Fixtures against No. 1-ranked Test side to be played at Lord’s and Edgbaston
England will play a two-Test series against New Zealand this summer, with the ECB confirming fixtures at Lord’s and Edgbaston in June.
New Zealand will be the fourth touring country hosted by England in 2021, with limited-overs series against Sri Lanka and Pakistan ahead of a five-Test encounter with India.
The possibility of New Zealand or Ireland being invited to play Test cricket had previously been floated in the event that the ICC World Test Championship final, to be held at Lord’s, was cancelled. That fixture remains in the calendar but without a set date.
“The prospect of our England men’s team taking on the world’s two top-ranked Test nations in New Zealand and India this summer is something for us all to savour,” ECB chief executive officer, Tom Harrison, said.
Three T20Is against Sri Lanka have also been firmed up, with games at Cardiff and the Ageas Bowl ahead of a three-match ODI series starting in Durham in late June.
England’s Visually Impaired team are also due to host Australia for the Ashes in 2021, but remains subject to Covid-19 assessments, said the ECB.
Source: ESPN Crickinfo