New Zealand will start 2022 with a home series against Bangladesh, which will be followed by a tour to Australia — here’s the full FTP and schedule of NZ in 2022.
New Zealand, the inaugural World Test Championship winners and the finalists of the T20 World Cup, will be hoping for yet another memorable year. Here’s how the NZ schedule for 2022 looks like.
New Zealand in 2022: Full NZ cricket schedule
January
Home series v Bangladesh
January 1, 1st Test
January 9, 2nd Test
January-February
Away series v Australia
January 30, 1st ODI
February 2, 2nd ODI
February 5, 3rd ODI
February 8, Only T20I
Home series v South Africa
17 February, 1st Test
25 February, 2nd Test
March
Home series v Australia
March 17, 1st T20I
March 18, 2nd T20I
March 20, 3rd T20I
March-April
Home series v Netherlands
March 25, Only T20I
March 29, 1st ODI
April 2, 2nd ODI
April 4, 3rd ODI
June
Away series v England
June 2, 1st Test
June 10, 2nd Test
June 23, 3rd Test
July
Away series v Ireland
New Zealand are expected to travel to Ireland after the series against England and are expected to play a one-off Test match along with three ODIs.
October-November
The New Zealand team will travel to Australia to participate in the Men’s T20 World Cup. The Black Caps were the finalists of the edition in 2021 but went down to Australia in the summit clash.
November-December
Home series v Sri Lanka
The Asian team will travel to New Zealand at the end of the year for a two-Test match series. Sri Lanka will also play three ODIs against New Zealand.
December
Home series v West Indies
West Indies will travel to New Zealand to play three ODIs.
December-January 2022/23
Away series v Pakistan
The Kiwis will tour Pakistan twice in the upcoming season, with their first tour scheduled in December-January. They will play two Tests and three ODIs against Pakistan in the first of their two tours.
*The above schedule is expected to change and will be updated accordingly