The Women’s Premier League (WPL) will find a new window in January-February from 2026, while dedicated windows have been allocated for the Hundred (August) and the WBBL (November) in the new Women’s Future Tour Program for next 2025. 29 cycle.
The change of women’s competition by the BCCI has led to Australia’s main summer having to move from its usual window of mid-January to February-March. This is mainly because Cricket Australia (CA) wanted to avoid a clash with the richer women’s franchise competition, where Australian players are highly sought after. The 2025 Women’s Ashes, starting on January 12 with the ODI series, will be the last home internationals Australia will host in January until at least 2029.
The first of Australia’s featured tours at home in their new window will be an incoming tour from India, comprising one Test, three ODIs and three T20Is, following the WPL in January-February 2026.
Meanwhile, the ICC Women’s ODI Championship has now expanded to 11 teams, with Zimbabwe being the latest participant. This follows the addition of Bangladesh and Ireland to the ongoing cycle which will culminate in next year’s ODI World Cup, which will be held in India in October. The inclusion of Zimbabwe means that all full members of the ICC, except Afghanistan, which does not field a women’s team, are part of the championship.
Among other decisions, the ICC has introduced a T20 Champions Trophy to be held in Sri Lanka in 2027 as part of its strategic plan to have at least one women’s world tournament every year. The addition of this tournament means there will likely be three global events – the Los Angeles Olympics (August 2028) and the T20 World Cup (September 2028) – over a 14-month period.
