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The 2018–19 international cricket season was from September 2018 to April 2019. [1] 34 Test matches, 92 One Day Internationals (ODIs) and 74 Twenty20 International (T20Is), as well as 28 Women's One Day Internationals (WODIs) and 130 Women's Twenty20 Internationals (WT20Is), were played during this period. The season started with India leading the Test cricket rankings, England leading the ODI rankings and Pakistan leading the Twenty20 rankings. In October 2018, the International Cricket Council (ICC) introduced separate rankings for women's ODIs and T20Is for the first time, with Australia women leading both tables. [2]

All men's Twenty20 matches played between member sides after 1 January 2019 were given full international status and classified as T20Is, as per a decision made by the ICC in April 2018 (the same had applied to women's Twenty20 matches since 1 July 2018). The first men's T20Is to be classified as such under these new rules took place at the 2019 ACC Western Region T20. [3]

Men's international cricket started off with the 2018 Asia Cup Qualifier, which saw Hong Kong qualify for the 2018 Asia Cup. The Asia Cup started nine days later and was won by India, who beat Bangladesh in the final. Other highlights included New Zealand beating Pakistan in an away Test series for the first time in 49 years, [4] India winning a Test series against Australia in Australia for the first time ever, [5] and Sri Lanka becoming the first side from Asia to win a Test series against South Africa in South Africa. [6] The last Test match of Bangladesh's tour of New Zealand was cancelled due to the Christchurch mosque shootings. [7] In March 2019, Afghanistan won their first Test match, beating Ireland by seven wickets in their one-off Test in India. [8]

On 20 October, the ICC announced a major revamp to the 2023 Cricket World Cup qualification process. [9] Following the conclusion of the Division Three and Division Two tournaments, the World Cricket League (WCL) was scrapped and the new qualification pathway consisted of the following tournaments: CWC Super League (comprising the 12 Full Members and the Netherlands), CWC League 2 (comprising Scotland, Nepal, the United Arab Emirates, and the top four finishers the Division Two tournament), CWC Challenge League (the next best 12 nations based on final rankings in the WCL), CWC Play-Off, and the CWC Qualifier. The 2018 ICC World Cricket League Division Three tournament, which was held in Oman, saw Oman and the United States promoted to Division Two, while Singapore, Kenya, Denmark and Uganda were placed in the CWC Challenge League. The Division Two tournament, was held in Namibia in April. Oman, Namibia, the United States and Papua New Guinea all finished in the top four places, and gained ODI status in the process. [10] [11]

The qualification process for the 2020 ICC T20 World Cup started during the season. The East Asia-Pacific (EAP) Group B Subregional Qualifier, held in the Philippines, saw the Philippines qualify for the EAP Regional Qualifier. The Asia Eastern Sub Region Qualifier, held in Malaysia, saw Nepal, Singapore, and Malaysia qualify for the Asia Region Qualifier. The Africa Southern Sub Region Qualifier, held in Botswana, saw Botswana and Namibia qualify for the Africa Region Qualifier. The Americas Northern Sub Region Qualifier, held in the United States, saw Canada and the United States qualify for the America Region Qualifier. Papua New Guinea won the Regional Final of the EAP Qualifier to become the first team to qualify for the 2019 ICC T20 World Cup Qualifier tournament.

Women's international cricket started off with India's tour of Sri Lanka. The highlight of women's cricket for the 2018–19 season was the Women's World Twenty20, which was won by Australia. The 2019 ICC Women's Qualifier Asia saw Thailand qualify for both the 2019 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier and 2020 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier.

Season overview

Men's international tours
Start date Home team Away team Results [Matches]
Test ODI T20I LA
30 September 2018   South Africa   Zimbabwe 3–0 [3] 2–0 [3]
4 October 2018   India   West Indies 2–0 [2] 3–1 [5] 3–0 [3]
7 October 2018 United Arab Emirates   Pakistan   Australia 1–0 [2] 3–0 [3]
10 October 2018   Sri Lanka   England 0–3 [3] 1–3 [5] 0–1 [1]
21 October 2018   Bangladesh   Zimbabwe 1–1 [2] 3–0 [3]
22 October 2018   United Arab Emirates   Australia 0–1 [1]
31 October 2018 United Arab Emirates   Pakistan   New Zealand 1–2 [3] 1–1 [3] 3–0 [3]
4 November 2018   Australia   South Africa 1–2 [3] 0–1 [1]
21 November 2018   Australia   India 1–2 [4] 1–2 [3] 1–1 [3]
22 November 2018   Bangladesh   West Indies 2–0 [2] 2–1 [3] 1–2 [3]
15 December 2018   New Zealand   Sri Lanka 1–0 [2] 3–0 [3] 1–0 [1]
26 December 2018   South Africa   Pakistan 3–0 [3] 3–2 [5] 2–1 [3]
23 January 2019   New Zealand   India 1–4 [5] 2–1 [3]
23 January 2019   West Indies   England 2–1 [3] 2–2 [5] 0–3 [3]
24 January 2019   Australia   Sri Lanka 2–0 [2]
25 January 2019   United Arab Emirates     Nepal 1–2 [3] 1–2 [3]
13 February 2019   New Zealand   Bangladesh 2–0 [3] 3–0 [3]
13 February 2019   South Africa   Sri Lanka 0–2 [2] 5–0 [5] 3–0 [3]
19 February 2019   Oman   Scotland 1–2 [3]
21 February 2019 India   Afghanistan   Ireland 1–0 [1] 2–2 [5] 3–0 [3]
24 February 2019   India   Australia 2–3 [5] 0–2 [2]
15 March 2019   United Arab Emirates   United States 1–0 [2]
22 March 2019 United Arab Emirates   Pakistan   Australia 0–5 [5]
March 2019 [n 1]   India   Zimbabwe [1] [3]
10 April 2019   Zimbabwe   United Arab Emirates 4–0 [4]
Men's international tournaments
Start date Tournament Winners
29 August 2018 Malaysia 2018 Asia Cup Qualifier   Hong Kong
15 September 2018 United Arab Emirates 2018 Asia Cup   India
9 November 2018 Oman 2018 ICC World Cricket League Division Three   Oman
13 February 2019 Oman 2018–19 Oman Quadrangular Series   Scotland
22 March 2019 Papua New Guinea 2019 ICC T20 World Cup East Asia-Pacific Qualifier   Papua New Guinea
20 April 2019 Namibia 2019 ICC World Cricket League Division Two   Namibia
Women's international tours
Start date Home team Away team Results [Matches]
WTest WODI WT20I
11 September 2018   Sri Lanka   India 1–2 [3] 0–4 [5]
16 September 2018   West Indies   South Africa 1–1 [3] 2–2 [5]
29 September 2018   Australia   New Zealand 3–0 [3] 3–0 [3]
2 October 2018   Bangladesh   Pakistan 1–0 [1] 0–3 [4]
18 October 2018 Malaysia   Pakistan   Australia 0–3 [3] 0–3 [3]
24 January 2019   New Zealand   India 1–2 [3] 3–0 [3]
31 January 2019 United Arab Emirates   Pakistan   West Indies 2–1 [3] 1–2 [3]
1 February 2019   South Africa   Sri Lanka 3–0 [3] 3–0 [3]
22 February 2019   India   England 2–1 [3] 0–3 [3]
16 March 2019   Sri Lanka   England 0–3 [3] 0–3 [3]
Women's international tournaments
Start date Tournament Winners
9 November 2018 Cricket West Indies 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20   Australia
18 February 2019 Thailand 2019 ICC Women's Qualifier Asia   Thailand

Rankings

The following were the rankings at the beginning of the season.

