The domestic schedule for Cricket Australia’s 2023–24 season is released.

The Women’s National Cricket League (WNCL) games, the Australia A tours, and the Sheffield Shield have all been added to Cricket Australia (CA) upcoming domestic schedule. Two four-day matches between Australia A and New Zealand A will take place in August and September and include a daytime and nighttime pink ball match.

In addition, CA has announced that Prime Minister XI will play a four-day match at Canberra’s Manuka Oval before the Pakistani team’s first Test begins on December 14 in Perth. Before Australia takes on Pakistan in the opening Test, the Sheffield Shield will run from October to March and consist of six rounds.

The Australian team competes in the ODI World Cup in India in October and November, and the Big Bash League (BBL)’s 13th season debuts on December 7. The timetable makes it quite clear that the Australian players, who have never played in a red-game ball game before, will face Pakistan in the first Test.

Cricket Women’s Cricket Australia will grow in the forthcoming schedule

In addition, CA will bring women’s cricket to prestigious venues, with South Australia hosting a WNCL match at the Adelaide Oval for the first time in 13 years. It is important to note that in the 2019 season, the Women’s BBL will also be contested in large stadiums like the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) and Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG).

However, both men’s and women’s tour games will also be included, according to Cricket Australia. Before the start of the three-test series, Pakistan’s men’s squad will play a tour game. In addition, the South Africa women’s team will take on the Governor Gereral’s XI before to their limited overs and Test matches, which begin on January 27.

In the end, the Marsh One-Day Cup, Australia’s limited overs 50-over competition, will continue to be an eight-game championship. In the first-class Sheffield Shield and Marsh Cup, Western Australia, the incumbent champion, will open their campaigns against Queensland on September 24 at Allan Border Field and Victoria on October 4 at WACA.