Australia announce 2023-24 home season schedule; set to host Pakistan for 3 Tests & West Indies for 8 matches in multi-format series

Six Tests, Nine ODIs & Nine T20Is to be played by Australia's men's and women's teams between October and February.

Cricket Australia has announced its home season schedule for the 2023-24 calendar year for both the men’s and women’s teams. After the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup in India at the end of this year, Australia will stay back to face the Men in Blue in a bilateral white-ball series.

Australia's home summer will begin in December with a three-match Test series against Pakistan. Before they go to the MCG for the customary Boxing Day Test, the Test series against Pakistan, which will be a part of the upcoming World Test Championship (WTC), begins in Perth on December 14. In the following year of 2024, the series will come to a close at the SCG.

At Adelaide Oval and The Gabba, Australia will host the West Indies in a two-match Test series, with The Gabba hosting the summer's lone pink-ball match. The men's squad will conclude their home summer with a three-match ODI series and a T20I series against the West Indies.

The men's Test scheduling also means those players who specialize in white-ball formats will be available for much of the KFC BBL season, which confirmed a reduction in total matches for BBL 13 on Friday.

Here is the Australia Men’s team schedule:

Test Series v Pakistan

December 14-18: First Test, Perth StadiumDecember 26-30: Second Test, MCGJanuary 3-7: Third Test, SCG

Test Series v West Indies

January 17-21: First Test, Adelaide Oval

January 25-29: Second Test (D/N), Gabba

ODI Series v West Indies

February 2: MCGFebruary 4: SCGFebruary 6: Manuka Oval, Canberra

T20I Series v West Indies

February 9: Blundstone Arena, HobartFebruary 11: Adelaide OvalFebruary 13: Perth Stadium

Australia Women’s to play historic Test vs South Africa Women at WACA, Perth

A historic first-ever Test match against South Africa and a six-game white-ball series against the West Indies (three ODIs and as many T20Is), commencing on October 1, are among the action-packed events on the all-conquering Australia women's team's schedule.

The current T20 and 50-over World Champions will host South Africa in the coming months for a multi-format tour that will include three ODIs, three T20Is, and a single Test. This will be the first time the two countries will compete in the red-ball format.

Australia Women's Schedule:T20I Series v West Indies

1 October: First T20I, North Sydney Oval2 October: Second T20I, North Sydney Oval5 October: Third T20I, Allan Border Field, Brisbane

ODI Series v West Indies

8 October: Allan Border Field, Brisbane12 October: Junction Oval, Melbourne15 October: Junction Oval, Melbourne

T20I Series v South Africa

27 January: Manuka Oval, Canberra28 January: Manuka Oval, Canberra30 January: Blundstone Arena, Hobart

ODI Series v South Africa

3 February: Adelaide Oval7 February: North Sydney Oval10 February: North Sydney Oval

One-off Test Match v South Africa

15-18 February: Only Test, WACA Ground, Perth