ICC Test Championship 11 September 2018 [12] [13]
Rank Team Matches Points Rating
1   India 35 4016 115
2   South Africa 35 3712 106
3   Australia 33 3499 106
4   England 45 4722 105
5   New Zealand 23 2354 102
6   Sri Lanka 38 3668 97
7   Pakistan 21 1853 88
8   West Indies 29 2235 77
9   Bangladesh 19 1268 67
10   Zimbabwe 8 12 2
ICC ODI Championship 1 September 2018 [14]
Rank Team Matches Points Rating
1   England 51 6470 127
2   India 48 5819 121
3   New Zealand 41 4602 112
4   South Africa 39 4275 110
5   Pakistan 37 3844 104
6   Australia 37 3699 100
7   Bangladesh 27 2477 92
8   Sri Lanka 48 3818 80
9   West Indies 32 2217 69
10   Afghanistan 31 1924 62
11   Zimbabwe 42 2242 53
12   Ireland 23 904 39
13   Scotland 16 535 33
14   United Arab Emirates 14 298 21
ICC T20I Championship 23 August 2018 [15]
Rank Team Matches Points Rating
1   Pakistan 30 3972 132
2   India 37 4601 124
3   Australia 21 2570 122
4   England 21 2448 117
5   New Zealand 22 2542 116
6   South Africa 19 2093 110
7   West Indies 21 2219 106
8   Afghanistan 27 2490 92
9   Sri Lanka 28 2451 88
10   Bangladesh 27 2066 77
11   Scotland 15 927 62
12   Zimbabwe 18 1006 56
13   United Arab Emirates 12 608 51
14   Netherlands 12 598 50
15   Hong Kong 10 420 42
16   Oman 7 270 39
17   Ireland 19 638 34
ICC Women's ODI Rankings 11 October 2018 [2] [16]
Rank Team Matches Points Rating
1   Australia 19 2659 140
2   England 24 2963 123
3   India 27 3212 119
4   New Zealand 27 3126 116
5   South Africa 36 3538 98
6   West Indies 19 1754 92
7   Pakistan 20 1464 73
8   Sri Lanka 23 1335 58
9   Bangladesh 13 632 49
10   Ireland 10 211 21
ICC Women's T20I Rankings 11 October 2018 [2] [17]
Rank Team Matches Points Rating
1   Australia 19 5316 280
2   New Zealand 25 6928 277
3   England 19 5239 276
4   West Indies 19 4928 259
5   India 27 6733 249
6   South Africa 21 5107 243
7   Pakistan 24 5451 227
8   Sri Lanka 23 4770 207
9   Bangladesh 27 5209 193
10   Ireland 13 2447 188
11   Scotland 8 1199 150
12   Thailand 28 4076 146
13   Zimbabwe 14 2029 145
14   United Arab Emirates 16 2081 130
15   Uganda 20 2532 127
16   Kenya 8 965 121
Only the top 16 teams are shown

September

2018 Asia Cup Qualifier

Pos Team Pld W L T NR Pts NRR
1   United Arab Emirates 5 4 1 0 0 8 1.289 Advanced to the final
2   Hong Kong (Q) 5 3 1 0 1 7 1.530
3   Oman 5 3 1 0 1 7 0.583
4     Nepal 5 2 3 0 0 4 −0.250
5   Malaysia 5 1 4 0 0 2 −0.995
6   Singapore 5 1 4 0 0 2 −2.175
Source: [ citation needed]
(Q) Advance to 2018 Asia Cup
Group stage
No. Date Team 1 Captain 1 Team 2 Captain 2 Venue Result
1st Match 29 August   Malaysia Ahmad Faiz   Hong Kong Anshuman Rath Kinrara Academy Oval, Bandar Kinrara   Malaysia by 3 wickets
2nd Match 29 August     Nepal Paras Khadka   Oman Zeeshan Maqsood Bayuemas Oval, Pandamaran   Oman by 7 wickets
3rd Match 29 August   United Arab Emirates Rohan Mustafa   Singapore Chetan Suryawanshi UKM Cricket Oval, Bangi   United Arab Emirates by 215 runs
ODI 4034 30 August   United Arab Emirates Rohan Mustafa     Nepal Paras Khadka Kinrara Academy Oval, Bandar Kinrara   United Arab Emirates by 78 runs
5th Match 30 August   Hong Kong Anshuman Rath   Singapore Chetan Suryawanshi Bayuemas Oval, Pandamaran   Hong Kong by 5 wickets
6th Match 30 August   Malaysia Ahmad Faiz   Oman Zeeshan Maqsood UKM Cricket Oval, Bangi   Oman by 2 wickets
7th Match 1 September   Oman Zeeshan Maqsood   Singapore Chetan Suryawanshi Kinrara Academy Oval, Bandar Kinrara   Oman by 8 wickets
8th Match 1 September   Malaysia Ahmad Faiz     Nepal Paras Khadka Bayuemas Oval, Pandamaran     Nepal by 19 runs
9th Match 1 September   United Arab Emirates Rohan Mustafa   Hong Kong Anshuman Rath UKM Cricket Oval, Bangi   Hong Kong by 182 runs
10th Match 2 September   Hong Kong Anshuman Rath   Oman Zeeshan Maqsood Kinrara Academy Oval, Bandar Kinrara No result
11th Match 2 September   Malaysia Ahmad Faiz   United Arab Emirates Rohan Mustafa Bayuemas Oval, Pandamaran   United Arab Emirates by 8 wickets
12th Match 2 September     Nepal Paras Khadka   Singapore Chetan Suryawanshi UKM Cricket Oval, Bangi     Nepal by 4 wickets
13th Match 4 September   Malaysia Ahmad Faiz   Singapore Chetan Suryawanshi Kinrara Academy Oval, Bandar Kinrara   Singapore by 29 runs
14th Match 4 September   United Arab Emirates Rohan Mustafa   Oman Zeeshan Maqsood Bayuemas Oval, Pandamaran   United Arab Emirates by 13 runs
15th Match 4 September     Nepal Paras Khadka   Hong Kong Anshuman Rath UKM Cricket Oval, Bangi   Hong Kong by 3 wickets
Final
16th Match 6 September   United Arab Emirates Rohan Mustafa   Hong Kong Anshuman Rath Kinrara Academy Oval, Bandar Kinrara   Hong Kong by 2 wickets ( DLS)

India women in Sri Lanka

2017–20 ICC Women's Championship – WODI series
No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result
WODI 1124 11 September Chamari Athapaththu Mithali Raj Galle International Stadium, Galle   India by 9 wickets
WODI 1125 13 September Chamari Athapaththu Mithali Raj Galle International Stadium, Galle   India by 7 runs
WODI 1126 16 September Chamari Athapaththu Mithali Raj FTZ Sports Complex, Katunayake   Sri Lanka by 3 wickets
WT20I series
No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result
WT20I 494 19 September Chamari Athapaththu Harmanpreet Kaur FTZ Sports Complex, Katunayake   India by 13 runs
WT20I 495 21 September Chamari Athapaththu Harmanpreet Kaur Colts Cricket Club Ground, Colombo No result
WT20I 496 22 September Chamari Athapaththu Harmanpreet Kaur Colombo Cricket Club Ground, Colombo   India by 5 wickets
WT20I 497 24 September Chamari Athapaththu Harmanpreet Kaur Colombo Cricket Club Ground, Colombo   India by 7 wickets
WT20I 499 25 September Chamari Athapaththu Harmanpreet Kaur FTZ Sports Complex, Katunayake   India by 51 runs

2018 Asia Cup

Group stage
No. Date Team 1 Captain 1 Team 2 Captain 2 Venue Result
ODI 4036 15 September   Bangladesh Mashrafe Mortaza   Sri Lanka Angelo Mathews Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai   Bangladesh by 137 runs
ODI 4037 16 September   Pakistan Sarfaraz Ahmed   Hong Kong Anshuman Rath Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai   Pakistan by 8 wickets
ODI 4038 17 September   Afghanistan Asghar Afghan   Sri Lanka Angelo Mathews Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi   Afghanistan by 91 runs
ODI 4039 18 September   India Rohit Sharma   Hong Kong Anshuman Rath Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai   India by 26 runs
ODI 4040 19 September   India Rohit Sharma   Pakistan Sarfaraz Ahmed Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai   India by 8 wickets
ODI 4041 20 September   Afghanistan Asghar Afghan   Bangladesh Mashrafe Mortaza Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi   Afghanistan by 136 runs

