Bangladeshi cricket team in Australia in 2026

Bangladeshi cricket team in Australia in 2026

	Australia	Bangladesh
Date	August 2026
Test series

The Bangladesh cricket team are scheduled to tour Australia in August 2026 to play the Australia cricket team.^[1] The tour will consist of two Test matches.^[2] The Test series will form part of the 2025–2027 ICC World Test Championship.^[3]

It will be Bangladesh's first tour to Australia in 18 years.^[4] The series will also mark the first winter Tests in Australia since 2004.^[5] Initially, the tour was scheduled to take place in March 2027 but was later moved to 2026 due to fixture congestion with the 150th Anniversary Test against England.^[6]^[7]

Test series

1st Test

August 2026

Australia	v	Bangladesh

2nd Test

August 2026

Australia	v	Bangladesh

References

^ "Darwin set to get chance to push for Bangladesh Test". The Canberra Times. 30 March 2025. Retrieved 3 April 2025.
^ "টেস্ট খেলতে অস্ট্রেলিয়ায় যাবে বাংলাদেশ" [Bangladesh will go to Australia to play Tests]. দেশ রূপান্তর (in Bengali). Retrieved 3 April 2025.
^ "Men's Future Tours Program" (PDF). International Cricket Council. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
^ "Bangladesh set to tour Australia for a Test series after 18 years". BDCricTime. Retrieved 3 April 2025.
^ "Darwin set to get chance to push for Bangladesh Test". Racing and Sports. Retrieved 3 April 2025.
^ "Darwin's international return confirmed; India white-ball tour locked in". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 31 March 2025. Retrieved 3 April 2025.
^ "Darwin to host cricket after 17 years". The Express Tribune. Retrieved 30 April 2025.

International cricket tours of Australia

Test and LOI tours
Afghanistan	2021–22 (cancelled)
Bangladesh	2003 2008
England	1876–77 1878–79 1881–82 1882–83 1884–85 1886–87 1887–88 1891–92 1894–95 1897–98 1901–02 1903–04 1907–08 1911–12 1920–21 1924–25 1928–29 1932–33§ 1936–37 1946–47§ 1950–51§ 1954–55§ 1958–59§ 1962–63§ 1965–66§ 1970–71§ 1974–75§ 1977 1978–79 1979–80 1982–83 1986–87 1987–88§ 1990–91 1994–95 1998–99 2002–03 2006–07 2010–11 2013–14 2017–18 2021–22 2022–23
India	1947–48 1967–68§ 1977–78 1980–81§ 1985–86 1991–92 1999–2000 2003–04 2007–08 2011–12 2014–15 2015–16 2018–19 2020–21 2024–25 2025–26
New Zealand	1973–74 1980–81 1982–83 1985–86 1987–88 1989–90 1993–94 1997–98 2001–02 2004–05 2008–09 2011–12 2015–16 2016–17 2019–20 2022–23
Pakistan	1964–65§ 1972–73§ 1976–77 1978–79§ 1981–82 1983–84 1989–90 1992–93 1995–96 1996–97 1999–2000 2002 2004–05 2009–10 2016–17 2019–20 2023–24 2024–25
South Africa	1910–11 1931–32§ 1952–53§ 1963–64§ 1971–72 (cancelled) 1993–94 1997–98 2000 2001–02 2005–06 2008–09 2012–13 2014–15 2016–17 2018–19 2022–23 2025
Sri Lanka	1987–88 1989–90 1995–96 2004 2007–08 2010–11 2012–13 2016–17 2018–19 2019–20 2021–22
West Indies	1930–31 1951–52§ 1960–61 1968–69§ 1975–76 1979–80§ 1981–82 1984–85 1988–89 1992–93 1995–96 1996–97 2000–01 2005–06 2009–10 2012–13 2015–16 2020–21 2022–23 2023–24
Zimbabwe	1994–95 2003–04 2022

Tournaments hosted
World Cup	1992 2015
T20 World Cup	2022
Tri-series	1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2011–12 2014–15 2017–18
Other multi-team tournaments	1985 1987

Other tours
Afghanistan	2014–15
Australian Forces	1919–20 1945–46
English	1861–62 1863–64 1873–74 1902–03 1922–23 1929–30 1935–36 1979–80
England Lions	2012–13 2021
Fijian	1907–08
Ireland	2014–15
Multi-national	1971–72 2005–06
Nepal	2023–24
New Zealand	1898–99 1913–14 1925–26 1927–28 1937–38 1953–54 1961–62 1967–68 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1974–75
PNG	2014–15
Scotland	2014–15
Sri Lanka	1982–83 2025
UAE	2014–15
World Series Cricket (West Indies & World XI)	1977–78 1978–79
Pakistan A	2024

§: Toured New Zealand as well as Australia

International cricket in 2026
Preceding season: International cricket in 2025–26
June 2025	Women's T20 World Cup
August 2025
Ongoing	World Test Championship Associate T20I cricket
Following Season: International cricket in 2026–27

2025–2027 ICC World Test Championship

Previous Edition: 2023–2025 ICC World Test Championship

Participating Teams

Series

2025	Bangladesh in Sri Lanka Tendulkar–Anderson Trophy Frank Worrell Trophy
2025–26	West Indies in India Freedom Trophy England in Australia West Indies in New Zealand
2026

Information

Next Edition: 2027–2029 ICC World Test Championship