Australia to take on Afghanistan in their New Schedule

Australia is all set to take on Afghanistan in their new schedule of Future Tour Programme released by the ICC. Thus, Afghanistan will tour Down Under in 2020 to play against Australia on latter’s home soil.

Furthermore, New Zealand and South Africa will return to Melbourne for the Boxing Day Test match.

Thus, the Kiwis will play their first boxing day after a period of all but 30 years. The Blackcaps played their last boxing day Test match in Australia in 1987.

Here is Australian Cricket itinerary.

Meanwhile, Afghanistan will play their debut Test match on the Australian soil in the summer of the 2020-21 season. The Afghan team will lock horns with the Aussie side before India’s four-Test match tour of 2020-21.

Meanwhile, Kane Williamson-led team will tour Australia in 2019-20 season.

Moreover, the five-match Test match Ashes series will be preserved under the new Test Championship structure. Consequently, Australia will tour England in 2019 and England will do the same in the 2021-21 season.

The Men in Yellow will tour South Africa in February-March in 2020. Meanwhile, Australia’s this year tour of Proteas had them caught in the ball-tampering scandal.

South Africa will reciprocate in Australia in the 2022-23 season. The Rainbow nation will also play a boxing day Test match.

Australia will tour Bangladesh in February 2020. The Tigers were able to surprise Australia in the two-match series which ended in a stalemate on latter’s previous tour.

In fact, the next tour of Australia to India will not be scheduled until October-November in 2022. Furthermore, the new ODI championship will act as the World Cup qualifier.