| International cricket |
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| in 2019–20 | in 2020–21 |
The 2020 international cricket season took place from May to September 2020. [1] [2] 15 Test matches, 49 One Day Internationals (ODIs) and 40 Twenty20 International (T20Is) were scheduled to be played during this period, as well as 8 Women's One Day Internationals (WODIs) and 9 Women's Twenty20 Internationals (WT20Is). Additionally, a number of other T20I/WT20I matches were also scheduled to be played in minor series involving associate nations. The season started with Australia leading the Test cricket rankings, England leading the ODI rankings and Australia leading the Twenty20 rankings. [3]
The COVID-19 pandemic continued to impact on international cricket fixtures. [4] Bangladesh's matches against Ireland were postponed on 21 March 2020. [5] On 24 March 2020, the International Cricket Council (ICC) confirmed that all ICC qualifying events scheduled to take place before 30 June 2020 had been postponed. [6] On 9 April 2020, Australia's tour to Bangladesh was postponed. [7] On 20 April 2020, South Africa's tour to Sri Lanka was also postponed. [8] On 22 April 2020, the Dutch government announced that it had banned all events in the country, both sports and cultural, until 1 September 2020. [9] Two days later, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) confirmed that no professional cricket would be played in England before 1 July 2020, with tours by the West Indies and India's women both being postponed. [10] On 12 May 2020, the ICC confirmed that the 2020 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier, scheduled to take place in Sri Lanka, had also been postponed. [11] The ICC announced that the qualifier had been moved back to 2021. [12] Two days later, Cricket Scotland and Cricket Ireland confirmed the cancellation of summer fixtures, including New Zealand's tour against both sides and Pakistan's visit to Ireland. [13] [14]
June and July saw further disruption to international cricket due to the pandemic. The ICC confirmed that the Scotland Tri-Nation Series and the Uganda Cricket World Cup Challenge League B tournament had both been postponed. [15] The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) confirmed that it had called off their tours to Zimbabwe and Sri Lanka. [16] Scotland's one-off T20I match against Australia was cancelled, [17] New Zealand's tour to Bangladesh to play two Test matches was postponed, [18] and Bangladesh's tour to Sri Lanka to play three Test matches were all postponed. [19] The latter was later rescheduled to be played in October 2020. [20] On 30 June, Cricket Australia confirmed that their planned home series against Zimbabwe had also been postponed due to the virus. [21] On 8 August 2020, Afghanistan's planned tour to Zimbabwe for five T20I matches was called off. [22] Also in August 2020, the Netherlands tour to Zimbabwe was postponed, [23] and India's tour to South Africa was cancelled due to a clash with the rescheduled 2020 Indian Premier League. [24] Finally, the last scheduled series to be cancelled was the South Africa women's tour to England, which was due to take place in September 2020. [25]
In June 2020, the ICC made several interim changes to the Playing Conditions due to the pandemic. A substitute could be used for any player showing symptoms of COVID-19, but only in a Test match. [26] Players were banned from using saliva to shine the ball, with five penalty runs being awarded to the opposition for repeated transgressions. [27] The requirement to use neutral match officials was temporarily lifted, along with an increase to the number of DRS reviews a team can use, due to having less experienced umpires in a match. [28]
International men's cricket started with the first Test between England and the West Indies on 8 July 2020, with the West Indies winning by four wickets. [29] New Zealand's tour of the West Indies, also scheduled to start on 8 July 2020, was postponed after it clashed with the rescheduling of the West Indies tour of England. [30] South Africa's tour of the West Indies was also postponed due to the rescheduling of the England-West Indies series. [31] Ireland's tour of England, originally scheduled in September, was brought forward to 30 July 2020, after the ECB gave the go ahead for the series. [32] The fixture was also the first match in the 2020–2023 ICC Cricket World Cup Super League tournament, with England beating Ireland by six wickets. [33] The ICC began the use of technology to monitor front-foot no-balls for all matches in the World Cup Super League. [34] The ICC also started to trial the technology for the first time in a Test match, during Pakistan's Test series against England. [35] Australia's tour to England, originally scheduled to take place in July, was moved back to September, following the rearranged series between England and Ireland. [36] The only women's international cricket to take place was a five-match WT20I series between England and the West Indies. England Women won all of the matches, the first time they had won a bilateral series 5–0. [37]
| Women's international tours | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start date | Home team | Away team | Results [Matches] | ||
| WTest | WODI | WT20I | |||
| 25 June 2020 [n 1] |  England |  India | — | [4] | [2] |
| 1 September 2020 [n 1] | England |  South Africa | — | [4] | [2] |
| 21 September 2020 | England |  West Indies | — | — | 5–0 [5] |
The following were the rankings at the beginning of the season.
