ST JOHN’S, Antigua – Cricket followers throughout the Caribbean can stay up for a pageant of worldwide cricket in 2026, as each the West Indies males’s and girls’s senior groups put together for a packed calendar of house fixtures.
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Cricket West Indies (CWI) unveiled the much-anticipated schedule on Wednesday throughout its quarterly press convention.
Director of Cricket, Miles Bascombe, outlined a yr brimming with high-profile opponents and historic moments, promising that “each our males’s and girls’s groups can have full and thrilling schedules in entrance of their house supporters.”
Males’s line-up: Sri Lanka, New Zealand, and Pakistan
The boys’s facet will host three main excursions, starting with Sri Lanka in a full sequence throughout codecs.
“We begin the house sequence for the lads with Sri Lanka and a full tour of all three codecs: three ODIs, three T20s, and two Take a look at matches,” Bascombe defined.
That shall be adopted by a white-ball conflict in opposition to New Zealand, that includes three ODIs and three T20 internationals. The yr then culminates with the arrival of Pakistan for a two-match Take a look at sequence.
Girls’s highlights: Historic Take a look at in opposition to Australia
The West Indies Girls may even be heart stage, with a historic red-ball fixture amongst their assignments.
“The ladies can have Sri Lanka for six white ball matches: three ODIs and three T20Is,” Bascombe mentioned.
The marquee second will come when the ladies face Australia in a full-format tour, together with a uncommon Take a look at match on Caribbean soil — a landmark occasion for regional girls’s cricket. The season will conclude with Pakistan, contesting three ODIs and three T20Is.
Constructing momentum on and off the sphere
For Bascombe, these fixtures are extra than simply dates on a calendar; they symbolize alternatives for development, fan engagement, and historic milestones. “Our goal is to make sure that each our males’s and girls’s groups have the platform to showcase their expertise at house whereas giving our followers the prospect to witness world-class cricket,” he emphasised.
The 2026 season, with its mixture of conventional rivalries, historic firsts, and aggressive contests, guarantees to be probably the most memorable lately for West Indies cricket.
