Australia is in the middle of an intensely busy period of red-ball cricket.<\/p>\n
Having now completed the home series against Bangladesh (drawn 1-1) and the away series against South Africa (lost 2-1), the Aussies are\u00a0set play at least 15 Test Matches between the start of December 2026 and August 2027.<\/p>\n
If they’re able to force their way back into the top two of the ICC World Test Championship rankings by the end of March, that number will go up to 16 Tests with the Final to be played ahead of the 2027 Ashes Series in England.<\/p>\n
The Sporting News\u00a0outlines everything you need to know about Australia\u2019s upcoming Test schedule.<\/p>\n
When does Australia play its next Test match?\u00a0<\/p>\n
Australia\u2019s next Test match is the\u00a0First Test\u00a0against\u00a0New Zealand\u00a0which begins in\u00a0Perth\u00a0on\u00a0Wednesday, December 9.<\/p>\n
What is Australia\u2019s upcoming Test schedule for 2026-27?<\/p>\n
Trans-Tasman rivals New Zealand are touring Australia this summer and will play four Tests in a month with matches in Perth, Adelaide, Melbourne and Sydney. All four Tests against the Kiwis will be played as day matches and there will be no Test held in Brisbane.<\/p>\n
Following the New Zealand home series, the Australians will travel to India for a gruelling away series competing for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy with five Tests to be played in just six weeks.<\/p>\n
The Australian Test squad will then return home for the one-off\u00a0150th Anniversary Test Match\u00a0against England at the MCG from 11-15 March 2027.<\/p>\n
After a three-month break from red-ball cricket Australia will then head to England for the five-Test Ashes Tour starting in June 2027, and potentially also the Final of the\u00a0ICC World Test Championship.<\/p>\n
Australia Men\u2019s Test Match Schedule for 2026\/27<\/p>\n
Dates<\/p>\n
Opponent<\/p>\n
Venue\/Result<\/p>\n
9-13 December 2026<\/p>\n
New Zealand (First Test)<\/p>\n
Perth Stadium<\/p>\n
17-21\u00a0December 2026<\/p>\n
New Zealand (Second Test)<\/p>\n
Adelaide Oval<\/p>\n
26-30 December 2026<\/p>\n
New Zealand (Third Test)<\/p>\n
Melbourne Cricket Ground<\/p>\n
4-8 January 2027<\/p>\n
New Zealand (Fourth Test)<\/p>\n
Sydney Cricket Ground<\/p>\n
21-25 January 2027<\/p>\n
India (First Test)<\/p>\n
Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium,\u00a0Nagpur<\/p>\n
29 January – 2 February\u00a0 2027<\/p>\n
India (Second Test)<\/p>\n
MA Chidambaram Stadium,\u00a0Chennai<\/p>\n
11-15 February\u00a0 2027<\/p>\n
India (Third Test)<\/p>\n
Barsapara Cricket Stadium,\u00a0Guwahati<\/p>\n
19-23 February\u00a0 2027<\/p>\n
India (Fourth Test)<\/p>\n
JSCA International Stadium Complex,\u00a0Ranchi<\/p>\n
27 February – 3 March 2027<\/p>\n
India (Fifth Test)<\/p>\n
Narendra Modi Stadium,\u00a0Ahmedabad<\/p>\n
11-15 March 2027<\/p>\n
England (150th Anniversary Test Match)<\/p>\n
Melbourne Cricket Ground<\/p>\n
9-13 June 2027*<\/p>\n
ICC World Test Championship Final (TBC)<\/p>\n
The Oval, London<\/p>\n
18-22 June 2027<\/p>\n
England (First Ashes Test)<\/p>\n
Trent Bridge,\u00a0Nottingham<\/p>\n
30 June – 4 July 2027<\/p>\n
England (Second Ashes Test)<\/p>\n
Lord\u2019s, London<\/p>\n
8-12 July 2027<\/p>\n
England (Third Ashes Test)<\/p>\n
Edgbaston,\u00a0Birmingham<\/p>\n
21-25 July 2027<\/p>\n
England (Fourth Ashes Test)<\/p>\n
The Rose Bowl, Southhampton\u00a0<\/p>\n
29 July – 2 August 2027<\/p>\n
England (Fifth Ashes Test)<\/p>\n
The Oval,\u00a0London<\/p>\n
Looking even further ahead, Pakistan\u00a0and Sri Lanka are scheduled to tour Australia during the 2027-28 summer when they will play\u00a0three and two Test matches against Australia respectively.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Australia is in the middle of an intensely busy period of red-ball cricket. Having now completed the home…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":951884,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[564],"tags":[64,63,740,85],"class_list":["post-951883","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-cricket","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/951883","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=951883"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/951883\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/951884"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=951883"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=951883"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=951883"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}