Super Four

Pos Team Pld W L T NR Pts NRR
1   India 3 2 0 1 0 5 0.863
2   Bangladesh 3 2 1 0 0 4 −0.156
3   Pakistan 3 1 2 0 0 2 −0.599
4   Afghanistan 3 0 2 1 0 1 −0.044
Source: [ citation needed]
Super Four
No. Date Team 1 Captain 1 Team 2 Captain 2 Venue Result
ODI 4042 21 September   Bangladesh Mashrafe Mortaza   India Rohit Sharma Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai   India by 7 wickets
ODI 4043 21 September   Afghanistan Asghar Afghan   Pakistan Sarfaraz Ahmed Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi   Pakistan by 3 wickets
ODI 4044 23 September   India Rohit Sharma   Pakistan Sarfaraz Ahmed Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai   India by 9 wickets
ODI 4045 23 September   Afghanistan Asghar Afghan   Bangladesh Mashrafe Mortaza Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi   Bangladesh by 3 runs
ODI 4046 25 September   Afghanistan Asghar Afghan   India MS Dhoni Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai Match tied
ODI 4047 26 September   Bangladesh Mashrafe Mortaza   Pakistan Sarfaraz Ahmed Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi   Bangladesh by 37 runs
Final
ODI 4048 28 September   India Rohit Sharma   Bangladesh Mashrafe Mortaza Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai   India by 3 wickets

South Africa women in West Indies

2017–20 ICC Women's Championship – WODI series
No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result
WODI 1127 16 September Stafanie Taylor Dane van Niekerk Kensington Oval, Bridgetown   South Africa by 40 runs
WODI 1128 19 September Stafanie Taylor Dane van Niekerk Kensington Oval, Bridgetown No result
WODI 1129 22 September Stafanie Taylor Dane van Niekerk Kensington Oval, Bridgetown   West Indies by 115 runs
WT20I series
No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result
WT20I 498 24 September Stafanie Taylor Chloe Tryon Kensington Oval, Bridgetown   West Indies by 17 runs
WT20I 500 28 September Stafanie Taylor Dane van Niekerk Brian Lara Cricket Academy, Trinidad   West Indies by 9 wickets
WT20I 501a 30 September Stafanie Taylor Dane van Niekerk Brian Lara Cricket Academy, Trinidad Match abandoned
WT20I 504 4 October Stafanie Taylor Chloe Tryon Brian Lara Cricket Academy, Trinidad   South Africa by 8 wickets
WT20I 508 6 October Stafanie Taylor Chloe Tryon Brian Lara Cricket Academy, Trinidad   South Africa by 3 wickets

New Zealand women in Australia

WT20I series
No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result
WT20I 501 29 September Meg Lanning Amy Satterthwaite North Sydney Oval, Sydney   Australia by 6 wickets
WT20I 502 1 October Meg Lanning Amy Satterthwaite Allan Border Field, Brisbane   Australia by 6 wickets
WT20I 506 5 October Meg Lanning Amy Satterthwaite Manuka Oval, Canberra   Australia by 9 wickets
2017–20 ICC Women's Championship – WODI series
No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result
WODI 1143 22 February Meg Lanning Amy Satterthwaite WACA Ground, Perth   Australia by 5 runs
WODI 1145 24 February Meg Lanning Amy Satterthwaite Karen Rolton Oval, Adelaide   Australia by 95 runs
WODI 1148 3 March Meg Lanning Amy Satterthwaite Junction Oval, Melbourne   Australia by 7 wickets

Zimbabwe in South Africa

ODI series
No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result
ODI 4049 30 September JP Duminy Hamilton Masakadza Diamond Oval, Kimberley   South Africa by 5 wickets
ODI 4050 3 October JP Duminy Hamilton Masakadza Mangaung Oval, Bloemfontein   South Africa by 120 runs
ODI 4051 6 October Faf du Plessis Hamilton Masakadza Boland Park, Paarl   South Africa by 4 wickets
T20I series
No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result
T20I 698 9 October Faf du Plessis Hamilton Masakadza Buffalo Park, East London   South Africa by 34 runs
T20I 699 12 October Faf du Plessis Hamilton Masakadza Senwes Park, Potchefstroom   South Africa by 6 wickets
T20I 699a 14 October Faf du Plessis Hamilton Masakadza Willowmoore Park, Benoni Match abandoned

October

Pakistan women in Bangladesh

WT20I series
No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result
WT20I 502a 2 October Salma Khatun Javeria Khan Sheikh Kamal International Stadium, Cox's Bazar Match abandoned
WT20I 503 3 October Salma Khatun Javeria Khan Sheikh Kamal International Stadium, Cox's Bazar   Pakistan by 58 runs
WT20I 505 5 October Salma Khatun Javeria Khan Sheikh Kamal International Stadium, Cox's Bazar   Pakistan by 7 wickets
WT20I 507 6 October Salma Khatun Javeria Khan Sheikh Kamal International Stadium, Cox's Bazar   Pakistan by 7 wickets
Only WODI
No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result
WODI 1130 8 October Rumana Ahmed Javeria Khan Sheikh Kamal International Stadium, Cox's Bazar   Bangladesh by 6 wickets

West Indies in India

Test series
No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result
Test 2319 4–8 October Virat Kohli Kraigg Brathwaite Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Rajkot   India by an innings and 272 runs
Test 2321 12–16 October Virat Kohli Jason Holder Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad   India by 10 wickets
ODI series
No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result
ODI 4056 21 October Virat Kohli Jason Holder Barsapara Cricket Stadium, Guwahati   India by 8 wickets
ODI 4059 24 October Virat Kohli Jason Holder Dr. Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA–VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam Match tied
ODI 4062 27 October Virat Kohli Jason Holder Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune   West Indies by 43 runs
ODI 4063 29 October Virat Kohli Jason Holder Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai   India by 224 runs
ODI 4064 1 November Virat Kohli Jason Holder Greenfield International Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram   India by 9 wickets
T20I series
No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result
T20I 707 4 November Rohit Sharma Carlos Brathwaite Eden Gardens, Kolkata   India by 5 wickets
T20I 709 6 November Rohit Sharma Carlos Brathwaite Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow   India by 71 runs
T20I 710 11 November Rohit Sharma Carlos Brathwaite M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai   India by 6 wickets

Australia in the United Arab Emirates

Test series
No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result
Test 2320 7–11 October Sarfaraz Ahmed Tim Paine Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai Match drawn
Test 2322 16–20 October Sarfaraz Ahmed Tim Paine Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi   Pakistan by 373 runs
T20I series
No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result
T20I 701 24 October Sarfaraz Ahmed Aaron Finch Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi   Pakistan by 66 runs
T20I 702 26 October Sarfaraz Ahmed Aaron Finch Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai   Pakistan by 11 runs
T20I 704 28 October Sarfaraz Ahmed Aaron Finch Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai   Pakistan by 33 runs

England in Sri Lanka

ODI series
No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result
ODI 4052 10 October Dinesh Chandimal Eoin Morgan Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla No result
ODI 4053 13 October Dinesh Chandimal Eoin Morgan Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla   England by 31 runs ( DLS)
ODI 4054 17 October Dinesh Chandimal Eoin Morgan Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy   England by 7 wickets
ODI 4055 20 October Dinesh Chandimal Eoin Morgan Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy   England by 18 runs ( DLS)
ODI 4058 23 October Dinesh Chandimal Jos Buttler R. Premadasa International Cricket Stadium, Colombo   Sri Lanka by 219 runs ( DLS)
Only T20I
No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result
T20I 703 27 October Thisara Perera Eoin Morgan R. Premadasa International Cricket Stadium, Colombo   England by 30 runs
Test series
No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result
Test 2324 6–10 November Dinesh Chandimal Joe Root Galle International Stadium, Galle   England by 211 runs
Test 2326 14–18 November Suranga Lakmal Joe Root Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy   England by 57 runs
Test 2329 23–27 November Suranga Lakmal Joe Root Sinhalese Sports Club, Colombo   England by 42 runs

