Cricket events: what is decided in 2026, and what is still being played.

We use the ICC's and the national boards' own reports first, then established cricket media. Where a result rests on Wikipedia or on a search summary of a page we could not open, the page says so. Where sources disagree, such as on the venue of the 2027 World Test Championship final, we give each version and who says it. No prize money, salaries or other money figures appear on these pages.

Decided in 2026

Also finished in 2026, but with results not collected in our research: Australia's two Tests against Bangladesh in August, India's white-ball series against West Indies (27 September to 17 October), and Australia women against Bangladesh in October.

In progress on 22 October 2026 (no winner)

• South Africa v Australia Tests, 9 to 31 October 2026 (dates per Wikipedia). Australia won the first Test in Durban by 214 runs; the series is not decided. See major Test series.
• World Test Championship 2025-27. The final is set for The Oval, London, from 9 to 13 June 2027, per the ICC's announcement of 23 July 2026; an ICC "State of Play" article names Lord's instead. See World Test Championship.
• ICC Women's Championship 2025-29. The ODI league between Women's World Cups runs to 2029. See Women's ODI World Cup.

Upcoming

• WBBL|12: 29 October to 5 December 2026 (Cricket Australia). BBL|16: the 2026-27 summer, dates not confirmed in our research. See other leagues.
• Men's Cricket World Cup 2027: South Africa, Zimbabwe and Namibia, 2 October to 21 November 2027, final at the Wanderers, Johannesburg. See Men's ODI World Cup.
• LA28 Olympic cricket: men's and women's T20 events in Pomona, with qualification under way. See cricket at the Olympics.
• The 150th Anniversary Test: Australia v England, a day-night Test at the MCG, 11 to 15 March 2027. See major Test series.

Other titles decided recently

• Under-19 Men's Cricket World Cup 2026 (finished): India beat England by 100 runs in the final at Harare Sports Club on 6 February 2026, India's sixth Under-19 title (ICC; BCCI). The ICC reports Vaibhav Sooryavanshi's 175 from 80 balls, in India's 411 for 9, as the highest score in an Under-19 World Cup final (through a search summary).
• Men's Asia Cup 2025 (finished): an Asian Cricket Council event, not an ICC one. The final was India v Pakistan on 28 September 2025, as an ICC media release of 4 November 2025 names it, and India won it, according to an Asian Cricket Council headline. Neither source we use gives the venue or the margin, and whether the event was played as T20 internationals was not confirmed from an official page, so we give none of these.

Team rankings: the ICC's dated snapshot

ICC team rankings are rolling tables and are never final. We quote only the ICC's annual update of 11 May 2026, in which matches since May 2025 counted in full and those from the two years before at half weight.

Two rankings have consequences on fixed dates: the ICC Men's T20I rankings on 31 December 2026 decide the remaining automatic men's places at LA28, and the World Test Championship table decides the two finalists for June 2027.

What is in this section

Men's T20 World Cup

India's 2026 title, the 2022 and 2024 finals, and every winner since 2007.

Women's T20 World Cup

Australia's win at Lord's, the 2024 event moved to the UAE, and every winner since 2009.

Men's ODI World Cup

Every final since 1975 and the 2027 tournament in southern Africa.

Women's ODI World Cup

India's first title in 2025, the 1973 tournament that came before any men's World Cup, and the Women's Championship.

Champions Trophy

India's 2025 win in Dubai and the hybrid schedule with Pakistan.

World Test Championship

The 2025-27 cycle in progress, the disputed 2027 venue, and the 2023 and 2025 finals.

The Ashes

Australia's 4-1, the women's points series, and the disputed story of the urn.

Major Test series

Results from 2024 to 2026, South Africa v Australia in progress, and the 2026-27 fixtures.

IPL and WPL

RCB's 2026 double, IPL finals since 2023 and WPL winners by season.

The Hundred

The 2026 champions, the winners list with the old team names explained, and the 100-ball rules.

Other leagues

The Big Bash, the WBBL, SA20, the PSL, the CPL and Major League Cricket.

Domestic first-class

The County Championship, Sheffield Shield and Ranji Trophy, and the ICC's definition of first-class.

Cricket at the Olympics

LA28 format and qualification, plus the Commonwealth and Asian Games.

Watching cricket

Broadcasters only as the ICC and the boards announced them, each dated.

Related reading

How the formats are classified is on formats, and how the ICC came to run world events is on the ICC. The history of one-day and T20 cricket, and of the first Test and the Ashes, is in History.