| ICC Men's Test Team Rankings 1 May 2020 [38] [39] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Team | Matches | Points | Rating |
| 1 |  Australia | 26 | 3,028 | 116 |
| 2 |  New Zealand | 21 | 2,406 | 115 |
| 3 | India | 27 | 3,085 | 114 |
| 4 | England | 33 | 3,466 | 105 |
| 5 |  Sri Lanka | 27 | 2,454 | 91 |
| 6 | South Africa | 23 | 2,076 | 90 |
| 7 |  Pakistan | 16 | 1,372 | 86 |
| 8 | West Indies | 18 | 1,422 | 79 |
| 9 |  Afghanistan | 3 | 170 | 57 |
| 10 |  Bangladesh | 17 | 939 | 55 |
| 11 |  Zimbabwe | 8 | 144 | 18 |
| 12 |  Ireland | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ICC Men's ODI Team Rankings 1 May 2020 [38] [40] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Team | Matches | Points | Rating |
| 1 | England | 38 | 4,820 | 127 |
| 2 | India | 49 | 5,819 | 119 |
| 3 | New Zealand | 32 | 3,716 | 116 |
| 4 | South Africa | 31 | 3,345 | 108 |
| 5 | Australia | 33 | 3,518 | 107 |
| 6 | Pakistan | 32 | 3,254 | 102 |
| 7 | Bangladesh | 34 | 2,989 | 88 |
| 8 | Sri Lanka | 39 | 3,297 | 85 |
| 9 | West Indies | 43 | 3,285 | 76 |
| 10 | Afghanistan | 28 | 1,549 | 55 |
| 11 | Ireland | 21 | 1,039 | 49 |
| 12 |  Netherlands | 5 | 222 | 44 |
| 13 |  Oman | 12 | 479 | 40 |
| 14 | Zimbabwe | 24 | 935 | 39 |
| 15 |  Scotland | 16 | 419 | 26 |
| 16 |  Nepal | 9 | 161 | 18 |
| Only the top 16 teams are shown | ||||
| ICC Men's T20I Team Rankings 1 May 2020 [38] [41] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Team | Matches | Points | Rating |
| 1 | Australia | 19 | 5,285 | 278 |
| 2 | England | 17 | 4,564 | 268 |
| 3 | India | 35 | 9,319 | 266 |
| 4 | Pakistan | 21 | 5,470 | 260 |
| 5 | South Africa | 17 | 4,380 | 258 |
| 6 | New Zealand | 23 | 5,565 | 242 |
| 7 | Sri Lanka | 23 | 5,293 | 230 |
| 8 | Bangladesh | 20 | 4,583 | 229 |
| 9 | West Indies | 24 | 5,499 | 229 |
| 10 | Afghanistan | 17 | 3,882 | 228 |
| 11 | Zimbabwe | 18 | 3,442 | 191 |
| 12 | Ireland | 29 | 5,513 | 190 |
| 13 |  United Arab Emirates | 23 | 4,288 | 186 |
| 14 | Scotland | 17 | 3,096 | 182 |
| 15 | Nepal | 23 | 4,148 | 180 |
| 16 |  Papua New Guinea | 21 | 3,769 | 179 |
| Only the top 16 teams are shown | ||||
| ICC Women's ODI Rankings 1 May 2020 [42] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Team | Matches | Points | Rating |
| 1 | Australia | 26 | 3,945 | 152 |
| 2 | India | 30 | 3,747 | 125 |
| 3 | England | 29 | 3,568 | 123 |
| 4 | New Zealand | 26 | 2,533 | 110 |
| 5 | South Africa | 36 | 3,626 | 101 |
| 6 | West Indies | 24 | 1,979 | 82 |
| 7 | Pakistan | 25 | 1,835 | 73 |
| 8 | Sri Lanka | 22 | 1,208 | 55 |
| 9 | Bangladesh | 10 | 542 | 54 |
| 10 | Ireland | 6 | 110 | 18 |
| ICC Women's T20I Rankings 1 May 2020 [43] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Team | Matches | Points | Rating |
| 1 | Australia | 36 | 10,471 | 291 |
| 2 | England | 33 | 9,175 | 278 |
| 3 | New Zealand | 26 | 7,046 | 271 |
| 4 | India | 43 | 11,404 | 265 |
| 5 | South Africa | 32 | 7,881 | 246 |
| 6 | West Indies | 30 | 7,371 | 246 |
| 7 | Pakistan | 34 | 7,795 | 229 |
| 8 | Sri Lanka | 26 | 5,235 | 201 |
| 9 | Bangladesh | 33 | 6,344 | 192 |
| 10 | Ireland | 22 | 3,622 | 165 |
| 11 |  Thailand | 44 | 7,033 | 160 |
| 12 | Zimbabwe | 20 | 3,153 | 158 |
| 13 | Scotland | 19 | 2,759 | 145 |
| 14 | Nepal | 20 | 2,576 | 129 |
| 15 | Papua New Guinea | 23 | 2,894 | 126 |
| 16 | United Arab Emirates | 19 | 2,326 | 122 |
| Only the top 16 teams are shown | ||||
