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  •   Home > News > Sports > Cricket

    After a one year absence, international men's cricket is returning to Auckland this summer

    After a one year absence, international men's cricket is returning to Auckland this summer


    The Black Caps will play three matches at Eden Park - an ODI against India in November and an ODI and T20 against Sri Lanka in March.

    New Zealand Cricket chief executive David White says it's important to have matches in the country's biggest city.



    The highlight of the summer is two tests against England including a day night test at Bay Oval with the other test in February at teh Basin Reserve.

    Sri Lanka play two tests at the end of summer but the Black Caps are away in Pakistan and India during the Christmas school holidays.

    The White Ferns host Bangladesh in three T20s and three ODI's in December

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