ICC Future Tours Programme

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The ICC Future Tours Programme (ICC FTP) is a schedule of international cricket tours and tournaments which structure the programme of cricket events for International Cricket Council (ICC) full members and associate members with One Day International (ODI) status, over a period of time.

The FTP schedules bilateral cricket tours with the objective of each team playing each other at least once at home and once away over a period of 10 years known as the "Ten Year Plan" since 2006. If the cricket boards of two individual countries reach an agreement, they can play more than two series. The FTP also schedules associate tri-nation series with the objective of each team playing each other at least once at home, once away and once at a neutral venue over a cycle of four years since 2019. If a team does not want to travel to a particular country for a bilateral or tri-nation series due to security reasons, then, by the mutual agreement of the respective boards, that series can be shifted to a neutral venue such as the United Arab Emirates or any other country where the facilities are deemed adequate.

Additionally, it has also scheduled ICC tournaments over a period of four years known as an "ICC Events cycle" since 2024. Each cycle consists of one men's Cricket World Cup, one women's Cricket World Cup, one ICC Champions Trophy, one ICC Women's Champions Trophy, two men's T20 World Cups and two women's T20 World Cups.

List of FTPs

• As of January 2025, four Men's Future Tours Programmes have been announced.

  1. The 2006–2012 Men's FTP was announced on 9 May 2006. It was the first Men's FTP to be released under the ICC's "Ten Year Plan" and featured 10 nations.
  2. The 2015–2019 Men's FTP was released on 30 November 2014, after the scheduling conflicts with the initial 2011–2020 Men's FTP draft were resolved and featured 10 nations.
  3. The 2018–2023 Men's FTP was announced on 20 June 2018 and featured 13 nations. Moreover, the ICC also granted T20I status to all then affiliate members promoting them as associate members with T20I status.
  4. The 2023–2027 Men's FTP was announced on 17 August 2022 and it consisted of over 770 matches between 13 nations.

• As of January 2025, two Women's Future Tours Programmes have been announced.

  1. The 2022–2025 Women's FTP was announced on 16 August 2022. It was the first Women's FTP and it consisted of over 300 matches between 10 nations.
  2. The 2025–2029 Women's FTP was announced on 4 November 2024 and it consisted of over 400 matches between 11 nations.

• As of January 2025, two Associate Men's Future Tours Programmes have been announced.

  1. The 2019–2023 Associate Men's FTP was announced on 7 May 2019 and featured the 7 nations participating in the 2019–2023 Cricket World Cup League 2. Due to the fixtures affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, a revised FTP was released on 4 March 2022.
  2. The 2024–2027 Associate Men's FTP was announced on 12 February 2024 and featured the 8 nations participating in the 2024–2026 Cricket World Cup League 2.

ICC Events cycle

• The 2024–2031 men's hosts cycle was announced on 16 November 2021, which included two events cycles (2024–2027 and 2028–2031).
• The 2024–2027 women's hosts cycle was announced on 26 July 2022, which included the 2024–2027 event cycle.

Tournaments summary

Men's tournaments

::data[format=table title="Tournaments included in the ICC Men's Future Tour Programme"] | FTP | Championship | ICC Events & Hosts | Other Events | Events cycle | Hosts cycle | 2006–2012 | 2012–2014 | 2015–2019 | 2015–2019 & 2018–2023 | 2018–2023 | 2023–2027 | scope="rowgroup" rowspan="5" | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | rowspan="6" | Oct – Nov 2006: Champions Trophy | Nov 2006: Afro-Asia Cup (later cancelled) | rowspan="6" colspan="2" | | | | | | | | | | | Mar – Apr 2007: Cricket World CupSep 2007: World Twenty20 | Jun 2007: Afro-Asia Cup | | | | | | | | | | | | | Sep 2008: Champions Trophy (later postponed to 2009) | Jun 2008: Asia Cup | | | | | | | | | | | | | Jun 2009: World Twenty20 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Apr 2010: World Twenty20 | Jun 2010: Asia Cup | | | | | | | | | | | | | Feb – Mar 2011: Cricket World Cup | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | rowspan="3" | Sep – Oct 2012: World Twenty20 Sri Lanka | Mar 2012: Asia Cup BangladeshOct 2012: CLT20 | rowspan="3" colspan="2" | | | | | | | | | | | Jun 2013: Champions Trophy England | Sep 2013: CLT20 | | | | | | | | | | | | | Mar –Apr 2014: World Twenty20 Bangladesh | Sep 2014: CLT20 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | rowspan="4" | 7 Feb – 29 Mar 2015: Cricket World Cup Australia & New Zealand | | rowspan="9" colspan="2" | | | | | | | | | | | 11 Mar – 3 Apr 2016: World Twenty20 India | Mar 2016: Asia Cup | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 – 19 Jun 2017: Champions Trophy England | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Jun 2018: Asia Cup | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2019–2021 WTC2020–2023 Super League | 30 May – 15 July 2019: Cricket World Cup England | | | | | | | | | | | | | Oct – Nov 2020: World Twenty20 (later postponed to 2022) | Sep 2020: Asia Cup (later cancelled) | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2021–2023 WTC2020–2023 Super League | Jun 2021: WTC FinalOct – Nov 2021: T20 World Cup | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Sep 2022: Asia Cup | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2023–2025 WTC | Jun 2023: WTC FinalJun – Jul 2023: CWC QualifierOct – Nov 2023: Cricket World Cup India | Sep 2023: Asia Cup | | | | | | | | | | | | Jun 2024: T20 World Cup West Indies & United States | | 2024–2027 | 2024–2031 | | | | | | | | | | | 2025–2027 WTC | Feb – Mar 2025: Champions Trophy PakistanJun 2025: WTC Final | Sep 2025: Asia Cup | | | | | | | | | | | | Feb – Mar 2026: T20 World Cup India & Sri Lanka | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2027–2029 WTC | 2027 WTC Final2027 Cricket World Cup South Africa, Zimbabwe & Namibia | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2028 Men's T20 World Cup Australia & New Zealand | | 2028–2031 | | | | | | | | | | | | 2029–2031 WTC | 2029 WTC Final2029 ICC Champions Trophy India | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2030 Men's T20 World Cup England, Wales, Ireland & Scotland | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2031 WTC Final2031 Cricket World Cup India & Bangladesh | | | | | | | | | | | | ::

Women's tournaments

::data[format=table title="Tournaments included in the ICC Women's Future Tour Programme"]

FTP	Championship	ICC Events & Hosts	Other Events	Events cycle	Hosts cycle	2022–2025	2025–2029	scope="row"
2022–2025	Jul – Aug 2022: Cricket World Cup	Oct 2022: Twenty20 Asia Cup	rowspan="2" colspan="2"
Feb 2023: T20 World Cup
South Africa
Sep – Oct 2024: T20 World Cup
Bangladesh
(later moved to UAE)		2024–2027	2024–2027
2025–2029	Oct 2025: Cricket World Cup
India
Jun – Jul 2026: T20 World Cup
England	Sep – Oct 2026: Twenty20 Asia Cup
Jun – Jul 2027: Champions Trophy
Sri Lanka
Sep 2028: T20 World Cup
Pakistan	Jun 2028: Twenty20 Asia Cup	2028–2031	rowspan="2"
	2029 Women's Cricket World Cup
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References

Notes

Citations

General references

• Men's FTPs 1. 1.
• Women's FTPs 1. 1.

• Associate Men's FTPs 1.

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