Australia sets stage for landmark summer with NZ four‑test series

Australia has announced a full summer slate highlighted by its first‑ever four‑Test series against New Zealand. The season opens in August with Bangladesh playing two Tests in Darwin and Mackay, followed by a women’s white‑ball block of three ODIs and three T20Is across Brisbane and Sydney. England’s men then tour in November for three ODIs in Perth, Adelaide and Hobart, before a five‑match T20I run through Melbourne, Gold Coast, Brisbane, Sydney and Canberra.

The marquee segment arrives from early December to early January, when Australia and New Zealand meet in a historic four‑Test showdown staged in Perth, Adelaide, Melbourne and Sydney. The women’s team later hosts New Zealand again for three T20Is and three ODIs in February and March. The summer wraps with a one‑off 150th Anniversary Test between Australia and England’s men at the MCG from March 11 to 15.