New Zealand Summer of Cricket: How to watch on ICC.tv
The Black Caps will play Tests in New Zealand for the first time since winning the ICC World Test Championship when they take on Bangladesh and South Africa.
New Zealand Men will open the summer with two Tests against Bangladesh starting on New Year's Day at Bay Oval. The visitors will be aiming to claim their first Test victory in Aotearoa after nine consecutive losses across five tours.
Another two Tests against the Proteas in February could put the Black Caps in a strong early position in their ICC World Test Championship defence, but the home team will also need to find a way to beat South Africa in a Test series for the first time ever.
The White Ferns will get in on the action when they host India Women in one T20I and five ODIs during February.
These white ball matches will be an ideal warm up for both teams ahead of the ICC Women's Cricket World Cup that will be held in New Zealand from 4 March to 3 April 2022.
The entire NZ Summer of Cricket is available to stream on ICC.tv for just 4 Euros.
It is free to register on ICC.tv. Registered users in select regions can then subscribe on ICC.tv to stream every match of the NZ Summer of Cricket.
Every match will be available LIVE and on-demand as part of the NZ Summer of Cricket Pass.
Subscribers can watch the NZ Summer of Cricket on the ICC.tv website, ICC.tv mobile applications and on the Samsung TV app.
The NZ Summer of Cricket Pass will be available on ICC.tv for 4 Euros in the following regions:
Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Kyrgystan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vatican City
First Test: 1-5 January at Bay Oval, Tauranga
Second Test: 9-13 January at Hagley Oval, Christchurch
First T20I: 9 February at John Davies Oval, Queenstown
First ODI: 12 February at John Davies Oval, Queenstown
Second ODI: 15 February at John Davies Oval, Queenstown
Third ODI: 18 February at John Davies Oval, Queenstown
Fourth ODI: 22 February at John Davies Oval, Queenstown
Fifth ODI: 24 February at John Davies Oval, Queenstown
First Test: 17-21 February at Hagley Oval, Christchurch
Second Test: 25 February - 1 March at Hagley Oval, Christchurch
The Test series against Bangladesh and South Africa will be part of the current ICC World Test Championship cycle.
Under the new points system of the World Test Championship, each match is allotted a total of 12 points, irrespective of the length of the series. A win earns the victors 12 points, a tie is worth six points each, and a draw provides 3 points for each team.
To standardize the imbalance in the number of matches played, the standings of WTC 21-23 will be based on the percentage of available points accumulated.