Australia news – Australia A to host New Zealand A in day-night four-day fixture

The Sheffield Shield season will run from October 3, 2023, until the final on March 21-25, 2024. There will be six Shield rounds before the first Test however the last of those six games begins on November 28 to accommodate the BBL starting earlier on December 7 ^(https://lotus365.today/goto/https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/australia-bbl-news-early-start-early-finish-for-the-bbl-might-see-overseas-players-stay-longer-1385827). That may mean that Australia’s multi-format players are likely to go without a red-ball game before the Pakistan Test series with the 50-over World Cup set to run from October 5 until November 19 in India. Australia is scheduled to then stay in India and play a five-match T20I series straight after the completion of the World Cup, prior to the home Test series against Pakistan.