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England women will play more Test cricket as part of the International Cricket Council’s first-ever women’s Future Tours Program (FTP).
The FTP, announced by the ICC on Tuesday, outlines the international cricket calendar.
England, who have only played away Tests against Australia since 2005, will tour India and South Africa in the next two years.
These tours will take place alongside the regular Ashes cycle.
The next away women’s Ashes, scheduled for early 2025, will be a standalone series with England men set to travel to Australia the following year.
The introduction of the women’s FTP comes after ICC chair Greg Barclay said he did not see women’s Tests as “part of the landscape” in the future.
England coach Lisa Keightley, who will leave her role at the end of the summer, called Barclay’s comments “disappointing”.
Prior to England’s Test against South Africa in July, only England, Australia and…
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