Australia women against Pakistan women in Malaysia

2017–20 ICC Women's Championship – WODI series
No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result
WODI 1131 18 October Javeria Khan Meg Lanning Kinrara Academy Oval, Bandar Kinrara   Australia by 5 wickets ( DLS)
WODI 1132 20 October Javeria Khan Meg Lanning Kinrara Academy Oval, Bandar Kinrara   Australia by 150 runs
WODI 1133 22 October Javeria Khan Meg Lanning Kinrara Academy Oval, Bandar Kinrara   Australia by 89 runs
WT20I series
No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result
WT20I 509 25 October Javeria Khan Meg Lanning Kinrara Academy Oval, Bandar Kinrara   Australia by 64 runs
WT20I 510 27 October Javeria Khan Meg Lanning Kinrara Academy Oval, Bandar Kinrara   Australia by 6 wickets
WT20I 511 29 October Javeria Khan Rachael Haynes Kinrara Academy Oval, Bandar Kinrara   Australia by 9 wickets

Zimbabwe in Bangladesh

ODI series
No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result
ODI 4057 21 October Mashrafe Mortaza Hamilton Masakadza Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka   Bangladesh by 28 runs
ODI 4060 24 October Mashrafe Mortaza Hamilton Masakadza Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong   Bangladesh by 7 wickets
ODI 4061 26 October Mashrafe Mortaza Hamilton Masakadza Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong   Bangladesh by 7 wickets
Test series
No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result
Test 2323 3–7 November Mahmudullah Hamilton Masakadza Sylhet International Cricket Stadium, Sylhet   Zimbabwe by 151 runs
Test 2325 11–15 November Mahmudullah Hamilton Masakadza Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka   Bangladesh by 218 runs

Australia vs United Arab Emirates

T20I match
No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result
T20I 700 22 October Rohan Mustafa Aaron Finch Sheikh Zayed Stadium Nursery 2, Abu Dhabi   Australia by 7 wickets

New Zealand vs Pakistan in United Arab Emirates

T20I series
No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result
T20I 705 31 October Sarfaraz Ahmed Kane Williamson Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi   Pakistan by 2 runs
T20I 706 2 November Sarfaraz Ahmed Kane Williamson Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai   Pakistan by 6 wickets
T20I 708 4 November Sarfaraz Ahmed Kane Williamson Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai   Pakistan by 47 runs
ODI series
No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result
ODI 4066 7 November Sarfaraz Ahmed Kane Williamson Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi   New Zealand by 47 runs
ODI 4068 9 November Sarfaraz Ahmed Kane Williamson Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi   Pakistan by 6 wickets
ODI 4070 11 November Sarfaraz Ahmed Tom Latham Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai No result
Test series
No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result
Test 2327 16–20 November Sarfaraz Ahmed Kane Williamson Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi   New Zealand by 4 runs
Test 2330 24–28 November Sarfaraz Ahmed Kane Williamson Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai   Pakistan by an innings and 16 runs
Test 2332 3–7 December Sarfaraz Ahmed Kane Williamson Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi   New Zealand by 123 runs

November

South Africa in Australia

ODI series
No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result
ODI 4065 4 November Aaron Finch Faf du Plessis Perth Stadium, Perth   South Africa by 6 wickets
ODI 4067 9 November Aaron Finch Faf du Plessis Adelaide Oval, Adelaide   Australia by 7 runs
ODI 4069 11 November Aaron Finch Faf du Plessis Bellerive Oval, Hobart   South Africa by 40 runs
Only T20I
No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result
T20I 711 17 November Aaron Finch Faf du Plessis Carrara Stadium, Gold Coast   South Africa by 21 runs

2018 ICC World Cricket League Division Three

Pos Team Pld W L T NR Pts NRR
1   Oman (H) 5 5 0 0 0 10 0.927 Promoted to Division Two for 2019
2   United States 5 4 1 0 0 8 1.380
3   Singapore 5 2 3 0 0 4 −0.093 Relegated to ICC Cricket World Cup Challenge League
4   Kenya 5 2 3 0 0 4 −0.750
5   Denmark 5 1 4 0 0 2 −0.663
6   Uganda 5 1 4 0 0 2 −0.904
Source: [18]
(H) Host
Group stage
No. Date Team 1 Captain 1 Team 2 Captain 2 Venue Result
1st Match 9 November   Oman Zeeshan Maqsood   Kenya Shem Ngoche Al Emarat Cricket Stadium, Muscat   Oman by 5 wickets
2nd Match 9 November   Uganda Roger Mukasa   Denmark Hamid Shah Al Emarat Cricket Stadium, Muscat   Uganda by 5 wickets
3rd Match 10 November   United States Saurabh Netravalkar   Uganda Roger Mukasa Al Emarat Cricket Stadium, Muscat   United States by 54 runs
4th Match 10 November   Oman Zeeshan Maqsood   Singapore Chetan Suryawanshi Al Emarat Cricket Stadium, Muscat   Oman by 4 wickets
5th Match 12 November   United States Saurabh Netravalkar   Kenya Shem Ngoche Al Emarat Cricket Stadium, Muscat   United States by 158 runs
6th Match 12 November   Singapore Chetan Suryawanshi   Denmark Hamid Shah Al Emarat Cricket Stadium, Muscat   Singapore by 94 runs
7th Match 13 November   Denmark Hamid Shah   Oman Zeeshan Maqsood Al Emarat Cricket Stadium, Muscat   Oman by 3 wickets
8th Match 13 November   Kenya Shem Ngoche   Uganda Brian Masaba Al Emarat Cricket Stadium, Muscat   Kenya by 6 wickets
9th Match 15 November   Uganda Roger Mukasa   Singapore Chetan Suryawanshi Al Emarat Cricket Stadium, Muscat   Singapore by 63 runs
10th Match 15 November   United States Saurabh Netravalkar   Denmark Hamid Shah Al Emarat Cricket Stadium, Muscat   United States by 16 runs
11th Match 16 November   United States Saurabh Netravalkar   Oman Zeeshan Maqsood Al Emarat Cricket Stadium, Muscat   Oman by 4 wickets
12th Match 16 November   Singapore Chetan Suryawanshi   Kenya Shem Ngoche Al Emarat Cricket Stadium, Muscat   Kenya by 12 runs
13th Match 18 November   Kenya Shem Ngoche   Denmark Hamid Shah Al Emarat Cricket Stadium, Muscat   Denmark by 9 wickets
14th Match 18 November   Oman Zeeshan Maqsood   Uganda Roger Mukasa Al Emarat Cricket Stadium, Muscat   Oman by 10 wickets
15th Match 19 November   Singapore Chetan Suryawanshi   United States Saurabh Netravalkar Al Emarat Cricket Stadium, Muscat   United States by 5 wickets

