International cricket in 2016

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Season overview

International tours
Start date	Home team	Away team	Results [Matches]
Start date	Home team	Away team	Test	ODI	T20I
19 May 2016	England	Sri Lanka	[3]	[5]	[1]
11 June 2016	Zimbabwe	India	—	[3]	[3]
16 June 2016	Ireland	Sri Lanka	—	[2]	—
4 July 2016	Scotland	Afghanistan	—	[2]	—
10 July 2016	Ireland	Afghanistan	—	[5]	—
14 July 2016	England	Pakistan	[4]	[5]	[1]
July 2016	West Indies	India	[4]	—	—
26 July 2016	Sri Lanka	Australia	[3]	[5]	[2]
July 2016	Zimbabwe	New Zealand	[2]	—	—
August 2016	India	Bangladesh	[1]	—	—
18 August 2016	Ireland	Pakistan	—	[2]	—
19 August 2016	South Africa	New Zealand	[2]	—	—
Minor tours
Start date	Home team	Away team	Results [Matches]
Start date	Home team	Away team	FC	ODI/LA	T20I/T20
28 May 2016	PNG	Kenya	—	2–0 [2]	—
29 July 2016	Netherlands	Afghanistan	[1]	—	—
9 August 2016	Scotland	UAE	[1]	[2]	—
13 August 2016	Netherlands	Nepal	—	[2]	—
30 August 2016	Ireland	Hong Kong	[1]	—	[2]
International women tours
Start date	Home team	Away team	Results [Matches]
Start date	Home team	Away team	WTest	WODI	WT20I
20 June 2016	England	Pakistan	—	[3]	[3]
24 July 2016	Ireland	South Africa	—	[4]	[3]
International tournaments
Start date	Tournament			Winners
3 June 2016	2016 West Indies Tri-Series
Minor tournaments
Start date	Tournament			Winners
21 May 2016	2016 ICC World Cricket League Division Five			Jersey

Rankings

The following are the rankings at the beginning of the season.

ICC Test Championship 3 May 2016^[2]
Rank	Team	Matches	Points	Rating
1	Australia	32	3765	118
2	India	20	2238	112
3	Pakistan	20	2227	111
4	England	32	3370	105
5	New Zealand	25	2449	98
6	South Africa	22	2015	92
7	Sri Lanka	24	2113	88
8	West Indies	21	1374	65
9	Bangladesh	12	687	57
10	Zimbabwe	4	48	12

ICC ODI Championship 4 May 2016^[3]
Rank	Team	Matches	Points	Rating
1	Australia	34	4226	124
2	New Zealand	41	4631	113
3	South Africa	41	4575	112
4	India	45	4919	109
5	Sri Lanka	45	4698	104
6	England	42	4324	103
7	Bangladesh	24	2347	98
8	West Indies	23	2033	88
9	Pakistan	42	3644	87
10	Afghanistan	19	961	51
11	Zimbabwe	43	2033	47
12	Ireland	11	467	42

ICC T20I Championship 4 May 2016^[4]
Rank	Team	Matches	Points	Rating
1	New Zealand	20	2635	132
2	India	22	2894	132
3	West Indies	18	2192	122
4	South Africa	23	2734	119
5	England	20	2279	114
6	Australia	19	2099	110
7	Pakistan	28	2924	104
8	Sri Lanka	25	2444	98
9	Afghanistan	22	1725	78
10	Bangladesh	23	1708	74
11	Netherlands	10	667	67
12	Zimbabwe	19	1105	58
13	Scotland	11	622	57
14	United Arab Emirates	14	757	54
15	Ireland	11	526	48
16	Oman	12	442	37
17	Hong Kong	15	440	29
Insufficient matches
	Papua New Guinea	5	—	44

ICC Women's Rankings 17 April 2016^[5]
Rank	Team	Matches	Points	Rating
1	Australia	59	7524	128
2	England	50	6161	123
3	New Zealand	56	6424	115
4	India	45	4827	107
5	West Indies	60	6263	104
6	South Africa	56	5190	93
7	Pakistan	51	4145	81
8	Sri Lanka	55	3922	71
9	Bangladesh	22	985	45
10	Ireland	20	573	29