The following were the rankings at the beginning of the season.
| 2019–2021 ICC World Test Championship | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Team | Series | Points |
| 1 | India | 4 | 360 |
| 2 | Australia | 3 | 296 |
| 3 | New Zealand | 3 | 180 |
| 4 | England | 2 | 146 |
| 5 | Pakistan | 3 | 140 |
| 6 | Sri Lanka | 2 | 80 |
| 7 | South Africa | 2 | 24 |
| 8 | West Indies | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | Bangladesh | 2 | 0 |
| Full Table | |||
| 2017–20 ICC Women's Championship | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Team | Matches | Points |
| 1 | Australia | 18 | 34 |
| 2 | England | 21 | 29 |
| 3 | South Africa | 18 | 22 |
| 4 | India | 18 | 20 |
| 5 | Pakistan | 18 | 16 |
| 6 | New Zealand | 18 | 14 |
| 7 | West Indies | 21 | 13 |
| 8 | Sri Lanka | 18 | 2 |
| Full Table | |||
| 2019–2023 ICC Cricket World Cup League 2 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Team | Matches | Points |
| 1 | Oman | 10 | 16 |
| 2 |  United States | 12 | 12 |
| 3 | Scotland | 8 | 9 |
| 4 |  Namibia | 7 | 8 |
| 5 | United Arab Emirates | 7 | 7 |
| 6 | Nepal | 4 | 4 |
| 7 | Papua New Guinea | 8 | 0 |
| Full Table | |||
| 2019–22 ICC Cricket World Cup Challenge League | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| League A | |||
| Rank | Team | Matches | Points |
| 1 |  Canada | 5 | 8 |
| 2 |  Singapore | 5 | 8 |
| 3 |  Qatar | 5 | 6 |
| 4 |  Denmark | 5 | 4 |
| 5 |  Malaysia | 5 | 2 |
| 6 |  Vanuatu | 5 | 2 |
| Full Table | |||
| 2019–22 ICC Cricket World Cup Challenge League | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| League B | |||
| Rank | Team | Matches | Points |
| 1 |  Uganda | 5 | 10 |
| 2 |  Hong Kong | 5 | 7 |
| 3 |  Italy | 5 | 5 |
| 4 |  Jersey | 5 | 4 |
| 5 |  Kenya | 5 | 3 |
| 6 |  Bermuda | 5 | 1 |
| Full Table | |||
The tour was postponed in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, [44] and later rescheduled to take place in May 2022. [45]
| 2020–2023 ICC Cricket World Cup Super League – ODI series | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Date | Home captain | Away captain | Venue | Result | |||
| 1st ODI | 14 May | Stormont, Belfast | ||||||
| 2nd ODI | 16 May | Stormont, Belfast | ||||||
| 3rd ODI | 19 May | Stormont, Belfast | ||||||
| T20I series | ||||||||
| No. | Date | Home captain | Away captain | Venue | Result | |||
| [1st T20I] | 22 May | The Oval, London | ||||||
| [2nd T20I] | 24 May | County Ground, Chelmsford | ||||||
| [3rd T20I] | 27 May | County Ground, Bristol | ||||||
| [4th T20I] | 29 May | Edgbaston, Birmingham | ||||||
The ODI series was postponed in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [6]
| 2019–2023 ICC Cricket World Cup League 2 – Tri-series | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Date | Team 1 | Captain 1 | Team 2 | Captain 2 | Venue | Result | |
| [1st ODI] | 9 June | Amini Park, Port Moresby | ||||||
| [2nd ODI] | 10 June | Amini Park, Port Moresby | ||||||
| [3rd ODI] | 12 June | Amini Park, Port Moresby | ||||||
| [4th ODI] | 13 June | Amini Park, Port Moresby | ||||||
| [5th ODI] | 15 June | Amini Park, Port Moresby | ||||||
| [6th ODI] | 16 June | Amini Park, Port Moresby | ||||||
The tour was postponed in May 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [46]
| Only T20I | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Date | Home captain | Away captain | Venue | Result | |||
| Only T20I | 10 June | The Grange Club, Edinburgh | ||||||
