How’s the next ICC FTP looking for your team - 2023-27 and beyond?

[@Tahirzzz]

How many are Pakistan getting?

Pakistan is Playing Eng NZ Ban at home Aus SL SA Away Probably 3 Match Test Series. Unfortunately Pakistan's Series in Australia aren't a regular affair these days. They should Play more Series in Australia to give players like babar azam a chance to dominate those conditions like Virat Kohli or Rohit Sharma. Cricket AUSTRALIA is greedy to invite india but not Pakistan on regular bases . SHAME

 

[trundler]

Pakistan is Playing Eng NZ Ban at home Aus SL SA Away Probably 3 Match Test Series. Unfortunately Pakistan's Series in Australia aren't a regular affair these days. They should Play more Series in Australia to give players like babar azam a chance to dominate those conditions like Virat Kohli or Rohit Sharma. Cricket AUSTRALIA is greedy to invite india but not Pakistan on regular bases . SHAME

We haven't drawn a test there since '95.

 

[honestbharani]

So if a user signs up with a username that starts with @, we just @@ him?

 

[ataraxia]

@@Tahirzzz

 

[Aritro]

@araxia

 

[@Tahirzzz]

We haven't drawn a test there since '95.

So what? how many teams in the world play cricket professionally. 8 out of 10 are only interested in playing test Cricket. The game is already damaged due to leagues like ipl occupying windows of two months. BCCI behaves like a bully ? in modern day cricket

 

[ataraxia]

Still waiting for this to be released...

 

[Apex Predator]

India touring SA again in next WTC cycle. I guess it's a 2 match Test series which is a shame.

 

[Shady Slim]

just saw on the news that we’re gonna play england and india more and india series now will be up to five matches. i love the second change, however i’m very uneasy about the first given it’s just more big three pig three concentration of matches and that’s not good for anyone other than the boards of said countries

 

[trundler]

Babar Azam will end up with 74 tests after 11 years if he doesn't miss any. That's catastrophic.

 

[Flem274*]

our calendar is really bad. we're a specialist t20 side and at times will be on tour to overnight countries during our own summer iirc (looked at it last night).

 

[HeathDavisSpeed]

July 2025 - might have to target that for watching a Test match in Zimbabwe. Alternatively, May 2026 for a Test match in Ireland.

Biggest hole to me is no home cricket January - April 2026. Instead, we're away in India, Afghanistan and Bangladesh. India, I can understand helps fill the coffers, but surely some home matches would be preferable to an ODI trip to Afghanistan and Bangladesh.

 

[Starfighter]

South Africa's test schedule is heinous.

 

[GotSpin]

how binding is the FTP and how typical is it to be actually followed?

 

[HeathDavisSpeed]

how binding is the FTP and how typical is it to be actually followed?

I'd be pleasantly surprised if Ireland play all of their allotted Test matches. It'll change. But generally speaking the allocated time slots are when you'd expect two teams to play against each other in some format or other.

 

[Chubb]

Afghanistan are supposed to tour Zim in December ... unfortunately the test dates are never confirmed with enough notice to book a visit, get the necessary vaccinations etc. I will probably need to keep waiting.

 

[Flem274*]

apparently we're playing a test in afghanistan

no we're not lol

 

[Aritro]

That'll be tremendous exposure for the Visit Afghanistan campaign

 

[TheJediBrah]

Unfortunately Pakistan's Series in Australia aren't a regular affair these days

You sure? I think they have been at least up until now

Pak were here 2019/20 and 2016/17 before that

there was a 6 year gap between 2010 and 2016 but then before that they toured 5 times in 14 years which is as much as anyone

 

[Spark]

Who are the people who actually think we don't play England enough, seriously