2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20

Group stage
No. Date Team 1 Captain 1 Team 2 Captain 2 Venue Result
WT20I 515 9 November   New Zealand Amy Satterthwaite   India Harmanpreet Kaur Guyana National Stadium, Providence   India by 34 runs
WT20I 516 9 November   Australia Meg Lanning   Pakistan Javeria Khan Guyana National Stadium, Providence   Australia by 52 runs
WT20I 517 9 November   West Indies Stafanie Taylor   Bangladesh Salma Khatun Guyana National Stadium, Providence   West Indies by 60 runs
WT20I 517a 10 November   England Heather Knight   Sri Lanka Chamari Athapaththu Daren Sammy Cricket Ground, Gros Islet Match abandoned
WT20I 518 11 November   India Harmanpreet Kaur   Pakistan Javeria Khan Guyana National Stadium, Providence   India by 7 wickets
WT20I 519 11 November   Australia Meg Lanning   Ireland Laura Delany Guyana National Stadium, Providence   Australia by 9 wickets
WT20I 520 12 November   England Heather Knight   Bangladesh Salma Khatun Daren Sammy Cricket Ground, Gros Islet   England by 7 wickets ( DLS)
WT20I 521 12 November   Sri Lanka Chamari Athapaththu   South Africa Dane van Niekerk Daren Sammy Cricket Ground, Gros Islet   South Africa by 7 wickets
WT20I 522 13 November   Pakistan Javeria Khan   Ireland Laura Delany Guyana National Stadium, Providence   Pakistan by 38 runs
WT20I 523 13 November   Australia Meg Lanning   New Zealand Amy Satterthwaite Guyana National Stadium, Providence   Australia by 33 runs
WT20I 524 14 November   Sri Lanka Chamari Athapaththu   Bangladesh Salma Khatun Daren Sammy Cricket Ground, Gros Islet   Sri Lanka by 25 runs
WT20I 525 14 November   West Indies Stafanie Taylor   South Africa Dane van Niekerk Daren Sammy Cricket Ground, Gros Islet   West Indies by 31 runs
WT20I 526 15 November   India Harmanpreet Kaur   Ireland Laura Delany Guyana National Stadium, Providence   India by 52 runs
WT20I 527 15 November   New Zealand Amy Satterthwaite   Pakistan Javeria Khan Guyana National Stadium, Providence   New Zealand by 54 runs
WT20I 528 16 November   England Heather Knight   South Africa Dane van Niekerk Daren Sammy Cricket Ground, Gros Islet   England by 7 wickets
WT20I 529 16 November   West Indies Stafanie Taylor   Sri Lanka Chamari Athapaththu Daren Sammy Cricket Ground, Gros Islet   West Indies by 83 runs
WT20I 530 17 November   India Harmanpreet Kaur   Australia Meg Lanning Guyana National Stadium, Providence   India by 48 runs
WT20I 531 17 November   New Zealand Amy Satterthwaite   Ireland Laura Delany Guyana National Stadium, Providence   New Zealand by 8 wickets
WT20I 532 18 November   West Indies Stafanie Taylor   England Heather Knight Daren Sammy Cricket Ground, Gros Islet   West Indies by 4 wickets
WT20I 533 18 November   South Africa Dane van Niekerk   Bangladesh Salma Khatun Daren Sammy Cricket Ground, Gros Islet   South Africa by 30 runs
Finals
WT20I 534 22 November   West Indies Stafanie Taylor   Australia Meg Lanning Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound   Australia by 71 runs
WT20I 535 22 November   England Heather Knight   India Harmanpreet Kaur Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound   England by 8 wickets
WT20I 536 24 November   Australia Meg Lanning   England Heather Knight Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound   Australia by 8 wickets

India in Australia

T20I series
No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result
T20I 712 21 November Aaron Finch Virat Kohli The Gabba, Brisbane   Australia by 4 runs ( DLS)
T20I 713 23 November Aaron Finch Virat Kohli Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne No result
T20I 714 25 November Aaron Finch Virat Kohli Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney   India by 6 wickets
Border–Gavaskar Trophy – Test series
No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result
Test 2333 6–10 December Tim Paine Virat Kohli Adelaide Oval, Adelaide   India by 31 runs
Test 2334 14–18 December Tim Paine Virat Kohli Perth Stadium, Perth   Australia by 146 runs
Test 2337 26–30 December Tim Paine Virat Kohli Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne   India by 137 runs
Test 2339 3–7 January Tim Paine Virat Kohli Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney Match drawn
ODI series
No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result
ODI 4077 12 January Aaron Finch Virat Kohli Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney   Australia by 34 runs
ODI 4078 15 January Aaron Finch Virat Kohli Adelaide Oval, Adelaide   India by 6 wickets
ODI 4079 18 January Aaron Finch Virat Kohli Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne   India by 7 wickets

West Indies in Bangladesh

Test series
No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result
Test 2328 22–26 November Shakib Al Hasan Kraigg Brathwaite Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong   Bangladesh by 64 runs
Test 2331 30 November–4 December Shakib Al Hasan Kraigg Brathwaite Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka   Bangladesh by an innings and 184 runs
ODI series
No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result
ODI 4071 9 December Mashrafe Mortaza Rovman Powell Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka   Bangladesh by 5 wickets
ODI 4072 11 December Mashrafe Mortaza Rovman Powell Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka   West Indies by 4 wickets
ODI 4073 14 December Mashrafe Mortaza Rovman Powell Sylhet International Cricket Stadium, Sylhet   Bangladesh by 8 wickets
T20I series
No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result
T20I 715 17 December Shakib Al Hasan Carlos Brathwaite Sylhet International Cricket Stadium, Sylhet   West Indies by 8 wickets
T20I 716 20 December Shakib Al Hasan Carlos Brathwaite Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka   Bangladesh by 36 runs
T20I 717 22 December Shakib Al Hasan Carlos Brathwaite Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka   West Indies by 50 runs

December

Sri Lanka in New Zealand

Test series
No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result
Test 2335 15–19 December Kane Williamson Dinesh Chandimal Basin Reserve, Wellington Match drawn
Test 2336 26–30 December Kane Williamson Dinesh Chandimal Hagley Oval, Christchurch   New Zealand by 423 runs
ODI series
No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result
ODI 4074 3 January Kane Williamson Lasith Malinga Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui   New Zealand by 45 runs
ODI 4075 5 January Kane Williamson Lasith Malinga Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui   New Zealand by 21 runs
ODI 4076 8 January Kane Williamson Lasith Malinga Saxton Oval, Nelson   New Zealand by 115 runs
Only T20I
No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result
T20I 718 11 January Tim Southee Lasith Malinga Eden Park, Auckland   New Zealand by 35 runs

Pakistan in South Africa

Test series
No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result
Test 2338 26–30 December Faf du Plessis Sarfaraz Ahmed Centurion Park, Centurion   South Africa by 6 wickets
Test 2340 3–7 January Faf du Plessis Sarfaraz Ahmed Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town   South Africa by 9 wickets
Test 2341 11–15 January Dean Elgar Sarfaraz Ahmed Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg   South Africa by 107 runs
ODI series
No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result
ODI 4080 19 January Faf du Plessis Sarfaraz Ahmed St. George's Park, Port Elizabeth   Pakistan by 5 wickets
ODI 4081 22 January Faf du Plessis Sarfaraz Ahmed Kingsmead Cricket Ground, Durban   South Africa by 5 wickets
ODI 4084 25 January Faf du Plessis Sarfaraz Ahmed Centurion Park, Centurion   South Africa by 13 runs ( DLS)
ODI 4087 27 January Faf du Plessis Shoaib Malik Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg   Pakistan by 8 wickets
ODI 4090 30 January Faf du Plessis Shoaib Malik Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town   South Africa by 7 wickets
T20I series
No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result
T20I 732 1 February Faf du Plessis Shoaib Malik Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town   South Africa by 6 runs
T20I 734 3 February David Miller Shoaib Malik Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg   South Africa by 7 runs
T20I 736 6 February David Miller Shoaib Malik Centurion Park, Centurion   Pakistan by 27 runs

January

India in New Zealand

ODI series
No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result
ODI 4082 23 January Kane Williamson Virat Kohli McLean Park, Napier   India by 8 wickets ( DLS)
ODI 4085 26 January Kane Williamson Virat Kohli Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui   India by 90 runs
ODI 4088 28 January Kane Williamson Virat Kohli Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui   India by 7 wickets
ODI 4091 31 January Kane Williamson Rohit Sharma Seddon Park, Hamilton   New Zealand by 8 wickets
ODI 4092 3 February Kane Williamson Rohit Sharma Wellington Regional Stadium, Wellington   India by 35 runs
T20I series
No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result
T20I 735 6 February Kane Williamson Rohit Sharma Wellington Regional Stadium, Wellington   New Zealand by 80 runs
T20I 737 8 February Kane Williamson Rohit Sharma Eden Park, Auckland   India by 7 wickets
T20I 738 10 February Kane Williamson Rohit Sharma Seddon Park, Hamilton   New Zealand by 4 runs