May

Sri Lanka in England

Test series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
Test 2203	19–23 May	Alastair Cook	Angelo Mathews	Headingley Stadium, Leeds	England by an innings and 88 runs
Test 2204	27–31 May	Alastair Cook	Angelo Mathews	Riverside Ground, Durham	England by 9 wickets
3rd Test	9–13 June	Alastair Cook	Angelo Mathews	Lord's Cricket Ground, London
ODI series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
1st ODI	21 June			Trent Bridge, Nottingham
2nd ODI	24 June			Edgbaston Cricket Ground, Birmingham
3rd ODI	26 June			Bristol County Ground, Bristol
4th ODI	29 June			The Oval, London
5th ODI	2 July			Sophia Gardens, Cardiff
T20I series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
1st T20I	5 July			Rose Bowl, Southampton

2016 ICC World Cricket League Division Five

Group stage
No.	Date	Team 1	Captain 1	Team 2	Captain 2	Venue	Result
Match 1	21 May	Jersey	Peter Gough	Oman	Ajay Lalcheta	Grainville Cricket Ground, Saint Saviour	No result
Match 2	21 May	Nigeria	Kunle Adegbola	Tanzania	Shaheed Dhanani	Farmers Cricket Club Ground, Saint Martin	Nigeria by 6 wickets
Match 3	21 May	Guernsey	Jamie Nussbaumer	Vanuatu	Andrew Mansale	FB Playing Fields, Saint Clement	Guernsey by 5 runs (D/L)
Match 4	22 May	Jersey	Peter Gough	Vanuatu	Andrew Mansale	Grainville Cricket Ground, Saint Saviour	Jersey by 102 runs
Match 5	22 May	Guernsey	Jamie Nussbaumer	Tanzania	Shaheed Dhanani	Farmers Cricket Club Ground, Saint Martin	Guernsey by 8 wickets
Match 6	22 May	Nigeria	Kunle Adegbola	Oman	Ajay Lalcheta	FB Playing Fields, Saint Clement	Oman by 181 runs
Match 7	23 May	Jersey	Peter Gough	Oman	Ajay Lalcheta	Grainville Cricket Ground, Saint Saviour	Oman by 58 runs
Match 8	24 May	Jersey	Peter Gough	Tanzania	Shaheed Dhanani	FB Playing Fields, Saint Clement	Jersey by 85 runs
Match 9	24 May	Guernsey	Jamie Nussbaumer	Nigeria	Kunle Adegbola	Grainville Cricket Ground, Saint Saviour	Guernsey by 10 wickets
Match 10	24 May	Oman	Ajay Lalcheta	Vanuatu	Andrew Mansale	Farmers Cricket Club Ground, Saint Martin	Oman by 9 wickets
Match 11	25 May	Oman	Ajay Lalcheta	Tanzania	Shaheed Dhanani	Grainville Cricket Ground, Saint Saviour	Oman by 9 wickets
Match 12	25 May	Jersey	Peter Gough	Guernsey	Jamie Nussbaumer	Farmers Cricket Club Ground, Saint Martin	Jersey by 7 wickets
Match 13	25 May	Nigeria	Kunle Adegbola	Vanuatu	Andrew Mansale	FB Playing Fields, Saint Clement	Vanuatu by 110 runs
Match 14	27 May	Tanzania	Shaheed Dhanani	Vanuatu	Andrew Mansale	Grainville Cricket Ground, Saint Saviour	Tanzania by 7 wickets
Match 15	27 May	Jersey	Peter Gough	Nigeria	Kunle Adegbola	Farmers Cricket Club Ground, Saint Martin	Jersey by 10 wickets
Match 16	27 May	Guernsey	Ben Ferbrache	Oman	Ajay Lalcheta	FB Playing Fields, Saint Clement	Oman by 2 wickets
Playoffs
Match 17	28 May	Nigeria	Kunle Adegbola	Tanzania	Shaheed Dhanani	FB Playing Fields, Saint Clement	Tanzania by 1 wicket
Match 18	28 May	Guernsey	Ben Ferbrache	Vanuatu	Andrew Mansale	Farmers Cricket Club Ground, Saint Martin	Guernsey by 19 runs
Match 19	28 May	Jersey	Peter Gough	Oman	Ajay Lalcheta	Grainville Cricket Ground, Saint Saviour	Jersey by 44 runs

