The 2019–20 international cricket season was from September 2019 to April 2020. 29 Test matches, 78 One Day Internationals (ODIs) and 145 Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is), as well as 23 Women's One Day Internationals (WODIs) and 61 Women's Twenty20 Internationals (WT20Is), were scheduled to be played during this period. Additionally, a number of other T20I/WT20I matches were also scheduled to be played in minor series involving associate nations. The season started with India leading the Test cricket rankings, England leading the ODI rankings and Pakistan leading the Twenty20 rankings. In the women's rankings, Australia women lead both the WODI and WT20I tables. The 2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup in Australia took place during this time, starting on 21 February 2020, with hosts Australia winning the tournament for the fifth time.
In July 2019, the International Cricket Council (ICC) suspended Zimbabwe Cricket, with the team barred from taking part in ICC events. It was the first time that a Full Member of the ICC had been suspended. As a result of Zimbabwe's suspension, they were replaced in the 2019 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Qualifier tournament with Nigeria. In October 2019, the ICC lifted its suspension on Zimbabwe Cricket, allowing them to take part in future ICC events. The Cricket Association of Nepal, which was suspended in 2016, was also readmitted as an ICC member.
International men's cricket started with a one-off Test between Bangladesh and Afghanistan, which Afghanistan won. During the 2019 United States Tri-Nation Series, the United States recorded their first win in ODIs. During the 2020 Nepal Tri-Nation Series, the United States were bowled out for 35 in their final match against Nepal, which was the joint-lowest innings total in an ODI match. Leagues A and B of the World Cup Challenge League started in this season, with Canada winning the inaugural edition of the League A tournament.
In September 2019, Australia Women won the WODI series against the West Indies Women 3–0, becoming the first team to qualify for the 2021 Women's Cricket World Cup. In October 2019, Australia Women were confirmed as the champions of the 2017–20 ICC Women's Championship, following their win in the second WODI against Sri Lanka Women. Australia went on to win the third WODI by nine wickets, winning the series 3–0, and setting a new record for the most consecutive wins in WODIs, with 18.
In October and November 2019, the 2019 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Qualifier tournament was held in the UAE. Papua New Guinea and Ireland became the first two teams to qualify directly to the 2020 ICC Men's T20 World Cup in Australia, when they won their respective groups. Namibia, the Netherlands, Oman and Scotland also qualified for the 2020 ICC T20 World Cup, with the Netherlands winning the Qualifier tournament. The day after the final of the T20 World Cup Qualifier tournament, the 1,000th men's T20I match was played, between India and Bangladesh, in Delhi.
In December 2019, the Sri Lankan cricket team toured Pakistan playing two Test matches, marking the return of Test cricket in Pakistan after ten years. In February 2020, Bangladesh won the 2020 Under-19 Cricket World Cup, their first win in an ICC event at any level.
The COVID-19 pandemic impacted on several international cricket fixtures and tournaments. A women's quadrangular series was scheduled to take place in Thailand in April 2020, but was cancelled a month before it was due to start. The 2020 Malaysia Cricket World Cup Challenge League A, scheduled to take place in March 2020, was postponed, along with two T20I matches between a World XI and Asia XI side. Australia Women's tour to South Africa in March 2020 became the first major international series not to go ahead as planned due to coronavirus. On 13 March 2020, the ICC confirmed that the 2020 United States Tri-Nation Series had been postponed due to the outbreak and travel restrictions to the United States. On the same day, the two-match Test series between Sri Lanka and England, scheduled to be played in March 2020, was also postponed. The last two ODIs between India and South Africa were cancelled, along with the Netherlands' tour to Namibia. On 14 March 2020, Australia cancelled the final two ODIs and their T20I series against New Zealand. On 16 March 2020, the Pakistan Cricket Board cancelled the third leg of the series against Bangladesh, which was scheduled to have a one-off ODI and a Test match. Later the same day, Ireland's tour to Zimbabwe was also cancelled. On 24 March 2020, the ICC confirmed that all ICC qualifying events scheduled to take place before 30 June 2020 had been postponed.