England in West Indies

Wisden Trophy – Test series
No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result
Test 2342 23–27 January Jason Holder Joe Root Kensington Oval, Bridgetown   West Indies by 381 runs
Test 2344 31 January–4 February Jason Holder Joe Root Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound   West Indies by 10 wickets
Test 2346 9–13 February Kraigg Brathwaite Joe Root Daren Sammy Cricket Ground, Gros Islet   England by 232 runs
ODI series
No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result
ODI 4096 20 February Jason Holder Eoin Morgan Kensington Oval, Bridgetown   England by 6 wickets
ODI 4097 22 February Jason Holder Eoin Morgan Kensington Oval, Bridgetown   West Indies by 26 runs
ODI 4098 25 February Jason Holder Eoin Morgan National Cricket Stadium, Grenada No result
ODI 4099 27 February Jason Holder Eoin Morgan National Cricket Stadium, Grenada   England by 29 runs
ODI 4103 2 March Jason Holder Eoin Morgan Daren Sammy Cricket Ground, Gros Islet   West Indies by 7 wickets
T20I series
No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result
T20I 750 5 March Jason Holder Eoin Morgan Daren Sammy Cricket Ground, Gros Islet   England by 4 wickets
T20I 751 8 March Jason Holder Eoin Morgan Warner Park, Basseterre   England by 137 runs
T20I 752 10 March Jason Holder Eoin Morgan Warner Park, Basseterre   England by 8 wickets

India women in New Zealand

2017–20 ICC Women's Championship – WODI series
No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result
WODI 1134 24 January Amy Satterthwaite Mithali Raj McLean Park, Napier   India by 9 wickets
WODI 1135 29 January Amy Satterthwaite Mithali Raj Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui   India by 8 wickets
WODI 1136 1 February Amy Satterthwaite Mithali Raj Seddon Park, Hamilton   New Zealand by 8 wickets
WT20I series
No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result
WT20I 574 6 February Amy Satterthwaite Harmanpreet Kaur Wellington Regional Stadium, Wellington   New Zealand by 23 runs
WT20I 576 8 February Amy Satterthwaite Harmanpreet Kaur Eden Park, Auckland   New Zealand by 4 wickets
WT20I 577 10 February Amy Satterthwaite Harmanpreet Kaur Seddon Park, Hamilton   New Zealand by 2 runs

Sri Lanka in Australia

Warne-Muralidaran Trophy – Test series
No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result
Test 2343 24–28 January Tim Paine Dinesh Chandimal The Gabba, Brisbane   Australia by an innings and 40 runs
Test 2345 1–5 February Tim Paine Dinesh Chandimal Manuka Oval, Canberra   Australia by 366 runs

Nepal in United Arab Emirates

ODI series
No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result
ODI 4083 25 January Mohammad Naveed Paras Khadka ICC Academy Ground, Dubai   United Arab Emirates by 3 wickets
ODI 4086 26 January Mohammad Naveed Paras Khadka ICC Academy Ground, Dubai     Nepal by 145 runs
ODI 4089 28 January Mohammad Naveed Paras Khadka ICC Academy Ground, Dubai     Nepal by 4 wickets
T20I series
T20I 730 31 January Mohammad Naveed Paras Khadka ICC Academy Ground, Dubai   United Arab Emirates by 21 runs
T20I 731 1 February Mohammad Naveed Paras Khadka ICC Academy Ground, Dubai     Nepal by 4 wickets
T20I 733 3 February Mohammad Naveed Paras Khadka ICC Academy Ground, Dubai     Nepal by 14 runs

West Indies women in Pakistan and UAE

WT20I series
No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result
WT20I 569 31 January Bismah Maroof Merissa Aguilleira Southend Club Cricket Stadium, Karachi   West Indies by 71 runs
WT20I 570 1 February Bismah Maroof Merissa Aguilleira Southend Club Cricket Stadium, Karachi Match tied (  West Indies won S/O)
WT20I 572 3 February Bismah Maroof Merissa Aguilleira Southend Club Cricket Stadium, Karachi   Pakistan by 12 runs
2017–20 ICC Women's Championship – WODI series
No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result
WODI 1137 7 February Javeria Khan Stafanie Taylor Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai   West Indies by 146 runs
WODI 1138 9 February Bismah Maroof Stafanie Taylor ICC Academy Ground, Dubai   Pakistan by 34 runs
WODI 1139 11 February Bismah Maroof Stafanie Taylor ICC Academy Ground, Dubai   Pakistan by 4 wickets

February

Sri Lanka women in South Africa

WT20I series
No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result
WT20I 571 1 February Dane van Niekerk Chamari Athapaththu Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town   South Africa by 7 wickets
WT20I 573 3 February Dane van Niekerk Chamari Athapaththu Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg   South Africa by 2 wickets
WT20I 575 6 February Dane van Niekerk Chamari Athapaththu Centurion Park, Centurion   South Africa by 39 runs
2017–20 ICC Women's Championship – WODI series
No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result
WODI 1140 11 February Dane van Niekerk Chamari Athapaththu Senwes Park, Potchefstroom   South Africa by 7 runs
WODI 1141 14 February Suné Luus Chamari Athapaththu Senwes Park, Potchefstroom   South Africa by 30 runs ( DLS)
WODI 1142 17 February Suné Luus Chamari Athapaththu Senwes Park, Potchefstroom   South Africa by 6 wickets

Bangladesh in New Zealand

The third and final Test match of the tour was cancelled due to the Christchurch mosque shootings. [7]

ODI series
No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result
ODI 4093 13 February Kane Williamson Mashrafe Mortaza McLean Park, Napier   New Zealand by 8 wickets
ODI 4094 16 February Kane Williamson Mashrafe Mortaza Hagley Oval, Christchurch   New Zealand by 8 wickets
ODI 4095 20 February Tom Latham Mashrafe Mortaza University Oval, Dunedin   New Zealand by 88 runs
Test series
No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result
Test 2349 28 February–4 March Kane Williamson Mahmudullah Seddon Park, Hamilton   New Zealand by an innings and 52 runs
Test 2350 8–12 March Kane Williamson Mahmudullah Basin Reserve, Wellington   New Zealand by an innings and 12 runs
Test 2351a 16–20 March Tim Southee Mahmudullah Hagley Oval, Christchurch Match cancelled

2018–19 Oman Quadrangular Series

Pos Team Pld W L T NR Pts NRR
1   Scotland 3 2 1 0 0 4 0.877
2   Netherlands 3 2 1 0 0 4 0.207
3   Ireland 3 2 1 0 0 4 0.033
4   Oman (H) 3 0 3 0 0 0 −1.100
Source: [21]
(H) Host
Round-robin
No. Date Team 1 Captain 1 Team 2 Captain 2 Venue Result
T20I 739 13 February   Scotland Kyle Coetzer   Netherlands Pieter Seelaar Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 1, Muscat   Netherlands by 7 wickets
T20I 740 13 February   Ireland Paul Stirling   Oman Ajay Lalcheta Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 1, Muscat   Ireland by 15 runs
T20I 741 15 February   Oman Ajay Lalcheta   Netherlands Pieter Seelaar Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 1, Muscat   Netherlands by 8 wickets
T20I 742 15 February   Ireland Paul Stirling   Scotland Kyle Coetzer Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 1, Muscat   Scotland by 6 wickets
T20I 743 17 February   Ireland Paul Stirling   Netherlands Pieter Seelaar Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 1, Muscat   Ireland by 1 wicket
T20I 744 17 February   Oman Ajay Lalcheta   Scotland Kyle Coetzer Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 1, Muscat   Scotland by 7 wickets

Sri Lanka in South Africa

Test series
No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result
Test 2347 13–17 February Faf du Plessis Dimuth Karunaratne Kingsmead Cricket Ground, Durban   Sri Lanka by 1 wicket
Test 2348 21–25 February Faf du Plessis Dimuth Karunaratne St. George's Park, Port Elizabeth   Sri Lanka by 8 wickets
ODI series
No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result
ODI 4104 3 March Faf du Plessis Lasith Malinga Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg   South Africa by 8 wickets
ODI 4107 6 March Faf du Plessis Lasith Malinga Centurion Park, Centurion   South Africa by 113 runs
ODI 4112 10 March Faf du Plessis Lasith Malinga Kingsmead Cricket Ground, Durban   South Africa by 71 runs ( DLS)
ODI 4114 13 March Faf du Plessis Lasith Malinga St. George's Park, Port Elizabeth   South Africa by 6 wickets
ODI 4115 16 March Faf du Plessis Lasith Malinga Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town   South Africa by 41 runs ( DLS)
T20I series
No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result
T20I 755 19 March Faf du Plessis Lasith Malinga Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town Match tied (  South Africa won S/O)
T20I 758 22 March JP Duminy Lasith Malinga Centurion Park, Centurion   South Africa by 16 runs
T20I 763 24 March JP Duminy Lasith Malinga Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg   South Africa by 45 runs ( DLS)

