New Futures Tour Program

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Next years Ashes to England will kick off the exciting new Test Championship. This is the big noise coming from the just released Future Tours Program covering 2019 to 2023. The Test Championship which is set to take centre stage will feature the world's top nine teams playing six series apiece over a two-year cycle, culminating in the final.

The Championship will consist of Test series of anywhere between two and five matches' duration. Points will be awarded for individual Test match wins, with matches in shorter series worth additional points.

A parallel ODI series league will begin in 2020, leading into the 2023 World Cup - the top seven nations in the league will earn automatic berths for the showpiece tournament, with the remainder being compelled to play a qualifying tournament. All ODI series have been capped at three matches apiece. Also significant is a rise in the number of Twenty20 internationals played over the next four years, with the hope that a league for the format may be added to the program from 2023
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Australia's 2019-2023 schedule
2019-2020

Jun-Jul: 50-over World Cup in UK

Jul-Sep: 5 Tests v Eng (a) (Ashes)

Oct: 3 T20s v Bang (a)

Oct: 3 T20s v SL (h)

Nov-Dec: 3 T20s & 2 Tests v Pak (h)

Dec-Jan: 3 Tests & 3 ODIs v NZ (h)

Jan: 3 ODIs v Ind (a)

Feb: 2 Tests v Bang (a)

Feb-Mar: 3 ODIs & 3 T20s v SA (a)

Mar: 3 T20s v NZ (a)

2020-2021

Jun: 3 ODIs v Zim (h)

Jul: 3 ODIs & 3 T20s v Eng (a)

Oct: 3 T20s v WI (h)

Oct: 3 T20s v Ind (h)

Oct-Nov: 20-over World Cup in Aus

Nov: 1 Test v Afg (h)

Nov-Jan: 4 Tests v Ind (h)

Jan: 3 ODIs v Ind (h)

Jan: 3 ODIs v NZ (h)

Feb-Mar: 3 Tests v SA (a)

Mar: 3 T20s v NZ (a)

2021-2022

Jun: ICC Test Championship Final

Jun-Jul: 3 ODIs & 3 T20s v WI (a)

Oct: 3 T20s v SL (h)

Oct-Nov: 20-over World Cup in Ind

Nov-Jan: 5 Tests v Eng (h) (Ashes)

Jan-Feb: 3 ODIs & 3 T20s v SA (a)

Feb-Mar: 2 Tests, 3 ODIs & 3 T20s v Pak (a)

Mar: 3 ODIs v Afg (a)

2022-2023

Jun-Jul: 2 Tests & 5 ODIs v SL (a)

Sep: 1 Test v Afg (a)

Sep-Nov: 4 Tests & 3 T20s v Ind (a)

Nov: 3 T20s & 3 ODIs v Eng (h)

Nov-Dec: 2 Tests v WI (h)

Dec-Jan: 3 Tests v SA (h)

Jan: 3 ODIs v SA (h)

Feb: 3 ODIs v Ind (a)

Feb-Mar: 50-over World Cup in Ind