Season overview Men's international tours Start date Home team Away team Results [Matches] Test ODI T20I 0–1 — — 3–0 0–0 1–1 1–0 2–0 0–3 — — 3–0 1–0 — 2–3 2–0 — 2–0 2–0 — 2–1 0–1 0–3 2–1 — 2–1 2–1 3–0 1–0 — 1–3 1–1 1–2 — — 2–0 — 3–0 1–1 — 2–1 — 0–1 — — 2–0 3–0 0–5 The one-off ODI and the second Test were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 1–0 2–0 — 3–0 1–2 1–0 3–0 2–0 — 3–0 0–2 — — 2–1 The two-match Test series was scheduled to take place, but was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. — — The two-match T20I series was scheduled to take place, but was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Asia XI World XI — — The T20I series was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. — — — The tour was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. — Men's international tournaments Start date Tournament Winners 2019–20 Bangladesh Tri-Nation Series and 2019 United States Tri-Nation Series style="text-align:left" colspan=2 2019–20 Ireland Tri-Nation Series 2019 Malaysia Cricket World Cup Challenge League A style="text-align:left" colspan=2 2019–20 Singapore Tri-Nation Series 2019–20 Oman Pentangular Series 2019 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Qualifier 2019 Oman Cricket World Cup Challenge League B style="text-align:left" colspan=2 2019 United Arab Emirates Tri-Nation Series style="text-align:left" colspan=2 2020 Oman Tri-Nation Series style="text-align:left" colspan=2 2020 Under-19 Cricket World Cup 2020 Nepal Tri-Nation Series style="text-align:left" colspan=2 2020 United States Tri-Nation Series style="text-align:left" colspan=2 2020 Namibia Tri-Nation Series style="text-align:left" colspan=2
Women's international tours Start date Home team Away team Results [Matches] WTest WODI WT20I — 0–3 0–3 — 3–0 3–1 — 3–0 3–0 — 1–1 3–0 — 1–2 0–5 — 0–2 0–3 — 0–3 3–1 — Women's international tournaments Start date Tournament Winners 2020 Australia women's Tri-Nation Series 2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup The quadrangular series was scheduled to take place, but was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 2020 Thailand Women's Quadrangular Series style="text-align:left" colspan=2
Rankings
The following were the rankings at the beginning of the season.
ICC Men's Test Team Rankings 27 August 2019 Rank Team Matches Points Rating 1 32 3,631 113 2 26 2,829 109 3 27 2,917 108 4 35 3,663 105 5 27 2,640 98 6 40 3,795 95 7 27 2,263 84 8 29 2,381 82 9 25 1,898 65 10 9 140 16Series in progress on 1 September are not included in this table
ICC Men's ODI Team Rankings 22 August 2019 Rank Team Matches Points Rating 1 54 6,745 125 2 58 7,071 122 3 43 4,837 112 4 50 5,543 111 5 47 5,193 110 6 49 4,756 97 7 46 3,963 86 8 54 4,425 82 9 49 3,740 76 10 40 2,359 59 11 29 1,466 51 12 35 1,538 44 13 6 222 37 14 15 534 36 15 8 174 22 16 8 152 19Only the top 16 teams are shown
ICC Men's T20I Team Rankings 26 August 2019 Rank Team Matches Points Rating 1 26 7,365 283 2 16 4,253 266 3 16 4,196 262 4 31 8,099 261 5 21 5,471 261 6 16 4,056 254 7 16 3,849 241 8 18 4,093 227 9 24 5,378 224 10 16 3,525 220 11 14 2,818 201 12 11 2,185 199 13 18 3,486 194 14 13 2,376 183 15 21 3,817 182 16 15 2,710 181Only the top 16 teams are shown
ICC Women's ODI Rankings 6 August 2019 Rank Team Matches Points Rating 1 28 4,121 147 2 33 4,018 122 3 36 4,368 121 4 33 3,714 113 5 42 4,097 98 6 25 2,139 86 7 29 2,272 78 8 29 1,617 56 9 13 632 49 10 10 211 21
ICC Women's T20I Rankings 20 August 2019 Rank Team Matches Points Rating 1 31 8,819 284 2 34 9,448 278 3 32 8,837 276 4 31 8,086 261 5 38 9,504 250 6 33 8,015 243 7 39 8,874 228 8 32 6,569 205 9 31 5,913 191 10 25 4,368 175 11 28 4,337 155 12 46 7,025 153 13 18 2,696 150 14 19 2,425 128 15 15 1,899 127 16 27 3,381 125Only the top 16 teams are shown
On-going tournaments The following were the rankings at the beginning of the season.