2019 ICC Women's Qualifier Asia

Pos Team Pld W L T NR Pts NRR
1   Thailand (H) 6 6 0 0 0 12 3.268 Advanced to qualifying tournament
2     Nepal 6 5 1 0 0 10 0.564 Eliminated
3   United Arab Emirates 6 4 2 0 0 8 1.089
4   China 6 3 3 0 0 6 0.337
5   Hong Kong 6 2 4 0 0 4 −0.509
6   Malaysia 6 1 5 0 0 2 −1.568
7   Kuwait 6 0 6 0 0 0 −3.342
Source: [22]
(H) Host
Round-robin
No. Date Team 1 Captain 1 Team 2 Captain 2 Venue Result
WT20I 578 18 February   Thailand Sornnarin Tippoch   China Huang Zhuo Terdthai Cricket Ground, Bangkok   Thailand by 6 wickets
WT20I 579 18 February   Kuwait Maryam Omar   Malaysia Winifred Duraisingam Asian Institute of Technology Ground, Bangkok   Malaysia by 63 runs
WT20I 580 18 February   Hong Kong Mariko Hill   United Arab Emirates Humaira Tasneem Asian Institute of Technology Ground, Bangkok   United Arab Emirates by 21 runs
WT20I 581 19 February   Malaysia Winifred Duraisingam     Nepal Rubina Chhetry Terdthai Cricket Ground, Bangkok     Nepal by 34 runs
WT20I 582 19 February   China Huang Zhuo   Hong Kong Mariko Hill Terdthai Cricket Ground, Bangkok   China by 1 wicket
WT20I 583 19 February   Kuwait Maryam Omar   United Arab Emirates Humaira Tasneem Asian Institute of Technology Ground, Bangkok   United Arab Emirates by 86 runs
WT20I 584 21 February   Malaysia Winifred Duraisingam   United Arab Emirates Humaira Tasneem Terdthai Cricket Ground, Bangkok   United Arab Emirates by 86 runs
WT20I 585 21 February   Thailand Sornnarin Tippoch     Nepal Rubina Chhetry Asian Institute of Technology Ground, Bangkok   Thailand by 57 runs
WT20I 586 21 February   China Huang Zhuo   Kuwait Maryam Omar Asian Institute of Technology Ground, Bangkok   China by 9 wickets
WT20I 587 22 February     Nepal Rubina Chhetry   United Arab Emirates Humaira Tasneem Terdthai Cricket Ground, Bangkok     Nepal by 7 wickets
WT20I 588 22 February   Thailand Sornnarin Tippoch   Hong Kong Mariko Hill Asian Institute of Technology Ground, Bangkok   Thailand by 82 runs
WT20I 589 22 February   China Huang Zhuo   Malaysia Winifred Duraisingam Terdthai Cricket Ground, Bangkok   China by 8 wickets
WT20I 590 24 February   China Huang Zhuo   United Arab Emirates Humaira Tasneem Terdthai Cricket Ground, Bangkok   United Arab Emirates won by 27 runs
WT20I 591 24 February   Thailand Sornnarin Tippoch   Kuwait Maryam Omar Asian Institute of Technology Ground, Bangkok   Thailand by 9 wickets
WT20I 592 24 February   Hong Kong Mariko Hill     Nepal Rubina Chhetry Asian Institute of Technology Ground, Bangkok     Nepal by 4 wickets
WT20I 593 25 February   Thailand Sornnarin Tippoch   Malaysia Winifred Duraisingam Terdthai Cricket Ground, Bangkok   Thailand by 87 runs
WT20I 594 25 February   China Huang Zhuo     Nepal Rubina Chhetry Terdthai Cricket Ground, Bangkok     Nepal by 5 runs
WT20I 595 25 February   Hong Kong Mariko Hill   Kuwait Maryam Omar Asian Institute of Technology Ground, Bangkok   Hong Kong by 9 wickets
WT20I 596 27 February   Hong Kong Mariko Hill   Malaysia Winifred Duraisingam Terdthai Cricket Ground, Bangkok   Hong Kong by 5 wickets
WT20I 597 27 February   Kuwait Maryam Omar     Nepal Rubina Chhetry Asian Institute of Technology Ground, Bangkok     Nepal by 30 runs
WT20I 598 27 February   Thailand Sornnarin Tippoch   United Arab Emirates Humaira Tasneem Asian Institute of Technology Ground, Bangkok   Thailand by 50 runs

Scotland in Oman

List A series
No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result
1st List A 19 February Ajay Lalcheta Kyle Coetzer Al Emarat Cricket Stadium, Muscat   Scotland by 10 wickets
2nd List A 20 February Khawar Ali Kyle Coetzer Al Emarat Cricket Stadium, Muscat   Oman by 93 runs
3rd List A 22 February Khawar Ali Kyle Coetzer Al Emarat Cricket Stadium, Muscat   Scotland by 15 runs

Ireland vs Afghanistan in India

T20I series
No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result
T20I 745 21 February Asghar Afghan Paul Stirling Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Dehradun   Afghanistan by 5 wickets
T20I 746 23 February Asghar Afghan Paul Stirling Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Dehradun   Afghanistan by 84 runs
T20I 747 24 February Asghar Afghan Paul Stirling Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Dehradun   Afghanistan by 32 runs
ODI series
No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result
ODI 4100 28 February Asghar Afghan William Porterfield Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Dehradun   Afghanistan by 5 wickets
ODI 4101 2 March Asghar Afghan William Porterfield Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Dehradun No result
ODI 4105 5 March Asghar Afghan William Porterfield Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Dehradun   Ireland by 4 wickets
ODI 4108 8 March Asghar Afghan William Porterfield Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Dehradun   Afghanistan by 109 runs
ODI 4110 10 March Asghar Afghan William Porterfield Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Dehradun   Ireland by 5 wickets
Only Test
No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result
Test 2351 15–19 March Asghar Afghan William Porterfield Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Dehradun   Afghanistan by 7 wickets

England women in India

2017–20 ICC Women's Championship – WODI series
No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result
WODI 1144 22 February Mithali Raj Heather Knight Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai   India by 66 runs
WODI 1146 25 February Mithali Raj Heather Knight Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai   India by 7 wickets
WODI 1147 28 February Mithali Raj Heather Knight Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai   England by 2 wickets
WT20I series
No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result
WT20I 599 4 March Smriti Mandhana Heather Knight Barsapara Stadium, Guwahati   England by 41 runs
WT20I 600 7 March Smriti Mandhana Heather Knight Barsapara Stadium, Guwahati   England by 5 wickets
WT20I 601 9 March Smriti Mandhana Heather Knight Barsapara Stadium, Guwahati   England by 1 run

Australia in India

T20I series
No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result
T20I 748 24 February Virat Kohli Aaron Finch Dr. Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA–VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam   Australia by 3 wickets
T20I 749 27 February Virat Kohli Aaron Finch M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru   Australia by 7 wickets
ODI series
No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result
ODI 4102 2 March Virat Kohli Aaron Finch Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad   India by 6 wickets
ODI 4106 5 March Virat Kohli Aaron Finch Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur   India by 8 runs
ODI 4109 8 March Virat Kohli Aaron Finch JSCA International Stadium Complex, Ranchi   Australia by 32 runs
ODI 4111 10 March Virat Kohli Aaron Finch Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali   Australia by 4 wickets
ODI 4113 13 March Virat Kohli Aaron Finch Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, Delhi   Australia by 35 runs

