New Zealand is a strong side in their home ground. The Kiwis whitewashed Sri Lanka, Bangladesh by a similar margin. In 2019, the Men in Blue defeated New Zealand in their home ground by 1-4. In the 2019/20 season, 3 quality sides will visit New Zealand.
For the first time in Men’s T20I history, New Zealand will host England for 5 matches bilateral T20I series starting from November 1st to 10th, followed by 2 Test matches. New Zealand and England will play at a new Test venue called Bay Oval, Tauranga.
New Zealand will visit Australia from 3 Test match series from 12th December till 7th January 2020. The Kiwis will take on India in 5 match T20I series, 3 ODI and 2 Test matches. It will begin from 24th January and go on till 4th March.
The White Ferns will take on South Africa in 3 ODI and 5 T20I matches from 25th January 2020 till 13th February. Then White Ferns will take part in the ICC World T20I to be played in Australia from 21st February to 8th March.
New Zealand will then visit Australia again for 3 match ODI series starting from 13th March till 20th March. They will round up the international season with 3 match T20I series against Australia in New Zealand.
Here we look at the New Zealand international season for 2019/20 :
England tour of New Zealand
1st T20I (Hagley Oval, Christchurch)- 1st November
2nd T20I (Westpac Stadium, Wellington)- 3rd November
3rd T20I (Saxton Oval, Nelson)- 5th November
4th T20I (McLean Park, Napier)- 8th November
5th T20I (Eden Park, Auckland)- 10th November
1st Test (Bay Oval, Tauranga)- 21st– 25th November
2nd Test (Seddon Park, Hamilton)- 29th -3rd December
New Zealand tour of Australia
1st Test (Optus Stadium, Perth)- 12th-16th December
2nd Test (Melbourne Cricket Ground, MCG)- 26th-30th December
3rd Test (Sydney Cricket Ground, SCG)- 3rd-7th January 2020.
India tour of New Zealand
1st T20I (Eden Park, Auckland)- 24th January 2020
2nd T20I (Eden Park, Auckland)- 26th January 2020
3rd T20I (Seddon Park, Hamilton)- 29th January 2020
4th T20I (Westpac Stadium, Wellington)- 31st January 2020
5th T20I (Bay Oval, Tauranga)- 2nd February 2020
1st ODI (Seddon Park, Hamilton)- 5th February 2020
2nd ODI (Eden Park, Auckland)- 8th February 2020
3rd ODI (Bay Oval, Tauranga)- 11th February 2020
1st Test (Basin Reserve, Wellington)- 21st– 25th February 2020
2nd Test (Hagley Oval, Christchurch)- 29th February- 4th March 2020
South African women tour of White Ferns
1st ODI (Eden Park Outer Oval, Auckland)- 25th January 2020
2nd ODI (Eden Park Outer Oval, Auckland)- 27th January 2020
3rd ODI (Seddon Park, Hamilton)- 30th January 2020
1st T20I (Bay Oval, Tauranga)- 2nd February 2020
2nd T20I (Seddon Park, Hamilton)- 6th February 2020
3rd T20I (Basin Reserve, Wellington)- 9th February 2020
4th T20I (Basin Reserve, Wellington)- 10th February 2020
5th T20I (University of Otago Oval, Dunedin)- 13th February 2020
ICC Women”s World Cup T20- 21st February-8th March 2020
New Zealand tour of Australia
1st ODI (Sydney Cricket Ground, SCG)- 13th March 20
2nd ODI (Sydney Cricket Ground, SCG)- 15th March 20
3rd ODI ( Blundstone Arena, Hobart)- 20th March 20
Australia tour of New Zealand
1st T20I (University of Otago Oval, Dunedin)- 24th March 20
2nd T20I (Eden Park, Auckland)- 27th March 20
3rd T20I (Hagley Oval, Christchurch)- 29th March 20
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