| Only ODI | ||||||||
| No. | Date | Home captain | Away captain | Venue | Result | |||
| Only ODI | 12 June | The Grange Club, Edinburgh | ||||||
The tour was postponed in April 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [47]
| 2019–2021 ICC World Test Championship – Test series | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Date | Home captain | Away captain | Venue | Result | |||
| 1st Test | 11–15 June | Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong | ||||||
| 2nd Test | 19–23 June | Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka | ||||||
The match was postponed in April 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [48]
| Only T20I | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Date | Home captain | Away captain | Venue | Result | |||
| Only T20I | 15 June | Hazelaarweg Stadion, Rotterdam | ||||||
The series was postponed in April 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [49]
The tour was postponed in May 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [50]
| T20I series | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Date | Home captain | Away captain | Venue | Result | |||
| 1st T20I | 19 June | Bready Cricket Club Ground, Magheramason | ||||||
| 2nd T20I | 21 June | Bready Cricket Club Ground, Magheramason | ||||||
| 3rd T20I | 23 June | Bready Cricket Club Ground, Magheramason | ||||||
| 2020–2023 ICC Cricket World Cup Super League – ODI series | ||||||||
| No. | Date | Home captain | Away captain | Venue | Result | |||
| 1st ODI | 27 June | Stormont, Belfast | ||||||
| 2nd ODI | 30 June | Stormont, Belfast | ||||||
| 3rd ODI | 2 July | Stormont, Belfast | ||||||
The tour was postponed in April 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [51]
| WT20I series | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Date | Home captain | Away captain | Venue | Result | |||
| [1st WT20I] | 25 June | County Ground, Taunton | ||||||
| [2nd WT20I] | 27 June | Bristol County Ground, Bristol | ||||||
| WODI series | ||||||||
| No. | Date | Home captain | Away captain | Venue | Result | |||
| [1st WODI] | 1 July | New Road, Worcester | ||||||
| [2nd WODI] | 4 July | County Cricket Ground, Chelmsford | ||||||
| [3rd WODI] | 6 July | St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury | ||||||
| [4th WODI] | 9 July | County Cricket Ground, Hove | ||||||
The tour was postponed in April 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [52] It was rescheduled in July 2021, to take place in September 2021. [53]
| 2020–2023 ICC Cricket World Cup Super League – ODI series | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Date | Home captain | Away captain | Venue | Result | |||
| [1st ODI] | ||||||||
| [2nd ODI] | ||||||||
| [3rd ODI] | ||||||||
| T20I series | ||||||||
| No. | Date | Home captain | Away captain | Venue | Result | |||
| [1st T20I] | ||||||||
| [2nd T20I] | ||||||||
| [3rd T20I] | ||||||||
The match was cancelled in June 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [54]
| Only T20I | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Date | Home captain | Away captain | Venue | Result | |||
| Only T20I | 29 June | The Grange Club, Edinburgh | ||||||
The tour was postponed in April 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [55]
| 2020–2023 ICC Cricket World Cup Super League – ODI series | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Date | Home captain | Away captain | Venue | Result | |||
