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Follow UsNew Zealand Cricket (NZC) have confirmed the side’s fixtures for the following 12 months and the Blackcaps, ahead of the Champions Trophy next year, will be playing a tri-series against South Africa and hosts Pakistan in Pakistan.
The Champions Trophy is scheduled to be played in February 2025 in Pakistan, and this tri-series in question is set to serve as a warmup for the mega event for all three sides involved. The Champions Trophy last took place seven years ago, in 2017, and the Kiwis, incidentally, in that edition, got knocked out in the group stages after suffering losses at the hands of England and Bangladesh.
Pakistan will return the favour a month later, in March 2025, with the Men in Green scheduled to tour the Blackcaps for five T20Is and 3 ODIs. It will be the second time in as many years that Pakistan will be playing a five-match T20I series in New Zealand.
For the Kiwis, the home summer of 2024/25 will kick-off with a three-Test series against England in November, which will be a part of the ongoing World Test Championship (WTC) cycle. That will be followed by a full-fledged white-ball series - 3 ODIs and 3 T20Is - against Sri Lanka across December and January.
The White Ferns, the New Zealand women’s side, will meanwhile be hosting arch-rivals Australia for a three-match ODI series in December.
The White Ferns are also scheduled to host Sri Lanka for a full-fledged white-ball series in March 2025. The same month will see them host Australia for three T20Is.
New Zealand's 2024-25 home season fixtures
England Men
November 28-December 2: 1st Test, Christchurch
December 6-December 10: 2nd Test, Wellington
December 14-December 18: 3rd Test, Hamilton
Australia Women
December 19: 1st ODI, Wellington (Basin Reserve)
December 21: 2nd ODI, Wellington (Basin Reserve)
December 23: 3rd ODI, Wellington (Basin Reserve)
March 21: 1st T20I, Auckland
March 23: 2nd T20I, Tauranga
March 26: 3rd T20I, Wellington (Sky Stadium)
Sri Lanka Men
December 28: 1st T20I, Tauranga
December 30: 2nd T20I, Tauranga
January 2: 3rd T20I, Nelson
January 5: 1st ODI, Wellington (Basin Reserve)
January 8: 2nd ODI, Hamilton
January 11: 3rd ODI, Auckland
Sri Lanka Women
March 4: 1st ODI, Napier
March 7: 2nd ODI, Nelson
March 9: 3rd ODI, Nelson
March 14: 1st T20I, Christchurch
March 16: 2nd T20I, Christchurch
March 18: 3rd T20I, Dunedin
Pakistan Men
March 16: 1st T20I, Christchurch
March 18: 2nd T20I, Dunedin
March 21: 3rd T20I, Auckland
March 23: 4th T20I, Tauranga
March 26: 5th T20I, Wellington (Sky Stadium)
March 29: 1st ODI, Napier
April 2: 2nd ODI, Hamilton
April 5: 3rd ODI, Tauranga
