More than 400 matches will be played in ICC Women's FTP in 4 years, India will host England, Australia

Sports Desk: The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Monday released the Future Tour Program (FTP) from 2025 to 2029. The Indian women's cricket team will host Australia and England. Additionally, India will also welcome teams from Bangladesh and Zimbabwe, where Zimbabwe recently joined the FTP as the 11th member. In this four-year period, the Indian women's team will also tour New Zealand, West Indies, Ireland and South Africa. It has been stipulated in the FTP that each member country has to play four series each on its home ground and on the ground of another country.

The Indian team will also play a triangular series with England and New Zealand before the Women's T20 World Cup in 2026. England will host the Women's T20 World Cup. “Member countries have demanded to play more Test matches in this FTP,” ICC General Manager of Cricket Wasim Khan said in a release issued here. “Australia, England, India, South Africa and West Indies have all agreed to play multi-format series, including ODIs and T20 Internationals.”

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He said, “Australia will play such a maximum series. During this period, the Australian team will play two series each against England, India and South Africa and one series against the West Indies. The ICC has included triangular series in this cycle as agreed between the member countries. The fixtures also outline the fixtures for the fourth season of the ICC Women's Championship. 11 teams have been given a place in the Women's Cricket World Cup to be held in 2029, which is one more than the 10 teams included in the current cycle. The teams for the Women's World Cup will be selected on the basis of the ICC Women's Championship rankings.

Wasim Khan said, “Zimbabwe will participate in this tournament (ICC Women's Championship) for the first time. “This is an important step towards greater global representation in women’s cricket.” In this tournament, Zimbabwe will host South Africa, West Indies, Ireland and Sri Lanka and tour India, New Zealand, Bangladesh and Pakistan. More than 400 matches are planned to be played in this program which will run between May 2025 and April 2029.