The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) have allocated Emirates Old Trafford with a major match package of International fixtures for the period covering 2025-2031, that includes four India Men’s fixtures, a Men’s Ashes Test as well as five International Women’s fixtures.
Emirates Old Trafford will host 40 days of major match cricket including five Men’s Test Matches, 10 Men’s IT20s as well as five white-ball Women’s Internationals. The announced package provides seven years of certainty for International match scheduling, and it will be the first time the venue has hosted International Women’s cricket for over 20 years.
The venue will host four India Men’s fixtures in five years, which continues Lancashire’s long association with Indian cricket, stretching back more than 50 years to when Indian International wicketkeeper batter Farokh Engineer joined the county in 1968.
Kate Cross, England and Thunder bowler, added: “I’ve always said that it would be a dream come true to play for England at Emirates Old Trafford, so I’m absolutely delighted to see five women’s Internationals are going to be played here in the coming years.
“With the additional funding and effort that’s gone into the professional Thunder programme, I really believe that Lancashire are leading the way in women’s cricket and hosting International fixtures feels like the natural next step.”
International fixtures (2025-2031) at Emirates Old Trafford:
- 2025: India Men’s Test Match, International Men’s T20 (opposition TBC) and Women’s white ball fixture (format & opposition TBC)
- 2026; International Men’s IT20 x 2 (vs India and opposition TBC) and Women’s white ball fixture (format & opposition TBC)
- 2027; Men’s Test Match and International Men’s T20 x 2 (opposition TBC)
- 2028; Men’s Test Match (opposition TBC), India Men’s International IT20 and Women’s white ball fixture (format & opposition TBC)
- 2029; India Men’s Test Match, Men’s International T20 (opposition TBC) and Women’s white ball fixture (format & opposition TBC)
- 2030; International Men’s T20 x 2 (opposition TBC)
- 2031; Australia Men’s Test Match, International Men’s T20 (opposition TBC) and Women’s white ball fixture (format & opposition TBC)