Lord’s to host three England Tests in 2026

Next summer, Lord’s will host three England Tests, including its first women’s and men’s matches against Pakistan and New Zealand.

Only tests played north of Nottingham will be played during the first men’s Test against Pakistan in Headingley in August.

The first of three Test matches between New Zealand and England will take place on June 4 at Lord’s.

In July, they play five T20 matches and three one-day international matches against India, followed by a three-test series against Pakistan, followed by T20 matches and ODIs against Sri Lanka in September.

With three ODIs and five T20s against New Zealand and three more T20s against India, England’s women prepare for that tournament.

Starting on July 10, the iconic women’s test at Lord’s will take place over four days, as suggested by the Independent Commission for Equity in Cricket (ICEC) in its report in 2023. Since the 2023 Ashes, this will be England’s first women’s test at home.

The Hundred will advance a week from its position in 2025 to prevent a clash with the men’s test series starting on August 19th.

In September, England’s women play three ODI matches against Ireland following the Hundred.

England women will play at home at least 18 games, including the World Cup, in the summer.

Only once in the region have they played a World Cup game at Leeds and their first game of the summer is on May 10 in Chester-le-Street.

Sanjay Patel, the head of Yorkshire, questioned this month that none of the Ashes Tests in 2027 will be played there. Before the Ashes, Emirates Old Trafford will host a Test.

The Kia Oval will host the final of those games, taking place in the club’s traditional concluding Test, the final white-ball game of the summer.

From September 9 to September 9, Edgbaston will host the final test of the summer.

In a three-day warm-up before the first Ashes Test in Perth, it has also been confirmed that the England Lions will play the senior men’s side.

All times BST

Women’s England vs. New Zealand

10 May: First ODI, Chester-le-Street, 11: 00

13 May: Second ODI, Northampton, 13: 00

16 May: Third ODI, Cardiff, 11: 00

20 May: First T20, Derby, 18: 30

23 May: Second T20, Canterbury, 14: 30

25 May: Third T20, Hove, TBC

Women’s England vs. India

28 May: First T20, Chelmsford, 18: 30

30 May: Second T20, Bristol, TBC

2 June: Third T20, Taunton, 18: 30

12 June-5 July: Women’s T20 World Cup

10 July: One-off Test, Lord’s 11: 00

Women’s England vs.

1 September: First ODI, Leicester, 13: 00

3 September: Second ODI, Derby 13: 00

6 September: Third ODI, Worcester, 11: 00

New Zealand vs. England

4 June: First Test, Lord’s, 11: 00

17 June: Second Test, Kia Oval 11: 00

25 June: Third Test, Trent Bridge, 11: 00

India vs. England

1 July: First T20, Chester-le-Street, 18: 30

4 July: Second T20, Emirates Old Trafford, 14: 30

7 July: Third T20, Nottingham, 18: 30

9 July: Fourth T20, Bristol, 18: 30

11 July: Fifth T20, Southampton, 18: 30

14 July: First ODI, Edgbaston, 13: 00

16 July: Second ODI, Cardiff, 13: 00

19 July: Third ODI, Lord’s, 11: 00

England vs. Pakistan

19 August: First Test, Headingley, 11: 00

27 August: Second Test, Lord’s, 11: 00

9 September: Third Test, Edgbaston, 11: 00

Sri Lanka vs. England

15 September: First T20, Southampton, 18: 30

17 September: Second T20, Cardiff, 18: 30

Third T20 at Emirates Old Trafford on September 19th.

22 September: First ODI, Chester-le-Street, 12: 30

24 September: Second ODI, Headingley, 12: 30