England cricket fixtures 2021: India Test series UNDERWAY with T20 World Cup and Ashes to follow in winter

ENGLAND are coming to the end of their stacked summer schedule with India currently in the firing line.

Joe Root's sides are looking to end the summer with a test win over India before the T20 World Cup gets going in October.

England cricket fixtures 2021

It's set to be a busy year for England, who squeezed in a packed winter schedule on the subcontinent.

Now they return to the familiar green pitches of home, with Sri Lanka, Pakistan and New Zealand all having visited this summer.

Here's how 2021 is shaping across the Test, T20 and ODI formats:

Winter dates

Sri Lanka Test series (away)

  • 1st Test, Galle – ENGLAND WON BY SEVEN WICKETS
  • 2nd Test, Galle – ENGLAND WON BY SIX WICKETS

India Test series (away)

  • 1st Test, Chennai – ENGLAND WON BY 227 RUNS
  • 2nd Test, Chennai – INDIA WON BY 317 RUNS
  • 3rd Test, Ahmedabad – INDIA WON BY 10 WICKETS
  • 4th Test, Ahmedabad – INDIA WON BY AN INNINGS AND 25 RUNS

India T20 series (away)

  • 1st T20, Ahmedabad – ENGLAND WON BY 8 WICKETS
  • 2nd T20, Ahmedabad – INDIA WON BY 7 WICKETS
  • 3rd T20, Ahmedabad – ENGLAND WON BY 8 WICKETS
  • 4th T20, Ahmedabad – INDIA WON BY 8 RUNS
  • 5th T20, Ahmedabad – INDIA WON BY 36 RUNS

India ODI series (away)

  • 1st ODI, Pune – INDIA WON BY 66 RUNS
  • 2nd ODI, Pune – ENGLAND WON BY 6 WICKETS
  • 3rd ODI, Pune – INDIA WON BY 7 RUNS

Summer dates

New Zealand Test series (home)

  • 1st Test, Lord's – MATCH DRAWN
  • 2nd Test, Edgbaston NEW ZEALAND WON BY 8 WICKETS

Sri Lanka ODI series (home)

  • 1st ODI, Chester-le-Street – ENGLAND WON BY 5 WICKETS
  • 2nd ODI, The Oval – ENGLAND WON BY 8 WICKETS

Pakistan ODI series (home)

  • 1st ODI, Cardiff – ENGLAND WON BY 9 WICKETS
  • 2nd ODI, Lord's – ENGLAND WON BY 52 RUNS
  • 3rd ODI, Edgbaston – ENGLAND WON. BY 3 WICKETS

Pakistan T20 series (home)

  • 1st T20, Trent Bridge – PAKISTAN WON BY 31 RUNS
  • 2nd T20, Headingley – ENGLAND WON BY 45 RUNS
  • 3rd T20, Old Trafford – ENGLAND WON BY 3 WICKETS

India Test series (home)

  • 1st Test, Trent Bridge – MATCH DRAWN
  • 2nd Test, Lord's – INDIA WON BY 151 RUNS
  • 3rd Test, Headingley – Wednesday, August 25 to Sunday, August 29 (11am BST)
  • 4th Test, The Oval – Thursday, September 2 to Monday, September 6 (11am BST)
  • 5th Test, Old Trafford – Friday, September 10 to Tuesday, September 14 (11am BST)

Pakistan T20 series (away)

  • 1st T20, Karachi – Thursday, October 14 (2pm BST)
  • 2nd T20, Karachi – Friday, October 15 (2pm BST)

T20 World Cup – India

  • TBC – October to November

Ashes (away)

  • 1st Test, Gabba – Tuesday, November 23 (1am GMT)
  • 2nd Test, Adelaide Oval – Thursday, December 2 (5am GMT)
  • 3rd Test, The WACA – Tuesday, December 14 (12.30am GMT)
  • 4th Test, Melbourne Cricket Ground – Boxing Day (12.30am GMT)
  • 5th Test, Sydney Cricket Ground – Tuesday, January 4 2022 (3.30am GMT)

Will fans be allowed at England's summer matches?

  • Fans are back in stadiums for the rest of the summer, including the Test matches against India.
  • Supporters are allowed back at full capacity, following the government's trial period earlier this summer.

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