In the summer of 2024–25, South Africa will play host to the men’s and women’s teams of Sri Lanka, Pakistan, and England for a total of 17 international matches, five of which will be Tests, from November to January. The largest stadium in the nation, the Wanderers in Johannesburg, will not host a Test match for the second summer in a row due to the men’s Test series, which is a component of the World Test Championship and will be contested at Durban and Gqeberha (Sri Lanka), and Centurion and Cape Town (Pakistan).

The earliest the venue may hope for a Test fixture is 2026, as the Wanderers did not host either of the two Tests against India in the summer of 2023–2024, and South Africa is not scheduled to play any Tests in the summer of 2025–2026. Insiders told ESPNcricinfo that authorities were given “no explanation” for the venue’s rejection; yet, the ODI match that raises money for breast cancer treatment is still held there every year on Pink Day.

Bloemfontein, which last hosted a Test match seven years ago when the men faced Bangladesh in October 2017, will host the women’s match. The Sri Lanka series will be held at Kingsmead and St. George’s Park, which also hosted Test matches against Bangladesh in the 2021–2022 season. In 2019, Sri Lanka won in their first Test series against South Africa on these same grounds. Red-ball is limited to the Sri Lankan series.

Before the Tests during the holiday season, Pakistan will go on a complete tour, playing three Twenty20 Internationals and three One-Day Internationals. Before the New Year’s Test at Newlands, which ends on January 7, the Boxing Day Test will take place at SuperSport Park. After that, the men’s squad won’t play any more home international matches because the SA20 is scheduled to begin soon and last through early February. The exact times are still under confirmation, and there may be an issue with the ODI tri-series in Pakistan prior to the mid-February Champions Trophy.

The women’s side will play three Twenty20 internationals, three One-Day Internationals (ODIs), one Test match, and the Black Day ODI to promote awareness of gender-based violence. They have one match in each white-ball type at a first-rate venue: an ODI in Durban and a T20I in Centurion. Since South Africa’s match against India in Paarl in 2002, this will be the first women’s Test played in the nation in 22 years.