Cricket: New Zealand's international calendar braces for drastic reshuffle

The Blackcaps and White Ferns cricket sides are both back training, but for exactly what remains unclear.

New Zealand Cricket won't know how the season will play out until a decision is made by the ICC on October's T20 World Cup in Australia. 

That decision - expected early next week - could also have a flow on effect to the Women's World Cup in New Zealand early next year.

"We have got a number of different options and we have to be ready for all of them," says Blackcaps coach Gary Stead.

The men's T20 tournament is likely to be postponed until early next year or to late 2022. 

Regardless, the Blackcaps are hopeful of a full home summer with the West Indies, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Australia all set to tour.

"We expect to have teams here, so for us as at the moment, it's actually quite a mixture of things," Stead adds.

"We've got some guys who are looking to go to the Carribean Premier League and maybe the IPL further down."

The outcome of the ICC's decision and it's potential flow on effects something our cricketers will have to wait on for a few more days.

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