Cricket Australia (CA) asked the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) to move their planned two-match Test tour in March 2027 to August-September 2026. This is so they can have a special Test match against England to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the first-ever Test match in 1877 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG). CA had also organized a centenary Test at the MCG in March 1977.

“They (CA) have requested us to reschedule it (tour for Test series in 2027) but it is still under discussion. They have got a plan to celebrate their 150 year anniversary and that is a national commitment and due to that they want to reschedule the Test series against us and working on that,” BCB chief executive Nizamuddin Chowdhury told Cricbuzz.

The Australian cricket team is set to play a three-match Test series against New Zealand in the summer of 2026 before their two Tests against Bangladesh. They’re thinking of making it a four-match series. After that, Australia plans to go on a five-match Test tour of India in January-February 2027.

For Bangladesh, fitting in a two-match Test tour to Australia in August-September 2026 will be quite busy. They have tours to Zimbabwe and Ireland in July and August, followed by matches against West Indies at home and South Africa away in October and November.

Bangladesh last visited Australia in 2003 for a two-Test series, and they haven’t been back since. Their planned tour in 2018 got canceled because the host broadcasters didn’t think it would be profitable.

Results of the First and 100th Tests: Australia vs. England
Quiz Alert: Australia won both the first Test in 1877 and the 100th-anniversary Test in 1977, and guess what? They won both by 45 runs. Despite the different ways the matches unfolded, the end result was surprisingly identical.