Twenty20 Tri-series announced
New Zealand and Australia will host England in a Twenty20 Tri-series next summer.
To be staged at the completion of the Ashes, each side will play each other twice in the round-robin stage, before the final is played at Eden Park on 21 February.
New Zealand will host three round-robin matches, facing England at Westpac Stadium and Seddon Park, and Australia at Eden Park.
Australia will also host three round-robin matches; one of them against the Black Caps at the Sydney Cricket Ground.
The Tri-series will take the place of the Chappell-Hadlee series, with the trans-Tasman trophy to go back on the line the following season.
New Zealand Cricket Chief Executive David White said the Tri Series initiative was a late addition to next summer’s programme and too good an opportunity to pass up.
White said: “To host matches against both England and Australia is an exciting development for New Zealand cricket fans.
“There is a lot of history – and a healthy rivalry between the three sides, and we expect the series to be well supported.”
White said that the future of the Chappell-Hadlee Series remains secure: “The Chappell Hadlee Series will resume in 2018-19 in New Zealand; will take a break in 2019-20 as scheduled, will return the following summer when New Zealand tours Australia, and in 2021-22 when Australia visits New Zealand.”
2017-18 T20 International Trans-Tasman Tri-Series
First T20I – Australia v New Zealand , SCG – 3 February 2018
Second T20I – Australia v England, Blundstone Arena – 7 February 2018
Third T20I – Australia v England, MCG – 10 February 2018
Fourth T20I – New Zealand England, Wellington Stadium – 14 February 2018
Fifth T20I – New Zealand v Australia, Eden Park – 16 February 2018
Sixth T20I – New Zealand v England, Seddon Park – 18 February 2018
Final – TBC, Eden Park – 21 February
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