The rescheduling of the 2027 Women’s Champions Trophy has forced the cancellation of Australia’s three-match T20 series against the Bangladesh women’s team in October. In that window Australia will instead play three T20s against New Zealand, who will then return to Australia in March for three more one-day matches in Canberra and Melbourne. Under an International Cricket Council decision, the inaugural 2027 Women’s Champions Trophy, due to be held in Sri Lanka, will move from June-July to a two-week window in February.
Because of the change, Cricket Australia has rearranged its women’s home schedule. The Bangladesh women’s team had been due to play three one-day and three T20 matches against Australia in Brisbane and Sydney from 9 to 22 October; the one-day matches stand, but the T20 series has been cancelled. New Zealand’s Australia tour has been reshaped too: previously set for February-March, they will now play three T20s in Sydney on 18, 20 and 22 October — the dates earlier set for Bangladesh — followed by three one-day matches in Canberra and Melbourne on 6, 8 and 10 March. The 8 March match will be the first international women’s match under lights at Junction Oval, where floodlights were recently installed; the same day is a public holiday in Melbourne and is also marked as International Women’s Day. These two matches will precede the men’s 150th-anniversary Test between Australia and England at the Melbourne Cricket Ground from 11 to 15 March. The one-day matches’ earlier schedule (1, 5 and 7 March) was changed to give teams enough time after returning from Sri Lanka; under the earlier plan they were to be held in Adelaide and Melbourne.
Cricket Australia’s head of scheduling and cricket operations, Peter Roach, said they had drawn up the new plan after the ICC’s recent schedule change, to be best for players and spectators. He said women’s cricket would play an important role ahead of the 150th-anniversary Test, and that the first international match under lights at Junction Oval would be a historic moment; he thanked Bangladesh and New Zealand for their cooperation, and especially New Zealand for agreeing to tour Australia twice. With the Women’s Big Bash League running from late October to early December and the Indian Women’s Premier League occupying January-February, the Australian women’s team will now mainly play home internationals at the start and end of summer.
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