The Australia Men’s team have a busy 2022-2023 home season ahead of them, with the COVID-19 postponed series surrounding an already busy International Calendar featuring a T20 World Cup.
Let’s have a Glance at Australia’s 2022-2023 Home Summer:
Australia is all set to host West Indies for two Tests & South Africa for three Tests in a busy summer season later this year. Their home Test season will begin with their two-match Test series against West Indies. The first Test of the series will be played in Perth & the second Test which is a pink ball Test will be played in Adelaide. On the other hand, the Test series against South Africa will kick off at the Gabba before playing the much anticipated Boxing Day Test & New Year Test.
Meanwhile, Australia will host Zimbabwe, New Zealand, West Indies, & England for limited-overs series before the T20 World Cup 2022. Their white-ball season will begin with 3 ODI series against Zimbabwe followed by three ODIs agaisnt New Zealand & two T20Is against West Indies. Later they will play three T20Is and three ODIs against England which sandwich the T20 World Cup. Their Test summer season kicks off after the third ODI against England.
The dates for the ODI series against South Africa which will fall in January remain unconfirmed as Cricket South Africa have requested to reconsider the dates but Cricket Australia CEO Nick Hockley said that they have been “unable to find alternative dates as yet.”
“We are hosting a record six touring nations to Australia this season, in addition to the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup. It promises to be an incredible summer,” added Hockley.
“We are delighted that Test cricket is coming back to Perth Stadium for the first Test of the summer versus the West Indies, after almost three years without international cricket, and we look forward to hosting South Africa over Boxing Day and New Year for the first time since 2008.
“After two years of being impacted by the pandemic, the 2022-23 home summer will be an especially busy one for the Australian men’s team as we honor our commitments to the ICC’s Future Tours Program. This provides important opportunities to progress towards the ICC World Test Championship Final qualification as well as a build-up for the ICC Men’s One-Day World Cup in India in 2023.
Meanwhile, the Australia Women’s team will host Pakistan for three ODIs & three T20Is in January.
Australia’s 2022-2023 Home Summer Schedule:
Men’s ODI Series v Zimbabwe
August 28: Riverway Stadium, Townsville
August 31: Riverway Stadium, Townsville
September 3: Riverway Stadium, Townsville
Men’s ODI Series v New Zealand
September 6: Cazalys Stadium, Cairns (D/N)
September 8: Cazalys Stadium, Cairns (D/N)
September 11: Cazalys Stadium, Cairns (D/N)
Men’s T20I Series v West Indies
October 5: Metricon Stadium, Gold Coast
October 7: Metricon Stadium, Gold Coast
Men’s T20I Series v England
October 9: The Gabba, Brisbane
October 12: Manuka Oval, Canberra
October 14: Manuka Oval, Canberra
Men’s ICC T20 World Cup
October 16 – November 13
Men’s ODI Series v England
November 17: Adelaide Oval, Adelaide (D/N)
November 19: SCG, Sydney (D/N)
November 22: MCG, Melbourne (D/N)
Men’s Test Series v West Indies
November 30 – December 4: Perth Stadium, Perth
December 8 – December 12: Adelaide Oval, Adelaide (D/N)
Men’s Test Series v South Africa
December 17 – December 21: The Gabba, Brisbane
December 26 – December 30: MCG, Melbourne
January 4 – January 8: SCG, Sydney
Men’s ODI Series v South Africa (Dates subject to confirmation)
January 12: Blundstone Arena, Hobart
January 14: SCG, Sydney
January 17: Perth Stadium, Perth
Women’s ODI Series v Pakistan
January 16: Allan Border Field, Brisbane
January 18: Allan Border Field, Brisbane
January 21: North Sydney Oval, Sydney
Women’s T20I Series v Pakistan
January 24: North Sydney Oval, Sydney
January 27: Manuka Oval, Canberra
January 29: Manuka Oval, Canberra
