CSW Cricket

Cricket schedule and results

Every international series with each match's date, venue and result, England first, plus UK TV and the laws explained.

Updated 30 September 2026

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Guides

• Cricket rules explained: How a match works, how runs are scored and the ten ways to be out, for complete beginners.
• LBW explained: Leg before wicket in plain English: pitching in line, impact, and how DRS decides.
• The DLS method explained: How rain-affected targets are set in one-day and T20 cricket.
• Wides, no-balls and free hits: What counts as a wide or a no-ball, what it adds to the score, and when a free hit follows.
• Test, ODI, T20 and The Hundred: Every format of cricket compared: overs, length, and what makes each one different.
• How long is a Test match?: Five days, 90 overs a day, sessions, the follow-on and what happens when time runs out.
• Cricket fielding positions explained: Slip, gully, point, cover, mid-on, fine leg and the rest, with a map.
• DRS explained: How reviews work, the technology, and what umpire's call means.
• How to read a cricket scorecard: 245/6, 38.2 overs, 10-1-45-2: every number on the card explained.
• Cricket terms explained: Duck, maiden, hat-trick, yorker, nightwatchman and more.
• The Ashes explained: England v Australia: the urn, how the series works, and the 2027 series in England.

England fixtures

Every international series

Tests are up to five days; ODIs are 50 overs a side; T20Is are 20. A W in front means women's cricket.

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