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NZC have announced today that just 24 of the 64 Super Smash matches for the coming season will be broadcast.

This is a major departure from the last few seasons where all 64 have been broadcast across the Men’s and Women’s competitions.

The major reason behind this change is the loss of the TVNZ broadcast and loss of income through changes to NZC’s partnership with Dream11 due to changes to India’s gambling laws alongside a $7.3m deficit for the 2026 Financial Year.

NZC are currently in the process of ensuring that the 24 matches which will be broadcast will be free to air in NZ.

It will be a 12-12 split in terms of the women’s/men’s game broadcast as they will still be doing the double headers. So in essence will be just 12 match days broadcast with 24 games in total.

I’ve currently reached out to NZC to see if there will at least be some level of end on camera like there is for the HBJ, Ford Trophy, and Plunket Shield or if those 40 games won’t be broadcast in any form.

Schedule:

BLACKCAPS 2027 Tour of England Schedule

T20I Series

1st T20I - Chester-le-Street, Durham - Wednesday 8 September, 5:30am NZT

2nd T20I - Old Trafford, Manchester - Friday 10 September, 5:30am NZT

3rd T20I - Sophia Gardens, Cardiff - Sunday 12 September, 1:30am NZT

ODI Series

1st ODI - Edgbaston, Birmingham - Tuesday 14 September, 11:30pm NZT

2nd ODI - Lord's, London - Thursday 16 September, 11:30pm NZT

3rd ODI - County Ground, Bristol - Sunday 19 September, 9:30pm NZT

4th ODI - Trent Bridge, Nottingham - Wednesday 22 September, 11:30pm NZT

5th ODI - Headingley, Leeds - Saturday 25 September, 9:30pm NZT

Media Release:

Fresh off their historic Test series win on English soil, the BLACKCAPS will return to England in September 2027 for a bumper white-ball tour.

The two sides will face off in three T20Is and five ODIs across eight venues, in what shapes as important preparation for the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup 2027 to be hosted in South Africa, Zimbabwe and Namibia next October-November.

The tour begins with three T20Is in Durham, Manchester, and Cardiff from September 7-11, before the five-match ODI series gets underway at Edgbaston on September 14. 

The series continues to Lord’s, before moving to Bristol, and Nottingham, concluding at Headingley in Leeds on September 25 - with the final ball bowled just nine days before the World Cup opener on October 4.

The BLACKCAPS head to England on the back of their historic 2-1 Test series win in June, their first win in a series of three-or-more Tests on English soil since 1999. 

The side has just completed a 3-2 ODI series win over the West Indies, only their second ODI series victory ever in the Caribbean.

Blackcaps batting coach Luke Ronchi will depart following the India series to take up the role of coach of the Melbourne Renegades.

Full press release: https://www.nzc.nz/ronchi-to-depart-blackcaps-to-coach-melbourne-renegades/?fbclid=IwdGRleATGfUhwZG9mA2ZkaWQWUKsp77i6bgOHYCTFGhHhB20vwQYHfGV4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkCjY2Mjg1NjgzNzkAAR5e3tQkr3j2-r2VXDxlMb8GXOYt32H\_FWRhFKi2G86XqU8IspZ1WzkGQHRLMQ\_aem\_fVJChNQfZJGu9hUN5e3Scg

The White Ferns tour to Australia will now be split into seperate T20I and ODI legs.

The T20I tour will take place in October 2026 whilst the ODI tour will take place in March 2027.

This has been made due to the inaugural women’s Champions Trophy that was moved to Feb 2027.

T20I series:
Sunday Oct 18: North Sydney Oval, 7:15pm AEST
Tuesday Oct 20: North Sydney Oval, 7:15pm AEST
Thursday Oct 22: North Sydney Oval, 7:15pm AEST

ODI series:
Saturday Mar 6: Manuka Oval, 2:50pm AEST (d/n)
Monday Mar 8: Junction Oval, 2:50pm AEST (d/n)
Wednesday Mar 10: Junction Oval, 10:05am AEST

Kate Anderson
Bella Armstrong*
Emma Black
Prue Catton
Marama Downes*
Kate Gaging*
Fran Jonas
Bella James
Xara Jetly*
Kayley Knight*
Darcy Prasad*
Hannah Rowe
Tash Wakelin*
PJ Watkins*
Jess Watkin

*Potential NZ A debut

Schedule of New Zealand A Women tour to Sri Lanka
 
All matches at Rangiri Dambulla International Cricket Stadium

One Day series
1st One Day match – 12 May 2026 - 4.30pm (NZT) 
2nd One Day match – 15 May 2026 - 4.30pm (NZT) 
3rd One Day match – 18 May 2026 - 4.30pm (NZT)  
 
T20 series
1st T20 match – 21 May 2026 – 4.30pm (NZT) 
2nd T20 match – 23 May 2026 – 4.30pm (NZT)  
3rd T20 match – 25 May 2026 – 4.30pm (NZT)

Mitchell Santner is set to be sidelined for at least a month after picking up a grade three AC tear shoulder injury whilst playing for the Mumbai Indians in the IPL.

He will be unavailable for the one-off four-day test against Ireland the first test vs England.

The squad for the Ireland and England test series will named in the coming days.

*please note - can’t change title, but is AC. NZC’s original media release had it saying ACL.