International cricket season
The2017–18 international cricket season was from September 2017 to April 2018.[ 1] [ 2] 28Test matches , 93One Day Internationals (ODIs), and 44Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is) were played during this period. Out of the 30 Test matches that were played four wereday/night matches. Theday/night Test match betweenSouth Africa andZimbabwe was scheduled to last for only four days in duration, with the last such four-day Test match being played in1973 . The season started withIndia leading theTest cricket rankings ,South Africa leading theODI rankings ,New Zealand leading theTwenty20 rankings , andEngland women leading the women's rankings. Additionally, the Laws of Cricket 2017 Code came into effect on 1 October 2017, superseding the 6th Edition of the 2000 Code of Laws, with many of the changes in the laws being incorporated into theICC Standard Playing Conditions.
The season started withAustralia's tour of India , which consisted of 5 ODIs and 3 T20Is. After this, 16 more bilateral series among the full member nations were scheduled for the remainder of the season. The most notable of these series was the70th edition ofThe Ashes , which was held in Australia from November 2017 to January 2018. Other notable highlights includedNew Zealand beating England in a home Test series for the first since1984 andSouth Africa beating Australia in a home Test series since1970 . Australia's tour of South Africa was also notable for the many disciplinary issues that occurred throughout, with the most serious of these incidents being aball tampering scandal that resulted in Australian captainSteve Smith , vice captainDavid Warner , andCameron Bancroft being suspended from international cricket for 12 months, 12 months, and 9 months respectively. In addition, the first two T20I Tri-Series (Trans-Tasman Tri-Series and theNidahas Trophy ) among Full Member nations ever were conducted.
The culmination of the2019 ICC Cricket World Cup qualification process occurred in this season. The start of this season marked the cut off date for direct qualification for the World Cup from theICC ODI Championship . The top eight teams at the cut off date gained direct qualification to the World Cup while the bottom four teams (West Indies ,Zimbabwe ,Ireland ,Afghanistan ) went into the2018 Cricket World Cup Qualifier . These four teams were joined by the top four teams of theWorld Cricket League Championship and the top two teams of theWorld Cricket League Division Two to make up the ten teams that played in the World Cup Qualifier.
The final two rounds (rounds 6 and 7) of the World Cricket League Championship concluded in this season, with the top 4 teams (Netherlands ,Scotland ,Papua New Guinea ,Hong Kong ) qualifying for the 2018 Cricket World Cup Qualifier. In addition, the Netherlands gained One Day International Status by winning the World Cricket League Championship and qualified for the2020–23 ICC Cricket World Cup Super League . The bottom four teams (Kenya ,Nepal ,United Arab Emirates ,Namibia ) were relegated toWorld Cricket League Division Two for a chance to qualify for the final two spots of the World Cup Qualifier. These four teams were joined byCanada andOman , the top two placed teams in theWorld Cricket League Division Three . The United Arab Emirates and Nepal finished in the top two and thus qualified for the World Cup Qualifier while Oman and Kenya finished in the bottom two and were relegated to Division Three. In the World Cup Qualifier, West Indies and Afghanistan were the top two finishers and thus qualified for the World Cup.
In addition, theIntercontinental Cup concluded during this season, with matches in rounds 6 and 7 played in this period. Afghanistan won the tournament after finishing at the top of the table with the most points.
Finally, thequalification process for the2020 ICC T20 World Cup got underway with theAmericas Southern Sub Region Qualifier , which sawBermuda andCayman Islands qualify for theAmericas Regional Qualifier . TheAsia Western Sub Region Qualifier was also conducted, with the UAE,Qatar , andKuwait qualifying for theAsia Regional Qualifier . TheAfrica North-Western Sub Region Qualifier sawGhana andNigeria qualify for theAfrica Region Qualifier .