| 1st ODI | 4 July | VRA Cricket Ground, Amstelveen | ||||||
| 2nd ODI | 7 July | VRA Cricket Ground, Amstelveen | ||||||
| 3rd ODI | 9 July | VRA Cricket Ground, Amstelveen | ||||||
The ODI series was postponed in June 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [56]
| 2019–2023 ICC Cricket World Cup League 2 – Tri-series | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Date | Team 1 | Captain 1 | Team 2 | Captain 2 | Venue | Result | |
| [1st ODI] | 4 July | |||||||
| [2nd ODI] | 5 July | |||||||
| [3rd ODI] | 7 July | |||||||
| [4th ODI] | 8 July | |||||||
| [5th ODI] | 10 July | |||||||
| [6th ODI] | 11 July | |||||||
The tour was postponed in April 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [57] In June 2020, a revised schedule was confirmed. The Test matches took place at the Rose Bowl and Old Trafford in July 2020. [58]
| 2019–2021 ICC World Test Championship – Test series | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Date | Home captain | Away captain | Venue | Result | |||
| Test 2388 | 8–12 July | Ben Stokes | Jason Holder | Rose Bowl, Southampton | West Indies by 4 wickets | |||
| Test 2389 | 16–20 July | Joe Root | Jason Holder | Old Trafford, Manchester | England by 113 runs | |||
| Test 2390 | 24–28 July | Joe Root | Jason Holder | Old Trafford, Manchester | England by 269 runs | |||
The tour was postponed due to a fixture clash following the rescheduling of the West Indies tour to England. [59]
| 2020–2023 ICC Cricket World Cup Super League – ODI series | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Date | Home captain | Away captain | Venue | Result | |||
| 1st ODI | 8 July | Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, Antigua | ||||||
| 2nd ODI | 10 July | Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, Antigua | ||||||
| 3rd ODI | 13 July | Windsor Park, Dominica | ||||||
| T20I series | ||||||||
| No. | Date | Home captain | Away captain | Venue | Result | |||
| 1st T20I | 15 July | Windsor Park, Dominica | ||||||
| 2nd T20I | 18 July | Guyana National Stadium, Guyana | ||||||
| 3rd T20I | 19 July | Guyana National Stadium, Guyana | ||||||
The tour was postponed in May 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, [50] with the fixtures rescheduled for the following year. [60]
| T20I series | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Date | Home captain | Away captain | Venue | Result | |||
| 1st T20I | 12 July | The Village, Dublin | ||||||
| 2nd T20I | 14 July | The Village, Dublin | ||||||
The tour was postponed due to a fixture clash following the rescheduling of the West Indies tour to England, [61] and was rescheduled for June 2021. [62]
| 2019–2021 ICC World Test Championship – Test series | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Date | Home captain | Away captain | Venue | Result | |||
| 1st Test | 23–27 July | Queen's Park Oval, Trinidad and Tobago | ||||||
| 2nd Test | 31 July – 4 August | Daren Sammy Cricket Ground, Saint Lucia | ||||||
| T20I series | ||||||||
| No. | Date | Home captain | Away captain | Venue | Result | |||
| 1st T20I | 8 August | Central Broward Regional Park, Lauderhill | ||||||
| 2nd T20I | 9 August | Central Broward Regional Park, Lauderhill | ||||||
| 3rd T20I | 12 August | Sabina Park, Jamaica | ||||||
| 4th T20I | 15 August | Sabina Park, Jamaica | ||||||
| 5th T20I | 16 August | Sabina Park, Jamaica | ||||||
