West Indies confirm a packed 2026 home season as Sri Lanka, New Zealand and Pakistan line up tours
Cricket West Indies has mapped out its home summer, confirming a 2026 season that runs from early June into August and brings Sri Lanka, New Zealand and Pakistan across the Caribbean. The schedule, announced on Thursday, squeezes a white-ball block, a five-match one-day series and four Tests into roughly two months, and it hands one venue a debut it has waited years for.
Sri Lanka open the season in Jamaica
The summer bowls off at Sabina Park, where Sri Lanka play three ODIs on June 3, 6 and 8 before a three-match T20I leg on June 11, 13 and 14. Both sides then travel to Antigua for a two-Test series at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, the first starting June 25 and the second July 3. It is a tour that asks West Indies to switch formats in a hurry, from the shorter games in Kingston to red-ball cricket in Antigua inside a fortnight.
New Zealand and a one-day series split two ways
New Zealand's visit is built around five ODIs, and the way they have been divided tells its own story. Guyana hosts the first three on July 11, 13 and 16, and Barbados takes the last two on July 19 and 21. CWI chief executive Chris Dehring said the board had talked to the Government of Guyana about the logistical load of staging all five, and that Guyana and Barbados then proposed sharing the matches between them. The Guyana National Stadium and Kensington Oval will both get a slice of the series rather than one ground carrying the lot.
Pakistan close it out, and Tarouba gets its Test
Pakistan finish the season in Trinidad with a two-Test series. The first, from July 25, will be the first men's international Test staged at the Brian Lara Cricket Academy in Tarouba, a ground that has hosted plenty of white-ball and franchise cricket but never the five-day game at this level. The second Test shifts to the Queen's Park Oval in Port of Spain from August 2, a venue with far deeper Test history behind it.
A fuller calendar than recent years
For a board that has spent recent seasons working around a thin home calendar and franchise-driven availability, a complete slate against three established sides reads as a statement of intent. The Tests against Sri Lanka and Pakistan also carry World Test Championship points, a competition in which West Indies have found wins hard to come by. Whether the results follow is another matter. For now the dates are set, and there is a steady run of international cricket heading to the Caribbean between June and August.
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