Every upcoming women’s international and major domestic fixture, with dates, venues and formats. October 2026 is one of the busiest months the women’s calendar has seen.
Zimbabwe’s first tour of India, and the first time the two sides have ever met in women’s international cricket. All three T20Is are in Raipur, all three ODIs in Vadodara, and the ODIs form part of the ICC Women’s Championship. Our India vs Zimbabwe series hub has timings, context and results as they come in.
A first: Australia have never before hosted Bangladesh in a bilateral women’s ODI series, and the three matches count towards the ICC Women’s Championship. The hosts swept the series 3–0, with Annabel Sutherland’s 74 sealing an eight-wicket win in the final ODI at Allan Border Field. Bangladesh sit seventh in the ODI rankings on 73 rating points, Australia first on 163 — the widest gap in any series this month.
The trans-Tasman rivalry in its shortest form, with all three T20Is at North Sydney Oval. Australia lead the T20I rankings on 291, New Zealand are fourth on 249.
Pakistan host Bangladesh and Sri Lanka in Faisalabad across a fortnight of Under-19 cricket — the age-group pathway that now feeds directly into senior squads across Asia.
WBBL 12 is the headline act: 43 matches across 38 days, eight teams, and defending champions Hobart Hurricanes opening their title defence at Junction Oval on 29 October. The Women’s Big Bash remains the most-watched domestic women’s competition in the world. Our full WBBL 12 guide has the teams, key fixtures and finals format.
Three separate international series run concurrently, an age-group tri-series is underway in Pakistan, and the WBBL begins before the internationals finish.
For teams outside the top three it is the most ranking-relevant month of the year: Bangladesh, Zimbabwe and New Zealand all face higher-rated opposition, and a single upset carries disproportionate weight in a system that rewards beating stronger sides.
Australia enter the month top of both the ODI and T20I rankings and play in both formats across two series. India are third in both lists and host Zimbabwe in six matches.
England, second in both, are not in action at all — though their ratings will still shift slightly as other results feed into the calculation.