The tour was postponed in April 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, [63] and was rescheduled for June 2022. [64]
| 2020–2023 ICC Cricket World Cup Super League – ODI series | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Date | Home captain | Away captain | Venue | Result | |||
| [1st ODI] | ||||||||
| [2nd ODI] | ||||||||
| [3rd ODI] | ||||||||
| 2020–2023 ICC Cricket World Cup Super League – ODI series | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Date | Home captain | Away captain | Venue | Result | |||
| ODI 4256 | 30 July | Eoin Morgan | Andrew Balbirnie | Rose Bowl, Southampton | England by 6 wickets | |||
| ODI 4257 | 1 August | Eoin Morgan | Andrew Balbirnie | Rose Bowl, Southampton | England by 4 wickets | |||
| ODI 4258 | 4 August | Eoin Morgan | Andrew Balbirnie | Rose Bowl, Southampton | Ireland by 7 wickets | |||
The tour was postponed in August 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [65]
| T20I series | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Date | Home captain | Away captain | Venue | Result | |||
| [1st T20I] | ||||||||
| [2nd T20I] | ||||||||
| [3rd T20I] | ||||||||
| [4th T20I] | ||||||||
| [5th T20I] | ||||||||
The List A series was postponed in June 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [66]
| 2019–2021 ICC World Test Championship – Test series | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Date | Home captain | Away captain | Venue | Result | |||
| Test 2391 | 5–9 August | Joe Root | Azhar Ali | Old Trafford, Manchester | England by 3 wickets | |||
| Test 2392 | 13–17 August | Joe Root | Azhar Ali | Rose Bowl, Southampton | Match drawn | |||
| Test 2393 | 21–25 August | Joe Root | Azhar Ali | Rose Bowl, Southampton | Match drawn | |||
| T20I series | ||||||||
| No. | Date | Home captain | Away captain | Venue | Result | |||
| T20I 1087 | 28 August | Eoin Morgan | Babar Azam | Old Trafford, Manchester | No result | |||
| T20I 1093 | 30 August | Eoin Morgan | Babar Azam | Old Trafford, Manchester | England by 5 wickets | |||
| T20I 1094 | 1 September | Eoin Morgan | Babar Azam | Old Trafford, Manchester | Pakistan by 5 runs | |||
The tour was postponed in June 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [67]
| 2020–2023 ICC Cricket World Cup Super League – ODI series | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Date | Home captain | Away captain | Venue | Result | |||
| 1st ODI | 9 August | |||||||
| 2nd ODI | 12 August | |||||||
| 3rd ODI | 15 August | Riverway Stadium, Townsville | ||||||
The tour was postponed in June 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [68]
| 2019–2021 ICC World Test Championship – Test series | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Date | Home captain | Away captain | Venue | Result | |||
| [1st Test] | ||||||||
| [2nd Test] | ||||||||
The tour was postponed in August 2020 due to a fixture clash with the rescheduled 2020 Indian Premier League. [69]
| T20I series | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Date | Home captain | Away captain | Venue | Result | |||
| [1st T20I] | ||||||||
| [2nd T20I] | ||||||||
| [3rd T20I] | ||||||||
The tour was postponed in June 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [70]
| 2020–2023 ICC Cricket World Cup Super League – ODI series | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Date | Home captain | Away captain | Venue | Result | |||
| [1st ODI] | ||||||||
