ICC Future Tours Programme

The ICC Future Tours Programme (ICC FTP) is a schedule of international cricket tours and tournaments which structure the programme of cricket events for International Cricket Council (ICC) full members and associate members with One Day International (ODI) status, over a period of time.

The FTP schedules bilateral cricket tours with the objective of each team playing each other at least once at home and once away over a period of 10 years known as the "Ten Year Plan" since 2006. If the cricket boards of two individual countries reach an agreement, they can play more than two series. The FTP also schedules associate tri-nation series with the objective of each team playing each other at least once at home, once away and once at a neutral venue over a cycle of four years since 2019. If a team does not want to travel to a particular country for a bilateral or tri-nation series due to security reasons, then, by the mutual agreement of the respective boards, that series can be shifted to a neutral venue such as the United Arab Emirates or any other country where the facilities are deemed adequate.

Additionally, it has also scheduled ICC tournaments over a period of four years known as an "ICC Events cycle" since 2024. Each cycle consists of one men's Cricket World Cup, one women's Cricket World Cup, one ICC Champions Trophy, one ICC Women's Champions Trophy, two men's T20 World Cups and two women's T20 World Cups.

List of FTPs

  • As of January 2025, fourMen's Future Tours Programmes have been announced.
    1. The2006–2012 Men's FTP was announced on 9 May 2006. It was the first Men's FTP to be released under the ICC's "Ten Year Plan" and featured 10 nations.
    2. The2015–2019 Men's FTP was released on 30 November 2014, after the scheduling conflicts with the initial2011–2020 Men's FTP draft were resolved and featured 10 nations.
    3. The2018–2023 Men's FTP was announced on 20 June 2018 and featured 13 nations. Moreover, the ICC also granted T20I status to all then affiliate members promoting them as associate members with T20I status.
    4. The2023–2027 Men's FTP was announced on 17 August 2022 and it consisted of over 770 matches between 13 nations.
  • As of January 2025, twoWomen's Future Tours Programmes have been announced.
    1. The2022–2025 Women's FTP was announced on 16 August 2022. It was the first Women's FTP and it consisted of over 300 matches between 10 nations.
    2. The2025–2029 Women's FTP was announced on 4 November 2024 and it consisted of over 400 matches between 11 nations.
  • As of January 2025, twoAssociate Men's Future Tours Programmes have been announced.
    1. The2019–2023 Associate Men's FTP was announced on 7 May 2019 and featured the 7 nations participating in the 2019–2023 Cricket World Cup League 2. Due to the fixtures affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, a revised FTP was released on 4 March 2022.
    2. The2024–2027 Associate Men's FTP was announced on 12 February 2024 and featured the 8 nations participating in the 2024–2026 Cricket World Cup League 2.

ICC Events cycle

  • The2024–2031 men's hosts cycle was announced on 16 November 2021, which included two events cycles (2024–2027 and 2028–2031).
  • The2024–2027 women's hosts cycle was announced on 26 July 2022, which included the 2024–2027 event cycle.

Tournaments summary

Men's tournaments

Women's tournaments

References

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Citations

General references

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