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What is FTP? Explaining ICC's Future Tours Program

What is FTP in cricket? Learn how the ICC Future Tours Programme works, how bilateral series and WTC cycles are scheduled, and what changes in 2027–2031.

What is FTP? Explaining ICC's Future Tours Program

Cricket’s Future Tours Programme (FTP) is a complex system that dictates which teams travel where, when, and why they play international matches. As the ICC’s master calendar nears completion, debates over One Day Internationals (ODIs), the expansion of the World Twenty20 (WTC), and franchise windows have led to several overhauls since 2006. The FTP has been revised multiple times to reshape the matches fans watch.

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