ICC ANNOUNCES MEN'S FUTURE TOUR PROGRAMME 2018-2023

The International Cricket Council, on behalf of its Members, today released the Future Tours Programme (FTP) from 2018-2023. The FTP includes fixtures for all three formats of the game.

As part of the newly released FTP, A World Test Championship is created along with a 13-team men’s ODI league in which 12 Test playing nations and the Netherlands, will participate.

As part of the 13-team ODI League, which will run from 1 May 2020 to 31 March 2022 , all the sides will play eight series over a two-year cycle on a home and away basis against mutually agreed opponents.

Afghanistan will start the ODI league fixtures when they host Ireland for a home series in January 2021 that will include one Test, three ODIs and three T20Is.

This league will serve as a qualification pathway for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023. India (as host) plus the seven highest-ranked sides in the ODI league as on 31 March 2022 will qualify directly for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023, while the bottom five sides will get a second chance to qualify through the ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier.

Afghanistan will play 13 Tests, 51 ODIs and 45 T20Is as part of the FTP 2018-2023 in which 7 tests, 26 ODIs and 23 T20Is will constitute Home matches. It shall be noted that these matches do not include the ones from ICC ODI and T20I tournaments as well as matches/series mutually agreed between ACB and other member boards.

The following table illustrates Afghanistan’s matches as part of FTP 2018-2023.

AFGHANISTAN FTP 2018 - 2023
Year	Month	Opponent	Home/Away	Test	ODIs	T20Is
2018	June	Bangladesh	Home			3
	August	Ireland	Away		3	3
	October	New Zealand	Home			2
2019	Feb/March	Ireland	Home	1	5	3
	August	Zimbabwe	Away	1	5	3
	Sep/Oct	Bangladesh	Away	1		2
	November	West Indies	Home	1	3	3
2020	Feb/March	Ireland	Home	1		3
	August	Ireland	Away	1		3
	November	Australia	Away	1
2021	Jan/Feb	Ireland	Home	1	3	3
	Feb/March	Zimbabwe	Home	2		3
	March	India	Away		3
	July/Aug	Sri Lanka	Away		3	3
	August	UAE	Home		2
	September	Pakistan	Home		3
	Dec/Jan	Zimbabwe	Away	1	3	2
2022	January	Netherlands	Home		3	3
	Feb/March	Bangladesh	Away		3	3
	March	Australia	Home		3
	July/Aug	Ireland	Away	1	3	3
	September	Australia	Home	1
2023	January	New Zealand	Home		3
	January	West Indies	Home		3
Total				13	51	45