DHAKA: Cricket Australia has released the 2019-20 international fixtures on Tuesday (May 7) that feature visits by the Black Caps, Pakistan and Sri Lankan teams.
As per the schedule, Australia are also likely to visit South Africa and Bangladesh for limited overs fixtures in February in 2020.
Australia's international cricket will extend into late March for the first time in 41 years when they host New Zealand in a three-match Chappell-Hadlee ODI series next year.
Pakistan will visit Australia from November 21 for a two-Test series, with points in the forthcoming ICC Test Championship up for grabs for the first time on Australian soil.
There will then be back-to-back day-night Tests against Pakistan in Adelaide (from November 29) and then New Zealand in Perth (from December 12) before the traditional MCG and SCG Tests over the holiday period.
It will be the first Boxing Day Test against the Black Caps since 1987 – a 32-year gap – and just the fourth time they've ever played a Test at the venue.
Cricket Australia will honour its commitment to tour India for three ODIs in mid-January, which had caused a reshuffle of the home international schedule and pushed back the Chappell-Hadlee series.
The Black Caps – who wrap up their Test series in Sydney with the New Year's Test between January 3 and 7 – will return across the Tasman for three ODIs on March 13, 15, and 20 where both teams will wear retro kits chosen by fan polls. Australia will wear a version of the 1999 World Cup-winning kit.
BDST: 1531 HRS, MAY 8, 2019
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