International cricket in the 2006–07 cricket season is defined by major statisticians, such as CricketArchive and Wisden, as those matches played on tours that started between September 2006 and April 2007. Two major ICC tournaments are scheduled for this season, with the Champions Trophy played in October in India, and the World Cup taking place in West Indies in March. In addition, England will defend the Ashes when they go to Australia in November, and all the ten Test nations will be in action during November and December - though Zimbabwe, who are playing Bangladesh during this time, withdrew from Test matches throughout 2006 and will thus only be playing One-day International matches.
Zimbabwe made a one-week tour of South Africa as warm-up to the Champions Trophy.[3] They lost all four matches on tour, three ODIs to South Africa and a Twenty20 match with domestic side Eagles.
Zimbabweans in South Africa in 2006–07. ODI series result: South Africa won 3–0.
Defending champions West Indies will have to go through a preliminary qualifying stage due to their low ranking in the ICC ODI Championship (8th at the cut-off point at 1 April). The preliminary round is a round robin stage, with the top two teams (West Indies and Sri Lanka) qualifying for the main group stage.
The 2006 Intercontinental Cup continues into this season, with a November match between Kenya and Bermuda. The details are given under the 2006 season.
West Indians in Pakistan
West Indies are scheduled to play three Tests and five One-day Internationals in Pakistan. Unconfirmed reports say the tour is scheduled to start on 7 November, which means a potential clash with the one-off Stanford 20/20 Super Star match between West Indies and South Africa.[6] Rediff.com reports that the first Test match is scheduled for 11 November.[7]
Sri Lanka visit New Zealand for the third consecutive summer, this time playing a series of two Tests, five One-day Internationals and two Twenty20 Internationals.[10]
Scotland will play at least two One-day Internationals on their tour of Bangladesh in December.[11]
No.
Date
Home captain
Away captain
Venue
Result
One-day International Series
1st ODI
15 Dec 2006
2nd ODI
17 Dec 2006
Zimbabweans in Bangladesh
Zimbabwe will not play any Tests during 2006, so this tour of Bangladesh will only include One-day Internationals. According to the Future Tours Programme, there will be five of them.
January 2007
Pakistanis in South Africa
Pakistan is scheduled to play three Tests and five One-day Internationals in South Africa.
The first edition of the World Cricket League tournament will take place in Kenya between 20 January and 28 January.[13] The six non-Test teams who have qualified for the 2007 World Cup take part in the round robin tournament, with the top two teams qualifying for the final.
The third edition of the Chappell-Hadlee Trophy, the annual One-day International series between Australia and New Zealand, will be held in New Zealand.
The 2007 World Cup, the ninth of its kind, begins on 13 March and continues until 28 April. 16 teams will take part, as six non-Test nations join the fray. The teams will play in four groups of four, where the top two teams qualify for the Super Eight stage, played as a round robin. The top four teams then make it through to the semi-finals.