| [2nd ODI] | ||||||||
| [3rd ODI] | ||||||||
The tour was postponed in June 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, [70] and was rescheduled for July 2021. [71]
| 2020–2023 ICC Cricket World Cup Super League – ODI series | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Date | Home captain | Away captain | Venue | Result | |||
| [1st ODI] | ||||||||
| [2nd ODI] | ||||||||
| [3rd ODI] | ||||||||
| T20I series | ||||||||
| No. | Date | Home captain | Away captain | Venue | Result | |||
| [1st T20I] | ||||||||
| [2nd T20I] | ||||||||
| [3rd T20I] | ||||||||
The tour was postponed in August 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [72]
| WT20I series | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Date | Home captain | Away captain | Venue | Result | |||
| [1st WT20I] | 1 September | County Cricket Ground, Derby | ||||||
| [2nd WT20I] | 4 September | County Cricket Ground, Derby | ||||||
| WODI series | ||||||||
| No. | Date | Home captain | Away captain | Venue | Result | |||
| [1st WODI] | 8 September | County Cricket Ground, Derby | ||||||
| [2nd WODI] | 11 September | County Cricket Ground, Derby | ||||||
| [3rd WODI] | 13 September | County Cricket Ground, Derby | ||||||
| [4th WODI] | 16 September | County Cricket Ground, Derby | ||||||
| T20I series | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Date | Home captain | Away captain | Venue | Result | |||
| T20I 1095 | 4 September | Eoin Morgan | Aaron Finch | Rose Bowl, Southampton | England by 2 runs | |||
| T20I 1096 | 6 September | Eoin Morgan | Aaron Finch | Rose Bowl, Southampton | England by 6 wickets | |||
| T20I 1097 | 8 September | Moeen Ali | Aaron Finch | Rose Bowl, Southampton | Australia by 5 wickets | |||
| 2020–2023 ICC Cricket World Cup Super League – ODI series | ||||||||
| No. | Date | Home captain | Away captain | Venue | Result | |||
| ODI 4259 | 11 September | Eoin Morgan | Aaron Finch | Old Trafford, Manchester | Australia by 19 runs | |||
| ODI 4260 | 13 September | Eoin Morgan | Aaron Finch | Old Trafford, Manchester | England by 24 runs | |||
| ODI 4261 | 16 September | Eoin Morgan | Aaron Finch | Old Trafford, Manchester | Australia by 3 wickets | |||
The tour was postponed in August 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [73]
| 2020–2023 ICC Cricket World Cup Super League – ODI series | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Date | Home captain | Away captain | Venue | Result | |||
| [1st ODI] | 9 September | Harare Sports Club, Harare | ||||||
| [2nd ODI] | 11 September | Harare Sports Club, Harare | ||||||
| [3rd ODI] | 13 September | Harare Sports Club, Harare | ||||||
| WT20I series | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Date | Home captain | Away captain | Venue | Result | |||
| WT20I 872 | 21 September | Heather Knight | Stafanie Taylor | County Cricket Ground, Derby | England by 47 runs | |||
| WT20I 873 | 23 September | Heather Knight | Stafanie Taylor | County Cricket Ground, Derby | England by 47 runs | |||
| WT20I 875 | 26 September | Heather Knight | Stafanie Taylor | County Cricket Ground, Derby | England by 20 runs | |||
| WT20I 877 | 28 September | Heather Knight | Stafanie Taylor | County Cricket Ground, Derby | England by 44 runs | |||
| WT20I 879 | 30 September | Heather Knight | Stafanie Taylor | County Cricket Ground, Derby | England by 3 wickets | |||
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