March

United States in United Arab Emirates

T20I series
No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result
T20I 753 15 March Mohammad Naveed Saurabh Netravalkar ICC Academy Ground, Dubai No result
T20I 754 16 March Mohammad Naveed Saurabh Netravalkar ICC Academy Ground, Dubai   United Arab Emirates by 24 runs

England women in Sri Lanka

2017–20 ICC Women's Championship – WODI series
No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result
WODI 1148 16 March Chamari Athapaththu Heather Knight Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium, Sooriyawewa   England by 154 runs ( DLS)
WODI 1149 18 March Chamari Athapaththu Heather Knight Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium, Sooriyawewa   England by 6 wickets
WODI 1150 21 March Chamari Athapaththu Heather Knight FTZ Sports Complex, Katunayake   England by 8 wickets
WT20I series
No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result
WT20I 602 24 March Chamari Athapaththu Heather Knight P. Sara Oval, Colombo   England by 8 wickets
WT20I 603 26 March Chamari Athapaththu Heather Knight P. Sara Oval, Colombo   England by 8 wickets
WT20I 604 28 March Chamari Athapaththu Heather Knight P. Sara Oval, Colombo   England by 96 runs

2019 ICC T20 World Cup East Asia-Pacific Qualifier

Pos Team Pld W L T NR Pts NRR
1   Papua New Guinea (H) 4 3 0 0 1 7 5.499 Qualify to 2019 ICC T20 World Cup Qualifier
2   Philippines 4 1 2 0 1 3 −4.133
3   Vanuatu 4 1 3 0 0 2 −1.063
Source: [23]
(H) Host
Round-robin
No. Date Team 1 Captain 1 Team 2 Captain 2 Venue Result
T20I 756 22 March   Papua New Guinea Assad Vala   Philippines Jonathan Hill Amini Park, Port Moresby   Papua New Guinea by 133 runs
T20I 757 22 March   Papua New Guinea Assad Vala   Vanuatu Andrew Mansale Amini Park, Port Moresby   Papua New Guinea by 8 wickets
T20I 759 23 March   Philippines Jonathan Hill   Vanuatu Andrew Mansale Amini Park, Port Moresby   Vanuatu by 64 runs
T20I 760 23 March   Papua New Guinea Assad Vala   Philippines Jonathan Hill Amini Park, Port Moresby No result
T20I 761 24 March   Vanuatu Andrew Mansale   Philippines Jonathan Hill Amini Park, Port Moresby   Philippines by 10 runs
T20I 762 24 March   Papua New Guinea Assad Vala   Vanuatu Andrew Mansale Amini Park, Port Moresby   Papua New Guinea by 10 wickets

Australia vs Pakistan in United Arab Emirates

ODI series
No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result
ODI 4116 22 March Shoaib Malik Aaron Finch Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah   Australia by 8 wickets
ODI 4117 24 March Shoaib Malik Aaron Finch Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah   Australia by 8 wickets
ODI 4118 27 March Shoaib Malik Aaron Finch Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi   Australia by 80 runs
ODI 4119 29 March Imad Wasim Aaron Finch Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai   Australia by 6 runs
ODI 4120 31 March Imad Wasim Aaron Finch Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai   Australia by 20 runs

Zimbabwe in India

Zimbabwe were scheduled to tour India to play one Test and three ODI matches. [1] However, the dates clashed with the 2019 Indian Premier League, [24] and the series was postponed. [25]

April

United Arab Emirates in Zimbabwe

ODI series
No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result
ODI 4121 10 April Peter Moor Mohammad Naveed Harare Sports Club, Harare   Zimbabwe by 7 wickets
ODI 4122 12 April Peter Moor Mohammad Naveed Harare Sports Club, Harare   Zimbabwe by 4 runs ( DLS)
ODI 4123 14 April Peter Moor Mohammad Naveed Harare Sports Club, Harare   Zimbabwe by 131 runs
ODI 4124 16 April Peter Moor Mohammad Naveed Harare Sports Club, Harare   Zimbabwe by 3 wickets ( DLS)

2019 ICC World Cricket League Division Two

Pos Team Pld W L T NR Pts NRR
1   Oman 5 4 1 0 0 8 −0.048 Assigned to 2019–23 ICC Cricket World Cup League 2
2   Namibia (H) 5 3 2 0 0 6 1.397
3   United States 5 3 2 0 0 6 0.709
4   Papua New Guinea 5 2 3 0 0 4 −0.403
5   Canada 5 2 3 0 0 4 −0.415 Assigned to 2019–22 ICC Cricket World Cup Challenge League
6   Hong Kong 5 1 4 0 0 2 −1.044
Source: [26]
(H) Host
Group stage
No. Date Team 1 Captain 1 Team 2 Captain 2 Venue Result
1st Match 20 April   Namibia Gerhard Erasmus   Papua New Guinea Assad Vala Wanderers Cricket Ground, Windhoek   Namibia by 3 wickets
2nd Match 20 April   Canada Davy Jacobs   Hong Kong Anshuman Rath Wanderers Affies Park, Windhoek   Hong Kong by 7 wickets
3rd Match 20 April   Oman Zeeshan Maqsood   United States Saurabh Netravalkar United Ground, Windhoek   Oman by 6 wickets
4th Match 21 April   Namibia Gerhard Erasmus   United States Saurabh Netravalkar Wanderers Cricket Ground, Windhoek   United States by 2 runs
5th Match 21 April   Canada Davy Jacobs   Oman Zeeshan Maqsood Wanderers Affies Park, Windhoek   Oman by 99 runs
6th Match 21 April   Papua New Guinea Assad Vala   Hong Kong Anshuman Rath United Ground, Windhoek   Papua New Guinea by 3 wickets
7th Match 23 April   Hong Kong Anshuman Rath   Oman Zeeshan Maqsood Wanderers Cricket Ground, Windhoek   Oman by 7 wickets
8th Match 23 April   Papua New Guinea Assad Vala   United States Saurabh Netravalkar Wanderers Affies Park, Windhoek   United States by 10 wickets
9th Match 23 April   Namibia Gerhard Erasmus   Canada Davy Jacobs United Ground, Windhoek   Namibia by 98 runs
10th Match 24 April   Papua New Guinea Assad Vala   Canada Davy Jacobs Wanderers Cricket Ground, Windhoek   Canada by 3 wickets
11th Match 24 April   Namibia Gerhard Erasmus   Oman Zeeshan Maqsood Wanderers Affies Park, Windhoek   Oman by 4 wickets
12th Match 24 April   Hong Kong Anshuman Rath   United States Saurabh Netravalkar United Ground, Windhoek   United States by 84 runs
13th Match 26 April   Canada Davy Jacobs   United States Saurabh Netravalkar Wanderers Cricket Ground, Windhoek   Canada by 40 runs
14th Match 26 April   Namibia Gerhard Erasmus   Hong Kong Anshuman Rath Wanderers Affies Park, Windhoek   Namibia by 151 runs
15th Match 26 April   Papua New Guinea Assad Vala   Oman Khawar Ali United Ground, Windhoek   Papua New Guinea by 145 runs
Playoffs
5th-place 27 April   Hong Kong Anshuman Rath   Canada Nitish Kumar United Ground, Windhoek   Canada by 5 wickets
3rd-place (ODI 4126) 27 April   United States Saurabh Netravalkar   Papua New Guinea Assad Vala Wanderers Affies Park, Windhoek   Papua New Guinea by 5 wickets
Final (ODI 4125) 27 April   Oman Zeeshan Maqsood   Namibia Gerhard Erasmus Wanderers Cricket Ground, Windhoek   Namibia by 145 runs

Final standings

Pos Team Status
1st   Namibia Promoted to 2019–23 ICC Cricket World Cup League 2
2nd   Oman
3rd   Papua New Guinea
4th   United States
5th   Canada Relegated to ICC Cricket World Cup Challenge League
6th   Hong Kong

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Zimbabwe were scheduled to play India in March 2019, but the tour did not take place.

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