2019–2021 ICC World Test Championship Rank Team Series Points 1 1 120 2 1 60 3 1 60 4 1 56 5 1 56 6 0 0 7 0 0 8 0 0 9 1 0Full Table
2019–2023 ICC Cricket World Cup League 2 Rank Team Matches Points 1 4 6 2 4 6 3 0 0 4 0 0 5 0 0 6 0 0 7 4 0Full Table
2017–20 ICC Women's Championship Rank Team Matches Points 1 18 24 2 12 22 3 15 16 4 15 16 5 15 15 6 15 14 7 15 11 8 15 2Full Table
September
Afghanistan in Bangladesh
Only Test No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result Test 2361 5–9 September Shakib Al Hasan Rashid Khan Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong by 224 runs
Australia women in West Indies
2017–20 ICC Women's Championship – WODI series No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result WODI 1161 5 September Stafanie Taylor Meg Lanning Coolidge Cricket Ground, Antigua by 178 runs WODI 1162 8 September Stafanie Taylor Rachael Haynes Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, Antigua by 151 runs WODI 1163 11 September Stafanie Taylor Meg Lanning Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, Antigua by 8 wicketsWT20I series No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result WT20I 758 14 September Stafanie Taylor Meg Lanning Kensington Oval, Bridgetown by 6 wickets WT20I 759 16 September Stafanie Taylor Meg Lanning Kensington Oval, Bridgetown by 9 wickets WT20I 760 18 September Stafanie Taylor Meg Lanning Kensington Oval, Bridgetown by 9 wickets
2019–20 Bangladesh Tri-Nation Series
Tri-Nation Series No. Date Team 1 Captain 1 Team 2 Captain 2 Venue Result T20I 881 13 September Shakib Al Hasan Hamilton Masakadza Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka by 3 wickets T20I 882 14 September Rashid Khan Hamilton Masakadza Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka by 28 runs T20I 883 15 September Shakib Al Hasan Rashid Khan Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka by 25 runs T20I 886 18 September Shakib Al Hasan Hamilton Masakadza Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong by 39 runs T20I 890 20 September Rashid Khan Hamilton Masakadza Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong by 7 wickets T20I 892 21 September Shakib Al Hasan Rashid Khan Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong by 4 wicketsFinal T20I 893a 24 September Shakib Al Hasan Rashid Khan Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka Match abandoned
2019 United States Tri-Nation Series
2019–2023 ICC Cricket World Cup League 2 – Tri-series No. Date Team 1 Captain 1 Team 2 Captain 2 Venue Result ODI 4205 13 September Saurabh Netravalkar Assad Vala Central Broward Regional Park, Lauderhill by 5 runs (DLS) ODI 4206 17 September Saurabh Netravalkar Gerhard Erasmus Central Broward Regional Park, Lauderhill by 5 wickets ODI 4207 19 September Saurabh Netravalkar Assad Vala Central Broward Regional Park, Lauderhill by 62 runs ODI 4208 20 September Saurabh Netravalkar Gerhard Erasmus Central Broward Regional Park, Lauderhill by 139 runs (DLS) ODI 4209 22 September Gerhard Erasmus Assad Vala Central Broward Regional Park, Lauderhill by 4 wickets ODI 4210 23 September Gerhard Erasmus Assad Vala Central Broward Regional Park, Lauderhill by 27 runs
2019–20 Ireland Tri-Nation Series