Australia’s 8-month cricket season set to end with a 150th anniversary MCG test under lights

Australia's cricket season concludes with a historic 150th anniversary test against England at the MCG in March 2027.

Australia’s next international cricket season will start in August and conclude with the 150th anniversary test against England under lights at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in March, 2027.

Cricket Australia announced a home international schedule on Monday that will include 27 matches across 14 venues for the national men’s team, starting Aug. 13 with a two-test series against Bangladesh in Darwin and Mackay.

That will be followed by a white ball series against England involving three one-day internationals and five Twenty20s.

Australia will host New Zealand in four tests, in four weeks starting December 9.

The men's test team also has scheduled tours to South Africa in October and India early in the new year on either side of New Zealand's tour to Australia.

The three test matches in South Africa will be the first between the countries since South Africa won the World Test Championship over Australia at Lord’s last June. Australia's test team hasn't toured South Africa since the “Sandpapergate” scandal rocked test in 2018.