ICC announce Women’s Future Tours Programme (FTP) for 2025-29

This FTP cycle marks a major step forward for women’s cricket, offering a packed calendar of high-quality international action

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The ICC has announced the 2025-2029 Future Tours Programme (FTP) for women’s international cricket, mapping out a packed schedule over the next four years. This FTP cycle will drive competition in the ICC Women’s Championship and lead into the 2029 Women’s Cricket World Cup.

This cycle brings notable changes, including the addition of Zimbabwe as the 11th team in the Women’s Championship, expanding the field and marking Zimbabwe’s debut in the tournament. The new format will see each team play against eight other teams in four home and four away series, totaling 132 ODIs across 44 series.

Zimbabwe’s entry is particularly exciting; they will host teams like Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, and South Africa, while they’ll travel to play New Zealand, Sri Lanka, England, and the West Indies.

The new FTP promises over 400 international matches across all formats, creating more opportunities for fans to watch women’s cricket. ICC tournaments are scheduled each year, starting with the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup in 2025, followed by the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup in 2026, the first-ever ICC Women’s Champions Trophy in 2027, and another ICC Women’s T20 World Cup in 2028.

In addition to the annual ICC tournaments, members have planned several tri-series tournaments to prepare for major ICC events. Ahead of the 2026 ICC Women’s T20 World Cup, England will host India and New Zealand, while Ireland will hold a tri-series with Pakistan and the West Indies. Sri Lanka and the West Indies will host tri-series in 2027 and 2028, respectively.

Fans can also look forward to more Test matches, as Australia, England, India, South Africa, and the West Indies have committed to multi-format series including ODIs and T20Is. Australia has the most matches scheduled, set to face England, India, and South Africa twice each, along with the West Indies once.

This FTP cycle marks a major step forward for women’s cricket, offering a packed calendar of high-quality international action and building anticipation for the 2029 Women’s Cricket World Cup.