England men cricket fixtures and results 2026: T20 World Cup, plus games vs India, Pakistan, New Zealand and more

Full fixtures for England's men's side in 2026, including the T20 World Cup, home white-ball series against India and away Test tour of South Africa.

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The Ashes - January

• Final Test vs Australia (Sydney) - Australia win by five wickets (secure 4-1 series victory)

In Sri Lanka (white-ball cricket) - January and February

• First ODI (Colombo) - Sri Lanka win by 19 runs
• Second ODI (Colombo) - England win by five wickets
• Third ODI (Colombo) - England win by 53 runs (win series 2-1)
• First T20 (Pallekele) - England win by 11 runs (DLS)
• Second T20 (Pallekele) - England win by six wickets (DLS)
• Third T20 (Pallekele) - England win by 12 runs (win series 3-0)

ICC Men's T20 World Cup in India and Sri Lanka - February and March

Round one

• vs Nepal (Mumbai) - England win by four runs
• vs West Indies (Mumbai) - West Indies win by 30 runs
• vs Scotland (Kolkata) - England win by five wickets
• vs Italy (Kolkata) - England win by 24 runs

Super 8s

• vs Sri Lanka (Pallekele) - England win by 51 runs
• vs Pakistan (Pallekele) - England win by two wickets
• vs New Zealand (Colombo) - England win by four wickets

Semi-finals

• vs India (Mumbai) - India win by seven runs

Home to New Zealand (Test cricket) - June

• First Test (Thursday June 4-Monday June 8) - Lord's, London (11am)
• Second Test (Wednesday June 17-Sunday June 21) - The Kia Oval, London (11am)
• Third Test (Thursday June 25-Monday June 29) - Trent Bridge, Nottingham (11am)

Home to India (white-ball cricket) - July

• First T20 (Wednesday July 1) - Banks Homes Riverside, Durham (5.30pm)
• Second T20 (Saturday July 4) - Emirates Old Trafford, Manchester (2.30pm)
• Third T20 (Tuesday July 7) - Trent Bridge, Nottingham (5.30pm)
• Fourth T20 (Thursday July 9) - Seat Unique Stadium, Bristol (5.30pm)
• Fifth T20 (Saturday July 11) - Utilita Bowl, Southampton (2.30pm)
• First ODI (Tuesday July 14) - Edgbaston, Birmingham (11am)
• Second ODI (Thursday July 16) - Sophia Gardens, Cardiff (1pm)
• Third ODI (Sunday July 19) - Lord's, London (11am)

Home to Pakistan (Test cricket) - August and September

• First Test (Wednesday August 19-Sunday August 23) - Headingley, Leeds (11am)
• Second Test (Thursday August 27-Monday August 31) - Lord's, London (11am)
• Third Test (Wednesday September 9-Sunday September 13) - Edgbaston, Birmingham (11am)

Home to Sri Lanka (white-ball cricket) - September

• First T20 (Tuesday September 15) - Utilita Bowl, Southampton (6.30pm)
• Second T20 (Thursday September 17) - Sophia Gardens, Cardiff (6.30pm)
• Third T20 (Saturday September 19) - Emirates Old Trafford, Manchester (2.30pm)
• First ODI (Tuesday September 22) - Banks Homes Riverside, Durham (12.30pm)
• Second ODI (Thursday September 24) - Headingley, Leeds (12.30pm)
• Third ODI (Sunday September 27) - The Kia Oval, London (10.30am)

Away to Australia (white-ball cricket) - November and December

• First ODI: Friday, November 13 (Optus Stadium, Perth)
• Second ODI: Sunday November 15 (Adelaide Ova, Adelaide)
• Third ODI: Wednesday November 18 (Bellerive Oval, Hobart)
• First T20I: Saturday November 21 (MCG, Melbourne)
• Second T20I: Tuesday November 24 (Gold Coast Stadium, Gold Coast)
• Third T20I: Friday November 27 (The Gabba, Brisbane)
• Fourth T20I: Sunday November 29 (SCG, Sydney)
• Fifth T20I: Wednesday December 2 (Manuka Oval, Canberra)

Away to South Africa (Test cricket) - December and January

• First Test (Tuesday December 17-Saturday December 21) - Wanderers, Johannesburg
• Second Test (Thursday December 26-Monday December 30) - SuperSport Park, Centurion
• Third Test (Sunday January 3-Thursday January 7) - Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town

Away to South Africa (white-ball cricket) - January 2027

• First ODI (Sunday January 10) - Boland Park, Paarl
• Second ODI (Wednesday January 13) - Manguang Oval, Bloemfontein
• Third ODI (Friday January 15) - Manguang Oval, Bloemfontein