The following are the rankings at the beginning of the season:
Netherlands in Zimbabwe [ edit ] Sri Lanka vs Pakistan in United Arab Emirates [ edit ] Test series No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result Test 2275 28 September–2 October Sarfaraz Ahmed Dinesh Chandimal Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium ,Abu Dhabi Sri Lanka by 21 runsTest 2278 6–10 October Sarfaraz Ahmed Dinesh Chandimal Dubai International Cricket Stadium ,Dubai Sri Lanka by 68 runsODI series No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result ODI 3922 13 October Sarfaraz Ahmed Upul Tharanga Dubai International Cricket Stadium ,Dubai Pakistan by 83 runsODI 3924 16 October Sarfaraz Ahmed Upul Tharanga Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium ,Abu Dhabi Pakistan by 32 runsODI 3926 18 October Sarfaraz Ahmed Upul Tharanga Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium ,Abu Dhabi Pakistan by 7 wicketsODI 3927 20 October Sarfaraz Ahmed Upul Tharanga Sharjah Cricket Stadium ,Sharjah Pakistan by 7 wicketsODI 3930 23 October Sarfaraz Ahmed Upul Tharanga Sharjah Cricket Stadium ,Sharjah Pakistan by 9 wicketsT20I series No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result T20I 625 26 October Sarfaraz Ahmed Thisara Perera Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium ,Abu Dhabi Pakistan by 7 wicketsT20I 627 27 October Sarfaraz Ahmed Thisara Perera Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium ,Abu Dhabi Pakistan by 2 wicketsT20I 629 29 October Sarfaraz Ahmed Thisara Perera Gaddafi Stadium ,Lahore Pakistan by 36 runs
Bangladesh in South Africa [ edit ] Scotland in Papua New Guinea [ edit ] Netherlands vs Kenya in South Africa [ edit ] Sri Lanka women in West Indies [ edit ] Afghanistan in Hong Kong [ edit ] West Indies in Zimbabwe [ edit ] England women in Australia [ edit ] New Zealand in India [ edit ] New Zealand women vs Pakistan in United Arab Emirates [ edit ] England in Australia [ edit ] The Ashes Test seriesNo. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result Test 2282 23–27 November Steve Smith Joe Root The Gabba ,Brisbane Australia by 10 wicketsTest 2285 2–6 December Steve Smith Joe Root Adelaide Oval ,Adelaide Australia by 120 runsTest 2288 14–18 December Steve Smith Joe Root WACA Ground ,Perth Australia by an innings and 41 runsTest 2289 26–30 December Steve Smith Joe Root Melbourne Cricket Ground ,Melbourne Match drawn Test 2291 4–8 January Steve Smith Joe Root Sydney Cricket Ground ,Sydney Australia by an innings and 123 runsODI series No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result ODI 3951 14 January Steve Smith Eoin Morgan Melbourne Cricket Ground ,Melbourne England by 5 wicketsODI 3958 19 January Steve Smith Eoin Morgan The Gabba ,Brisbane England by 4 wicketsODI 3960 21 January Steve Smith Eoin Morgan Sydney Cricket Ground ,Sydney England by 16 runsODI 3966 26 January Steve Smith Eoin Morgan Adelaide Oval ,Adelaide Australia by 3 wicketsODI 3968 28 January Steve Smith Eoin Morgan Perth Stadium ,Perth England by 12 runs
Scotland vs Papua New Guinea in United Arab Emirates [ edit ] Hong Kong vs Papua New Guinea in United Arab Emirates [ edit ] Afghanistan in United Arab Emirates [ edit ] Namibia vs Netherlands in United Arab Emirates [ edit ] Ireland vs Scotland in United Arab Emirates [ edit ] West Indies in New Zealand [ edit ] Ireland vs Afghanistan in United Arab Emirates [ edit ] Kenya vs Scotland in United Arab Emirates [ edit ] Nepal in United Arab Emirates [ edit ] Zimbabwe in South Africa [ edit ] India in South Africa [ edit ] Freedom Trophy Test seriesNo. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result Test 2292 5–9 January Faf du Plessis Virat Kohli Newlands Cricket Ground ,Cape Town South Africa by 72 runsTest 2293 13–17 January Faf du Plessis Virat Kohli Centurion Park ,Centurion South Africa by 135 runsTest 2294 24–28 January Faf du Plessis Virat Kohli Wanderers Stadium ,Johannesburg India by 63 runsODI series No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result ODI 3969 1 February Faf du Plessis Virat Kohli Kingsmead Cricket Ground ,Durban India by 6 wicketsODI 3970 4 February Aiden Markram Virat Kohli Centurion Park ,Centurion India by 9 wicketsODI 3971 7 February Aiden Markram Virat Kohli Newlands Cricket Ground ,Cape Town India by 124 runsODI 3973 10 February Aiden Markram Virat Kohli Wanderers Stadium ,Johannesburg South Africa by 5 wickets (DLS )ODI 3976 13 February Aiden Markram Virat Kohli St George's Park ,Port Elizabeth India by 73 runsODI 3978 16 February Aiden Markram Virat Kohli Centurion Park ,Centurion India by 8 wicketsT20I series No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result T20I 652 18 February JP Duminy Virat Kohli Wanderers Stadium ,Johannesburg India by 28 runsT20I 654 21 February JP Duminy Virat Kohli Centurion Park ,Centurion South Africa by 6 wicketsT20I 655 24 February JP Duminy Rohit Sharma Newlands Cricket Ground ,Cape Town India by 7 runs
Pakistan in New Zealand [ edit ] 2017–18 United Arab Emirates Tri-Nation Series[ edit ] 2018 Under-19 Cricket World Cup [ edit ] 2017–18 Bangladesh Tri-Nation Series[ edit ] Sri Lanka in Bangladesh [ edit ] 2017–18 Trans-Tasman Tri-Series[ edit ] Afghanistan vs Zimbabwe in United Arab Emirates [ edit ] India women in South Africa [ edit ] 2018 ICC World Cricket League Division Two [ edit ] Group Stage No. Date Team 1 Captain 1 Team 2 Captain 2 Venue Result Match 1 8 February Kenya Rakep Patel United Arab Emirates Rohan Mustafa Wanderers Cricket Ground ,Windhoek United Arab Emirates by 218 runsMatch 2 8 February Namibia Sarel Burger Nepal Paras Khadka Affies Park ,Windhoek Nepal by 1 wicketMatch 3 8 February Canada Nitish Kumar Oman Sultan Ahmed United Ground ,Windhoek Canada by 8 wicketsMatch 4 9 February Canada Nitish Kumar United Arab Emirates Rohan Mustafa Wanderers Cricket Ground ,Windhoek Canada by 23 runsMatch 5 9 February Nepal Paras Khadka Oman Sultan Ahmed Affies Park ,Windhoek Oman by 6 wicketsMatch 6 9–10 February Namibia Sarel Burger Kenya Rakep Patel United Ground ,Windhoek No result Match 7 11 February Namibia Sarel Burger Oman Sultan Ahmed Wanderers Cricket Ground ,Windhoek Namibia by 2 wicketsMatch 8 11 February Canada Nitish Kumar Kenya Rakep Patel Affies Park ,Windhoek Canada by 59 runsMatch 9 11 February Nepal Paras Khadka United Arab Emirates Rohan Mustafa United Ground ,Windhoek Nepal by 4 wicketsMatch 10 12 February Kenya Rakep Patel Nepal Paras Khadka Wanderers Cricket Ground ,Windhoek Nepal by 3 wicketsMatch 11 12 February Oman Sultan Ahmed United Arab Emirates Rohan Mustafa Affies Park ,Windhoek United Arab Emirates by 46 runsMatch 12 12 February Namibia Sarel Burger Canada Nitish Kumar United Ground ,Windhoek Namibia by 17 runsMatch 6 (replay) 13 February Namibia Sarel Burger Kenya Rakep Patel United Ground ,Windhoek Namibia by 8 wicketsMatch 13 14 February Canada Nitish Kumar Nepal Paras Khadka Wanderers Cricket Ground ,Windhoek Nepal by 1 wicketMatch 14 14 February Namibia Sarel Burger United Arab Emirates Rohan Mustafa Affies Park ,Windhoek United Arab Emirates by 19 runsMatch 15 14 February Kenya Shem Ngoche Oman Sultan Ahmed United Ground ,Windhoek Oman by 2 wickets (DLS )Playoffs Fifth-place playoff 15 February Kenya Shem Ngoche Oman Zeeshan Maqsood United Ground ,Windhoek Oman by 5 wicketsThird-place playoff 15 February Namibia Sarel Burger Canada Nitish Kumar Affies Park ,Windhoek Canada by 49 runsFinal 15 February Nepal Paras Khadka United Arab Emirates Rohan Mustafa Wanderers Cricket Ground ,Windhoek United Arab Emirates by 7 runs
England in New Zealand [ edit ] Australia in South Africa [ edit ] 2018 Cricket World Cup Qualifier [ edit ] Group Stage No. Date Group Team 1 Captain 1 Team 2 Captain 2 Venue Result ODI 3983 4 March B Afghanistan Rashid Khan Scotland Kyle Coetzer Bulawayo Athletic Club ,Bulawayo Scotland by 7 wicketsODI 3984 4 March A Papua New Guinea Assad Vala United Arab Emirates Rohan Mustafa Harare Sports Club ,Harare United Arab Emirates by 56 runs (DLS )List A match 4 March B Zimbabwe Graeme Cremer Nepal Paras Khadka Queens Sports Club ,Bulawayo Zimbabwe by 116 runsList A match 4 March A Ireland William Porterfield Netherlands Peter Borren Old Hararians ,Harare Ireland by 93 