Mark your calendar: Aussies set for a blockbuster 2025

31 Dec 2025 Mrinal Asija

Every bilateral series and ICC event for Australia's senior men's and women's teams for the next 12 months, as laid out in the Future Tours Program

2024 can be described as a year of transition for Australian cricket and it has set the tone for a big 2025.

While a senior ICC trophy was not to be found, the men's team will end the year as the No.1 ranked Test side, while the women continue to maintain their stronghold over the top rank in both limited overs formats.

What will please the Aussies more is the comfort of knowing that the future looks bright. Annabel Sutherland, still just 23 years of age, established herself as a leading allrounder in world cricket with multiple match-winning efforts across formats, including a Test double-ton. Meanwhile, Georgia Voll and Sam Konstas left a mark in their first showings.

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What lies ahead is a bumper year, with two Ashes series and potentially three ICC tournaments to fight for. Both Aussie men and women will be aiming to not just retain the coveted Ashes trophy, but win it fair and square in front of home support.

The women will be engaged in the iconic rivalry in January, playing a point-based muti-format series against England that will feature the first-ever day-night Test at the MCG.

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That will be their only outing on home soil for the year, as they embark on a long tour of India on the other side of winter, where a bilateral ODI series will precede the 50-over World Cup which they will aim to retain. With a window allotted to India's Women's Premier League early in the year in the latest ICC women's Future Tours Program (FTP), Australia's marquee home series will be shifted to a February-March timeslot.

The men will follow the final Border-Gavaskar Trophy series Test with a red ball tour of Sri Lanka. From there, they will make a short trip to Pakistan for the Champions Trophy, which makes a return after eight years.

The side could also have an opportunity to defend their World Test Championship Title if they qualify for the Final to be played at Lord's in June.

After the Border-Gavaskar Trophy series of 2024 that has seen many attendance records break, another blockbuster Test summer awaits with the five-match Ashes series lined up for 2025-26.

The final dates for a number of series and tournaments are yet to be announced, but here's a rundown of how the international cricket calendar is shaping up for Aussie men and women.