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English cricket team in South Africa in 2026–27

international cricket tour

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 19, 2026
Entity authorityQ138936843 ↗
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The England cricket team are scheduled to South Africa in December 2026 to January 2027 to play three Test matches and three One Day Internationals (ODI). The Test series forms part of both teams' 2025-27 WTC cycle. In February 2026, the Cricket South Africa (CSA) confirmed the fixtures for the tour, as a part of the 2026 home international season.

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This entry incorporates text from “English cricket team in South Africa in 2026–27” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.