runs (DLS )ODI 3985 6 March B Scotland Kyle Coetzer Hong Kong Babar Hayat Bulawayo Athletic Club ,Bulawayo Scotland by 4 wicketsODI 3986 6 March A Papua New Guinea Assad Vala Ireland William Porterfield Harare Sports Club ,Harare Ireland by 4 wicketsODI 3987 6 March A West Indies Jason Holder United Arab Emirates Rohan Mustafa Old Hararians ,Harare West Indies by 60 runsODI 3988 6 March B Zimbabwe Graeme Cremer Afghanistan Rashid Khan Queens Sports Club ,Bulawayo Zimbabwe by 2 runsList A match 8 March A Netherlands Peter Borren United Arab Emirates Rohan Mustafa Harare Sports Club ,Harare United Arab Emirates by 6 wicketsList A match 8 March B Scotland Kyle Coetzer Nepal Paras Khadka Queens Sports Club ,Bulawayo Scotland by 4 wicketsODI 3990 8 March B Afghanistan Rashid Khan Hong Kong Babar Hayat Bulawayo Athletic Club ,Bulawayo Hong Kong by 30 runs (DLS )ODI 3991 8 March A West Indies Jason Holder Papua New Guinea Assad Vala Old Hararians ,Harare West Indies by 6 wicketsODI 3993 10 March A West Indies Jason Holder Ireland William Porterfield Harare Sports Club ,Harare West Indies by 52 runsODI 3994 10 March B Zimbabwe Graeme Cremer Hong Kong Babar Hayat Queens Sports Club ,Bulawayo Zimbabwe by 89 runsList A match 10 March A Papua New Guinea Assad Vala Netherlands Peter Borren Old Hararians ,Harare Netherlands by 57 runsList A match 10 March B Afghanistan Rashid Khan Nepal Paras Khadka Bulawayo Athletic Club ,Bulawayo Afghanistan by 6 wicketsList A match 12 March A West Indies Jason Holder Netherlands Peter Borren Harare Sports Club ,Harare West Indies by 54 runs (DLS )List A match 12 March B Hong Kong Babar Hayat Nepal Paras Khadka Bulawayo Athletic Club ,Bulawayo Nepal by 5 wicketsODI 3995 12 March A Ireland William Porterfield United Arab Emirates Rohan Mustafa Old Hararians ,Harare Ireland by 226 runs (DLS )ODI 3996 12 March B Zimbabwe Graeme Cremer Scotland Kyle Coetzer Queens Sports Club ,Bulawayo Match tied Play-offs List A match 15 March Papua New Guinea Assad Vala Nepal Paras Khadka Old Hararians ,Harare Nepal by 6 wicketsList A match 15 March Netherlands Peter Borren Hong Kong Babar Hayat Kwekwe Sports Club ,Kwekwe Netherlands by 44 runsODI 4000 17 March Hong Kong Babar Hayat Papua New Guinea Assad Vala Old Hararians ,Harare Papua New Guinea by 58 runsList A match 17 March Nepal Paras Khadka Netherlands Peter Borren Kwekwe Sports Club ,Kwekwe Netherlands by 45 runs
Super Sixes No. Date Team 1 Captain 1 Team 2 Captain 2 Venue Result ODI 3997 15 March West Indies Jason Holder Afghanistan Rashid Khan Harare Sports Club ,Harare Afghanistan by 3 wicketsODI 3998 15 March United Arab Emirates Rohan Mustafa Scotland Kyle Coetzer Queens Sports Club ,Bulawayo Scotland by 73 runsODI 3999 16 March Ireland William Porterfield Zimbabwe Graeme Cremer Harare Sports Club ,Harare Zimbabwe by 107 runsODI 4001 18 March Ireland William Porterfield Scotland Kyle Coetzer Harare Sports Club ,Harare Ireland by 25 runsODI 4002 19 March West Indies Jason Holder Zimbabwe Graeme Cremer Harare Sports Club ,Harare West Indies by 4 wicketsODI 4003 20 March United Arab Emirates Rohan Mustafa Afghanistan Asghar Stanikzai Old Hararians ,Harare Afghanistan by 5 wicketsODI 4004 21 March West Indies Jason Holder Scotland Kyle Coetzer Harare Sports Club ,Harare West Indies by 5 runs (DLS )ODI 4005 22 March United Arab Emirates Rohan Mustafa Zimbabwe Graeme Cremer Harare Sports Club ,Harare United Arab Emirates by 3 runs (DLS )ODI 4006 23 March Ireland William Porterfield Afghanistan Asghar Stanikzai Harare Sports Club ,Harare Afghanistan by 5 wicketsFinal ODI 4007 25 March West Indies Jason Holder Afghanistan Asghar Stanikzai Harare Sports Club ,Harare Afghanistan by 7 wickets
Note: Remaining teams already had ODI status until at least 2023.
West Indies women in New Zealand [ edit ] 2018 Nidahas Trophy [ edit ] Australia women in India [ edit ] Pakistan women in Sri Lanka [ edit ] 2017–18 India women's Tri-Nation Series[ edit ] West Indies in Pakistan [ edit ] England women in India [ edit ]
September 2017 October 2017 November 2017 December 2017 January 2018 February 2018 March 2018 April 2018 Ongoing