Lord's To Host Three England Tests In 2026

Lord's will hosts 3 England Tests adjacent summertime - its first women's Test and men's matches against New Zealand and Pakistan.

The first men's Test against Pakistan astatine Headingley successful August will beryllium nan only Test played northbound of Nottingham.

England's men statesman their summertime astatine Lord's connected 4 June pinch nan first of 3 Tests against New Zealand.

They play 5 T20s and 3 one-day internationals against India successful July, followed by a three-Test bid against Pakistan earlier T20s and ODIs against Sri Lanka successful September.

The 2nd and 3rd men's Tests and nan first 2 India T20s will conflict pinch nan 2026 Women's T20 World Cup, which will beryllium held successful England.

England's women lukewarm up for that tourney pinch 3 ODIs and 5 T20s against New Zealand, followed by 3 much T20s against India.

The landmark women's Test astatine Lord's, which was announced past twelvemonth and was a recommendation of nan Independent Commission for Equity successful Cricket (ICEC) study successful 2023, will beryllium a four-day matter starting connected 10 July. It will beryllium England's first location women's Test since nan 2023 Ashes.

With nan men's Test bid being played from 19 August, The Hundred will move guardant a week from its position successful 2025 to debar a clash.

After nan Hundred, England's women play 3 ODIs against Ireland successful September.

Including nan World Cup, England women will play a minimum of 18 matches astatine location adjacent summer.

Their first lucifer of nan summertime connected 10 May astatine Chester-le-Street and a World Cup fixture astatine Leeds are nan only occasions they play northbound of Derby.

None of nan Ashes Tests successful 2027 will beryllium played successful nan north, a determination questioned by Yorkshire main executive Sanjay Patel this month. Old Trafford will big a Test successful early 2027 earlier nan Ashes.

The Oval will big nan past of those matches arsenic it takes nan last white-ball lucifer of nan summer, alternatively than its accepted concluding Test.

The past Test of nan summertime will beryllium played astatine Edgbaston from 9 September.

All times BST

England women v New Zealand

10 May: First ODI, Durham, 11:00

13 May: Second ODI, Northampton, 13:00

16 May: Third ODI, Cardiff, 11:00

20 May: First T20, Derby, 18:30

23 May: Second T20, Canterbury, 14:30

25 May: Third T20, Hove, TBC

England women v India

28 May: First T20, Chelmsford, 18:30

30 May: Second T20, Bristol, TBC

2 June: Third T20, Taunton, 18:30

10 July: One-off Test, Lord's 11:00

England women v Ireland

1 September: First ODI, Leicester, 13:00

3 September: Second ODI, Derby 13:00

6 September: Third ODI, Worcester, 11:00

England men v New Zealand

4 June: First Test, Lord's, 11:00

17 June: Second Test, Kia Oval 11:00

25 June: Third Test, Nottingham, 11:00

England men v India

1 July: First T20, Chester-le-Street, 18:30

4 July: Second T20, Manchester, 14:30

7 July: Third T20, Nottingham, 18:30

9 July: Fourth T20, Bristol, 18:30

11 July: Fifth T20, Southampton, 18:30

14 July: First ODI, Birmingham, 13:00

16 July: Second ODI, Cardiff, 13:00

19 July: Third ODI, Lord's, 11:00

England men v Pakistan

19 August: First Test, Leeds, 11:00

27 August: Second Test, Lord's, 11:00

9 September: Third Test, Birmingham, 11:00

England men v Sri Lanka

15 September: First T20, Southampton, 18:30

17 September: Second T20, Cardiff, 18:30

19 September: Third T20, Manchester, TBC

22 September: First ODI, Chester-le-Street, 12:30

24 September: Second ODI, Leeds, 12:30

27 September: Third ODI, Kia Oval, 10:30