Bangladesh will host South Africa, West Indies, Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe in home series as the International Cricket Council (ICC) on Monday gave significance to Test matches and bilateral rubbers while announcing women's cricket Future Tours Programme (FTP) for the 2025-29 cycle, according to ICC.
Bangladesh will also travel to India, Pakistan, England and Australia in this phase as each member nations are scheduled to play four series at home and abroad.
This cycle will consist of 11 teams, one more than other cycles. Zimbabwe will make their debut appearance in the ICC Women's Championship. This cycle is focused for the upcoming ICC Women's Cricket World Cup 2029.
Each team will compete against eight other teams, which will have four home and four away series. Across 44 series, a total of 132 ODI's will be played, with each series consisting of three matches.
In the maiden appearance at the tournament, Zimbabwe will host Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and South Africa and will travel to New Zealand, Sri Lanka, England and West Indies for away series.
The FTP comprises more than 400 matches with lower ranked teams to get more chances at World Cricket.
The upcoming FTP cycle will feature an ICC Women's tournament every year. The carnival begins with the ICC Women's Cricket World Cup in 2025, the ICC Women's T20 World Cup in 2026, the inaugural ICC Women's Champions Trophy in 2027 and the ICC Women's T20 World Cup in 2028.
"Members have also penciled in more Test matches this time, with Australia, England, India, South Africa and the West Indies all agreeing to play multi-format series that include ODIs and T20Is," said Wasim Khan, ICC General Manager of Cricket, in a media release.
"Australia will play the maximum such series two each against England, India and South Africa and one against the West Indies," he said.
The members have scheduled, by mutual agreement, tri-series as preparation for ICC events in this cycle.
