Afghanistan and Ireland, the world’s newest Test nations, will each play 12 five-day matches each between 2019 and 2022.

Ireland are schedule to play a Test in England in July 2019 as well as one at home against New Zealand in July 2022, while Afghanistan will travel to Australia for a Test in 2020 and host the same opponents in 2022.

The games will not be part of the new World Test Championship, the schedule for which has now been announced by the ICC. That competition, running from 2019 to 2021, will be contested by the world’s top nine teams in the format.

Ireland Test schedule

2019	Feb-Mar: Away against Afghanistan
	Jul: Away against England
2020	Feb: Away against Sri Lanka
	Mar: Away against Afghanistan
	Apr: Away against Zimbabwe
	May-Jun: At home against Bangladesh
2021	Jan: Away against Afghanistan
	Aug: At home against Zimbabwe
2022	Apr: Away against Zimbabwe
	Jul: At home against New Zealand
	Aug: At home against Afghanistan
	Oct: Away against Bangladesh