Final standings

Pos	Team	Status
1st	Jersey	Promoted to 2016 ICC World Cricket League Division Four
2nd	Oman	Promoted to 2016 ICC World Cricket League Division Four
3rd	Guernsey	Remained in Division Five
4th	Vanuatu	Relegated to regional tournaments
5th	Tanzania
6th	Nigeria

Kenya in Papua New Guinea

2015–17 ICC World Cricket League Championship - List A series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
1st List A	28 May	Jack Vare	Rakep Patel	Amini Park, Port Moresby	Papua New Guinea by 6 wickets
2nd List A	30 May	Jack Vare	Rakep Patel	Amini Park, Port Moresby	Papua New Guinea by 21 runs

June

2016 West Indies Tri-Series

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	NR	BP	Pts	NRR
1	Australia
2	South Africa
3	West Indies

Group stage
No.	Date	Team 1	Captain 1	Team 2	Captain 2	Venue	Result
1st ODI	3 June	West Indies	Jason Holder	South Africa	AB de Villiers	Providence Stadium, Georgetown
2nd ODI	5 June	West Indies	Jason Holder	Australia	Steve Smith	Providence Stadium, Georgetown
3rd ODI	7 June	Australia	Steve Smith	South Africa	AB de Villiers	Providence Stadium, Georgetown
4th ODI	11 June	Australia	Steve Smith	South Africa	AB de Villiers	Warner Park, Basseterre
5th ODI	13 June	West Indies	Jason Holder	Australia	Steve Smith	Warner Park, Basseterre
6th ODI	15 June	West Indies	Jason Holder	South Africa	AB de Villiers	Warner Park, Basseterre
7th ODI	19 June	Australia	Steve Smith	South Africa	AB de Villiers	Kensington Oval, Bridgetown
8th ODI	21 June	West Indies	Jason Holder	Australia	Steve Smith	Kensington Oval, Bridgetown
9th ODI	24 June	West Indies	Jason Holder	South Africa	AB de Villiers	Kensington Oval, Bridgetown
Final
Final	26 June					Kensington Oval, Bridgetown

India in Zimbabwe

ODI series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
1st ODI	11 June		MS Dhoni	Harare Sports Club, Harare
2nd ODI	13 June		MS Dhoni	Harare Sports Club, Harare
3rd ODI	15 June		MS Dhoni	Harare Sports Club, Harare
T20I series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
1st T20I	18 June		MS Dhoni	Harare Sports Club, Harare
2nd T20I	20 June		MS Dhoni	Harare Sports Club, Harare
3rd T20I	22 June		MS Dhoni	Harare Sports Club, Harare

Sri Lanka in Ireland

ODI series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
1st ODI	16 June			Malahide Cricket Club Ground, Dublin
2nd ODI	18 June			Malahide Cricket Club Ground, Dublin

Pakistan Women in England

2014–16 ICC Women's Championship - WODI series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
1st WODI	20 June			Grace Road, Leicester
2nd WODI	22 June			New Road, Worcester
3rd WODI	27 June			County Ground, Taunton
WT20I series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
1st WT20I	3 July			Bristol County Ground, Bristol
2nd WT20I	5 July			Rose Bowl, Southampton
3rd WT20I	7 July			County Cricket Ground, Chelmsford

July

Afghanistan in Scotland

ODI series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
1st ODI	4 July			Grange Cricket Club Ground, Edinburgh
2nd ODI	6 July			Grange Cricket Club Ground, Edinburgh

