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2026 The Hundred season
2026 The Hundred season, sixth edition of the ECB's 100-ball competition, 21 July to 16 August 2026; first season under private IPL-linked ownership with renamed teams MI London, SunRisers Leeds, and Manchester Super Giants; Manchester Super Giants and Trent Rockets won the men's and women's titles.
2026 Under-19 Men's Cricket World Cup
ICC U19 Men's Cricket World Cup 2026, 16th edition, co-hosted by Zimbabwe and Namibia, 15 January to 6 February 2026. India won a record sixth title, beating England by 100 runs in the Harare final behind Vaibhav Sooryavanshi's 175.
2026 Women's Asia Cup Rising Stars
The 2026 Women's Asia Cup Rising Stars was a T20 cricket tournament for eight Asian teams, won by India A, who beat Bangladesh A by 46 runs in the final.
2026 Women's Caribbean Premier League
2026 Women's Caribbean Premier League (WCPL 2026), fourth edition, four teams including debutant Jamaica Empress, played 5-17 September 2026 at Kensington Oval, Barbados; Guyana Amazon Warriors Women won their maiden title, beating Trinbago Knight Riders Women by 2 wickets in the final.
2026 Women's One-Day Cup
2026 Women's One-Day Cup (Metro Bank One Day Cup women's competition), second edition of the ECB's women's List A 50-over county tournament, 11 April to 19 September 2026, nine Tier 1 teams; won by The Blaze, who beat Hampshire in the final at Southampton.
2026 Women's T20 World Cup
2026 ICC Women's T20 World Cup, 10th edition, hosted by England and Wales June 12–July 5, 2026. Record 12 teams, 33 matches at seven venues; Australia won a seventh title over England at Lord's.
2026 Women's Twenty20 Asia Cup
DP World Women's T20 Asia Cup 2026, held in Dubai, 28 Aug–13 Sep 2026. India won a record eighth title, beating defending champions Sri Lanka by 72 runs in the final, unbeaten, with Shafali Verma's record 24-ball fifty.
2026–27 Big Bash League season
2026–27 Big Bash League season (BBL|16), the 16th edition of Australia's men's T20 Big Bash League: 44 games from December 12, 2026 to a January 26, 2027 final, opening in Chennai in the league's first match outside Australia, with scrapped overseas draft and first privatised club.
2026–27 Duleep Trophy
2026-27 Duleep Trophy, India's zonal first-class knockout, 23 Aug to 10 Sep 2026; East Zone won a third title on first-innings lead over South Zone in the Chennai final; Ishan Kishan scored 270 and 80.
2026–27 Women's Big Bash League season
WBBL|12, the twelfth Women's Big Bash League season, runs October 29 to December 5, 2026: 43 games, Junction Oval floodlit opener, Hobart Hurricanes defending, direct signings replacing the overseas draft.
2027 Ashes series
2027 Ashes series: England v Australia five-Test men's Ashes in England, 18 June to 2 August 2027, at Trent Bridge, Lord's, Edgbaston, Utilita Bowl, and the Kia Oval; Australia are holders after a 4-1 win in 2025/26, with a parallel Women's Ashes opening at Headingley.
2027 Asia Cup
2027 Asia Cup: 18th men's cricket Asia Cup, ODI 50-over format, hosted by Bangladesh, reported June 18 to July 4, 2027. Six teams including India, Pakistan, and qualifiers Nepal; distinct from the AFC Asian Cup 2027 football tournament in Saudi Arabia.
2027 Cricket World Cup
2027 Cricket World Cup (ICC Men's Cricket World Cup 2027), 14th ODI world championship, 2 Oct–21 Nov 2027, co-hosted by South Africa, Zimbabwe, Namibia; 14 teams, 57 matches, new Super Series/Group Stage/Super 7 format.
2027 Cricket World Cup Qualifier
ICC Men's Cricket World Cup Qualifier 2027 (MCWCCQ27), a 10-team ODI tournament in February-March 2027 deciding the last four spots at the 14-team World Cup in South Africa, Zimbabwe, and Namibia; winner enters the group stage directly.
2027 Men's T20 World Cup Africa Regional Final
2027 Men's T20 World Cup Africa Regional Final (ICC Africa Qualifier 2027): African stage of 2028 T20 World Cup qualifying. Rwanda, Kenya, Tanzania, and Ghana have qualified; two more come from Abuja's Qualifier C.
