England Cricket Team Schedule 2026-27: Dates & Times

The England men’s cricket team schedule for 2026-27 contains 47 officially confirmed internationals from 19 August 2026 to 25 September 2027. England has one completed Test, one Test in progress and 45 upcoming matches: 11 more Tests, 23 ODIs and 11 T20Is.

The calendar brings home and away series into one sequence. It does not add a conditional tri-series final, a possible World Test Championship Final place or an expected tour window as if it were a confirmed England fixture.

England’s confirmed 2026-27 series

Series	Dates	Matches	Formats	Host
Pakistan tour of England	19 August-13 September 2026	3	Test	England
Sri Lanka tour of England	15-27 September 2026	6	3 T20Is, 3 ODIs	England
Pakistan ODI tri-series	20-29 October 2026	4	ODI	Pakistan
England tour of Australia	13 November-2 December 2026	8	3 ODIs, 5 T20Is	Australia
England tour of South Africa	17 December 2026-15 January 2027	6	3 Tests, 3 ODIs	South Africa
150th Anniversary Test	11-15 March 2027	1	Test	Australia
Pakistan tour of England	15-26 May 2027	5	ODI	England
Bangladesh tour of England	28 May-1 June 2027	1	Test	England
Australia tour of England	18 June-2 August 2027	5	Test	England
New Zealand tour of England	7-25 September 2027	8	3 T20Is, 5 ODIs	England

These totals count England’s four guaranteed league matches in the Pakistan tri-series. The 31 October final is not included because England must qualify for it.

England are playing Pakistan at Lord’s now

The second Test began at Lord’s on 27 August and is live at this page’s 28 August data check. Pakistan’s official day-one report had England at 248 for nine after rain shortened play. This schedule records the match as live without turning a partial score into a result.

England won the first Test at Headingley by an innings and 103 runs. Once the Lord’s Test ends, its official result will replace the live state and it will move into Recent results. The third and final Test starts at Edgbaston on 9 September. The permanent Pakistan vs England hub combines this live series with their confirmed 2026 and 2027 ODIs and format-separated records.

Six Sri Lanka matches follow the Tests

England changes format two days after the scheduled end of the third Pakistan Test. Sri Lanka’s visit has T20Is on 15, 17 and 19 September, followed by ODIs on 22, 24 and 27 September.

ECB confirmed the dates and venues for all six. It left the 19 September T20I start time as TBC, so that row says Time unannounced. The other starts are converted from British Summer Time to PKT.

How the Pakistan tri-series is counted

England’s four confirmed league matches are against Pakistan on 20 and 25 October and Sri Lanka on 22 and 29 October. The Pakistan ODI Tri-Series hub keeps the complete three-team fixture list together. The final is scheduled for 31 October in Lahore, but its teams depend on the league table. It will be attached to England only if England qualifies.

That distinction prevents a common schedule error: treating a tournament’s possible path as a guaranteed national-team fixture. The cricket abbreviations guide explains the difference between an unconfirmed detail and an opponent that cannot yet be decided.

South Africa tour has no T20I series

The South Africa tour now contains three Tests and three ODIs. The Tests begin at the Wanderers on 17 December, continue with the Boxing Day Test at Centurion and finish at Newlands from 3 to 7 January. The ODIs follow on 10, 13 and 15 January.

An earlier plan included T20Is. ECB’s final tour announcement says that leg was removed because of scheduling conflicts, so no T20I rows remain here. The 13 January ODI date follows both ECB’s fixture list and Cricket South Africa’s detailed schedule rather than a conflicting date in one CSA summary sentence.

England’s 2027 home summer

England hosts Pakistan for five ODIs in May, then Bangladesh for a one-off Test at Lord’s. The visitor’s Bangladesh cricket schedule keeps that exact match separate from two tentative home Tests that still lack an itinerary. The five-Test Ashes runs from 18 June to 2 August, after which New Zealand visits for three T20Is and five ODIs in September.

Those 10 home ODIs form the last confirmed England series before the 2027 men’s ODI World Cup window. The visiting side’s New Zealand schedule shares the same eight September records. The 2027 international calendar tracks the wider year, while the Australia schedule gives the visiting side’s view of the Ashes and the March anniversary Test.

Times are shown in PKT

Officially announced local starts are converted to Pakistan Standard Time. A 10 a.m. South Africa start becomes 1 p.m. PKT, while a 6:30 p.m. British Summer Time T20I becomes 10:30 p.m. PKT.

ECB’s 2027 home announcement supplied the dates and grounds. New Zealand Cricket later published the England-tour starts in NZT, so the eight September rows now use exact converted PKT times rather than a traditional English start-time estimate.

Readers comparing the schedule’s formats can use the guides to five-day Test cricket and 50-over ODI cricket.

What this page excludes

This page covers England’s senior men’s international team. The England Women’s cricket schedule has its own verified calendar; England Lions, under-19 sides, county competitions and The Hundred also remain separate. A warm-up match is excluded unless it has senior international status.

The World Test Championship Final is scheduled for June 2027, but England is not listed as a participant before qualification is settled. Likewise, the ODI World Cup does not become a set of England match rows until the official tournament fixture list and participating teams are confirmed.

How the permanent URL stays current

The URL remains /england-cricket-team-schedule/. When the useful calendar rolls forward, the active period in the title, H1, metadata and copy is replaced rather than appended.

Official status controls the match lifecycle. A live game stays live even if its scheduled end is several days away; a completed match moves to Recent results only with a verified result. Routine source checks can update the visible verification time, while dateModified changes only after a material editorial or fixture change.