Afghanistan in Ireland

ODI series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
1st ODI	10 July			Stormont, Belfast
2nd ODI	12 July			Stormont, Belfast
3rd ODI	14 July			Stormont, Belfast
4th ODI	17 July			Stormont, Belfast
5th ODI	19 July			Stormont, Belfast

Pakistan in England

Test series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
1st Test	14–18 July			Lord's Cricket Ground, London
2nd Test	22–26 July			Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester
3rd Test	3–7 August			Edgbaston Cricket Ground, Birmingham
4th Test	11–15 August			The Oval, London
ODI series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
1st ODI	24 August			Rose Bowl, Southampton
2nd ODI	27 August			Lord's Cricket Ground, London
3rd ODI	30 August			Trent Bridge, Nottingham
4th ODI	1 September			Headingley Stadium, Leeds
5th ODI	4 September			Sophia Gardens, Cardiff
T20I series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
1st T20I	7 September			Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester

South Africa Women in Ireland

WODI series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
1st WODI
2nd WODI
3rd WODI
4th WODI
WT20I series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
1st WT20I
2nd WT20I
3rd WT20I

India in West Indies

Test series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
1st Test			Virat Kohli	Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound
2nd Test			Virat Kohli	Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet
3rd Test			Virat Kohli	Sabina Park, Kingston
4th Test			Virat Kohli	Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain

Australia in Sri Lanka

2016 Warne–Muralidaran Trophy - Test series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
1st Test	26–30 July		Steve Smith	Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy
2nd Test	4–8 August		Steve Smith	Galle International Stadium, Galle
3rd Test	13–17 August		Steve Smith	Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo
ODI series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
1st ODI	21 August			R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
2nd ODI	24 August			R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
3rd ODI	28 August			Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla
4th ODI	31 August			Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla
5th ODI	4 September			Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy
T20I series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
1st T20I	6 September			Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy
2nd T20I	9 September			R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo

New Zealand in Zimbabwe

Test series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
1st Test
2nd Test

Afghanistan in Netherlands

2015–17 ICC Intercontinental Cup - FC series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
First-class	29 July–1 August			Sportpark Westvliet, Voorburg

August

United Arab Emirates in Scotland

2015–17 ICC Intercontinental Cup - FC series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
First-class	9–12 August			Mannofield Park, Aberdeen
2015–17 ICC World Cricket League Championship - ODI series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
1st ODI	14 August		Ahmed Raza	Mannofield Park, Aberdeen
2nd ODI	16 August		Ahmed Raza	Mannofield Park, Aberdeen

Nepal in Netherlands

2015–17 ICC World Cricket League Championship - List A series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
1st List A	13 August			VRA Cricket Ground, Amstelveen
2nd List A	15 August			VRA Cricket Ground, Amstelveen

Pakistan in Ireland

ODI series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
1st ODI	18 August			Malahide Cricket Club Ground, Dublin
2nd ODI	20 August			Malahide Cricket Club Ground, Dublin

New Zealand in South Africa

Test series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
1st Test	19–23 August			Kingsmead, Durban
2nd Test	27–31 August			SuperSport Park, Centurion

Hong Kong in Ireland

2015–17 ICC Intercontinental Cup - FC series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
First-class	30 August–2 September			Stormont, Belfast
T20I series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
1st T20I	5 September			Bready Cricket Club Ground, Bready
2nd T20I	6 September			Bready Cricket Club Ground, Bready

Bangladesh in India

Test series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
Only Test

References

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External links

2016 season on ESPN Cricinfo

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v t e International cricket in 2016
Preceding season: International cricket in 2015–16
May 2016	Sri Lanka in England World Cricket League Division Five
June 2016	West Indies Tri-Series Sri Lanka in Ireland Pakistan Women in England India in Zimbabwe
July 2016	Afghanistan in Scotland Afghanistan in Ireland Pakistan in England India in West Indies South Africa Women in Ireland Australia in Sri Lanka New Zealand in Zimbabwe
August 2016	Pakistan in Ireland New Zealand in South Africa Bangladesh in India Hong Kong in Ireland
Ongoing	Intercontinental Cup World Cricket League Championship Women's Championship
Following season: International cricket in 2016–17