2027 Men's T20 World Cup Americas Regional Final
2027 Men's T20 World Cup Americas Regional Final: ICC qualifier deciding the Americas entrant to the 2028 T20 World Cup Global Qualifier; Bermuda qualified by winning the Sub-Regional Americas Qualifier A in June 2026.
2027 Men's T20 World Cup East Asia-Pacific Regional Final
2027 Men's T20 World Cup East Asia-Pacific Regional Final: planned 2027 EAP qualifier feeding the 2028 T20 World Cup Global Qualifier, one EAP spot; follows the 2026 Japan qualifier won by Papua New Guinea ahead of Japan and Samoa.
2027 Men's T20 World Cup Europe Regional Final
2027 Men's T20 World Cup Europe Regional Final (Europe Qualifier 2027): final European qualifying stage for the 2028 T20 World Cup, featuring Jersey, Denmark, Portugal, and Scotland, feeding two Europe spots into the Global Qualifier.
2027 Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup qualification
Regional qualification for the 2027 ICC U19 Women's T20 World Cup in Bangladesh and Nepal: UAE, Nigeria, USA, and Samoa won the Asia, Africa, Americas, and East Asia-Pacific qualifiers, with South Africa also qualifying from Africa.
2027–2029 World Test Championship
2027–2029 World Test Championship: planned fourth ICC WTC cycle, likely all 12 Test nations in one division after the two-tier idea failed; ECB hosts the 2027, 2029, and 2031 finals, starting at The Oval, 9–13 June 2027.
2028 Men's T20 World Cup
The 2028 Men's T20 World Cup is the 11th edition of the Twenty20 International cricket championship, co-hosted by Australia and New Zealand in October 2028.
2028 Men's T20 World Cup Global Qualifier
2028 Men's T20 World Cup Global Qualifier: 16-team cricket tournament deciding the final 8 spots at the 2028 T20 World Cup in Australia and New Zealand, featuring 8 direct entrants and 8 regional qualifiers.
2028 Men's T20 World Cup qualification
2028 Men's T20 World Cup qualification determines the 20 teams for the Australia and New Zealand co-hosted event: 12 automatic qualifiers from the 2026 tournament and rankings, plus 8 spots via a 16-team Global Qualifier fed by regional qualifiers.
2031 Cricket World Cup
2031 Cricket World Cup: ICC Men's Cricket World Cup scheduled for October/November 2031, hosted by India and Bangladesh; a 14-team event with a revised three-stage format approved in 2026.
Adelaide Strikers
Adelaide Strikers, Australian Twenty20 cricket franchise in the BBL and WBBL, based at Adelaide Oval, cornflower blue kit, men's BBL champions 2017-18, back-to-back WBBL titles WBBL|08 and WBBL|09, coached by Tim Paine.
Afghan cricket team in Bangladesh in 2016–17
The Afghan cricket team in Bangladesh in 2016–17 was a three-match ODI series played in Dhaka in September and October 2016, which Bangladesh won 2–1.
Afghanistan Premier League (2026)
Afghanistan Premier League (APL T20) 2026, also APLT20: second edition of Afghanistan's T20 franchise league, revived by the ACB with ITW MEA, five teams, UAE, December 27, 2026 start, Koh-i-Zafar trophy.
Airedale-Wharfedale Senior Cricket League
Airedale-Wharfedale Senior Cricket League (A&W.S.C.L), Aire-Wharfe League: Yorkshire Saturday cricket league founded 1935 from the Yorkshire Cricket Council's Airedale and Wharfedale Section; predecessor league dated 1892; Premier Division, Waddilove, Birtwhistle, and Chappell cups.
Anderson–Tendulkar Trophy
The Anderson–Tendulkar Trophy is the trophy for Test cricket series between England and India, introduced in 2025 and named after James Anderson and Sachin Tendulkar.
Asia Cup
Asia Cup (ACC Asia Cup), men's international cricket tournament run by the Asian Cricket Council since 1984, alternating ODI and T20I formats. 17 editions through 2025; India lead with 9 titles, Sri Lanka 6, Pakistan 2; 2025 won by India in Dubai.