zealand Women v South Africa Women 1st ODI, Hagley Oval, Sunday, 29 March 2026, 14:00 2nd ODI, Cello Basin Reserve, Wednesday, 1 April 2026, 11:00 3rd ODI, Cello Basin Reserve, Saturday, 4 April 2026, 11:00 (All timings are mentioned above in standard local time)
